Doing Ethnographic Research

1. The Basics of Research Design Activity 1.1: Ways of Knowing (Personal Reflection) Activity 1.2: Identifying Researchers' Approach Activity 1.3: Dependent and Independent Variables Activity 1.4: Variables, Indicators, and Values Activity 1.5: Operationalizing Definitions Activity 1.6: Research Interest Reflection Activity 1.7: Finding a Topic: Your Research Project Chapter 1 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 1 2. Ethics Activity 2.1: Personal Ethics Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 2.2: Operationalizing the AAA Code of Ethics Activity 2.3: Exploring Relationships of Responsibility Activity 2.4: Ethical Dilemmas Activity 2.5: Research Design Decisions: Recruitment Activity 2.6: Research Design Decisions: Positionality Activity 2.7: Research Design Decisions: Risk Assessment and Management Chapter 2 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 2 3. Sampling Activity 3.1: Personal Sampling Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 3.2: Cultural Data versus Individual Attribute Data Activity 3.3: NonProbability Sampling Plans Activity 3.4: Critiquing the Choice of Informants Activity 3.5: Probability Sampling Plans Activity 3.6: Sampling Frames Activity 3.7: Research Design Decisions: Sampling Plan Chapter 3 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 3 4. Participant Observation Activity 4.1: Participant Observation Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 4.2: Showing, Not Telling Activity 4.3: Reflexivity Activity 4.4: Introductory Participant Observation Activity 4.5: Research Design Decisions: Anticipating Field Challenges and Planning for Where/When/How/What Activity 4.6: Research Project: Participant Observation-Jottings Chapter 4 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 4 5. Writing Field Notes Activity 5.1: Writing Field Notes Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 5.2: Correcting Pitfalls Activity 5.3: Selection: Inscribing Reality Activity 5.4: Presentation: Inscribing Reality Activity 5.5: Analytical Commentaries Activity 5.6: Research Project: Writing Field Notes Activity 5.7: Autoethnography Chapter 5 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 5: Activity 5.6 Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 5: Activity 5.7 6. Interviewing Activity 6.1: Interviewing Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 6.2: Correcting Interview Questions Activity 6.3: Constructing an Interview Guide for Peer Interviews Activity 6.4: Constructing an Informed Consent Form for Peer Interviews Activity 6.5: Peer Interviews Activity 6.6: Research Design Decisions: Preparing an Interview Guide and a Consent Form Activity 6.7: Research Project: Interviews Chapter 6 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 6 7. Coding and Analysis Activity 7.1: Coding and Analysis Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 7.2: Abbreviating, Coding, and Analysis Activity 7.3: Inductive versus Deductive Coding Activity 7.4: Manifest versus Latent Content Activity 7.5: Content Analysis of TV Shows Activity 7.6: Practicing Grounded Theory Activity 7.7: Research Project: Coding and Analysis Using Grounded Theory Activity 7.8: Writing Ethnographic Narrative Chapter 7 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 7: Activity 7.7 Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 7: Activity 7.8 8. Surveys and Mixed Methods Design Activity 8.1: Reflections on User Experience Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 8.2: Mixed Methods Design Activity 8.3: Triangulation Activity 8.4: Practicing Constructing Survey Questions Activity 8.5: Practicing Survey Distribution Decisions Activity 8.6: Practicing Survey Data Analysis Activity 8.7: Research Design Decisions: Constructing Survey Questions Activity 8.8: Research Design Decisions: Preparing a Survey and Consent Page Activity 8.9: Research Project: Survey Data Collection, Analysis, and Write-Up Chapter 8 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 8 9. Cultural Domains: Modeling Cognition and Knowledge Activity 9.1: My Taxonomies and Cultural Models Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 9.2: Practicing Folk Taxonomy Study Design Activity 9.3: Practicing Folk Taxonomy Data Collection and Analysis Activity 9.4: Practicing Cultural Models Study Design Activity 9.5: Practicing Cultural Model Data Collection and Analysis Activity 9.6: Practicing Decision-Tree Model Study Design Activity 9.7: Practicing Decision-Tree Model Data Collection and Analysis Activity 9.8: Research Design Decisions: Cultural Domains Study Activity 9.9: Research Project: Cultural Domain Study Chapter 9 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 9 10. Indirect Observation: Material Culture and Using Archives or Media Activity 10.1: My Indirect Observation Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 10.2: Practicing Visual and Material Culture Study Design Activity 10.3: Practicing Visual and Material Culture Collection and Analysis Activity 10.4: Practicing Diary Study Design Activity 10.5: Practicing Diary Study Collection and Analysis Activity 10.6: Practicing Archival Study Design Activity 10.7: Practicing Archival Study Collection and Analysis Activity 10.8: Research Design Decisions: Selecting an Indirect Observation Study Activity 10.9: Research Project: Indirect Observation Study Chapter 10 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 10 11. Behavior and Context: Mapping and Passive Direct Observation Activity 11.1: Behavior and Context Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 11.2: Practicing Participatory Mapping Study Design Activity 11.3: Practicing Participatory Mapping Activity 11.4: Practicing Mobility Mapping Activity 11.5: Continuous Monitoring: Creating an Ethogram Activity 11.6: Continuous Monitoring: Using an Ethogram and Writing Activity 11.7: Research Design Decisions: Selecting a Behavior and Context Study Activity 11.8: Research Project: Behavior and Context Study Chapter 11 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 11 12. Putting It All Together: Culminating Experiences Activity 12.1: Integrating Skills Self-Evaluation (Personal Reflection) Activity 12.2: Human Subjects Protocol for Institutional Review Board (IRB) Activity 12.3: Grant Proposal Activity 12.4: Technical Report Activity 12.5: Paper Presentation Activity 12.6: Poster Presentation Chapter 12 Reflection Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.2 Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.3 Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.4 Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.5 Self- or Peer-Assessment for Chapter 12: Activity 12.6