Research Methods in Science Studies
SISP 240
Fall 2021 not offered
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This seminar exposes students to qualitative research methods in science studies including ethnography, archival and discourse analysis, social worlds analysis, comparative historical analysis, narrative analysis, visual culture and media analysis. The course will survey methodological traditions in science and technology studies, sociology and cultural studies, and feminist and critical race studies that guide the collection of evidence about scientific knowledge and practices, the relationships between users and technologies, and broader sociotechnical infrastructures. Coursework will culminate in small-scale individual and group research projects utilizing qualitative research methods. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SISP |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Howard S. Becker, TRICKS OF THE TRADE: HOW TO THINK ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH WHILE YOU'RE DOING IT (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998) (excerpts); Andrew Abbott, METHODS OF DISCOVERY: HEURISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (New York: W.W. Norton, 2004) (excerpts); Earl Babbie, THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, 13th ed. (Belmont, California: Centage Learning, 2010) (excerpts); Cynthia McGuire Dunn and Gary Chadwick, PROTECTING STUDY VOLUNTEERS IN RESEARCH: A MANUAL FOR INVESTIGATIVE SITES (Boston: CenterWatch, 1999) (excerpts); Kathy Charmaz, CONSTRUCTING GROUNDED THEORY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE THROUGH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS (Los Angeles: Sage, 2006) (excerpts); Emile Durkheim, THE RULES OF SOCIOLOGICAL METHOD (New York: Free Press, 1982 [1893-1912]) (excerpts); Kirin Narayan, ALIVE IN THE WRITING: CREATING ETHNOGRAPHY IN THE COMPANY OF CHECKOV (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012) (excerpts); S. Kingsley, M. L. Gray, and S. Suri, ACCOUNTING FOR MARKET FRICTIONS AND POWER ASYMMETRIES IN ONLINE LABOR MARKETS, Policy & Internet, 7(4) (2015) 383¿400. Alex Rosenblatt and Luke Stark, ¿ALGORITHMIC LABOR AND INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES: A CASE STUDY OF UBER¿S DRIVERS,¿ International Journal of Communication (2016), 3758-3784; Natasha Schull, ADDICTION BY DESIGN: MACHINE GAMBLING IN LAS VEGAS (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2014) (excerpts)
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Examinations and Assignments:
fieldwork exercises, draft research proposal, final research proposal |
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