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Doing Digital Ethnography

Event Title: Doing Digital Ethnography Event Description: “The significance of the digital world and online technologies have come into focus in the wake of the pandemic. As they transform many facets of social life—work, play, finance, relationships—online spaces also invite a rethinking of social science methodologies and theories. This panel Read more…

Interpretivist Methods Clinic

Event Title: Interpretivist Methods Clinic Event Description: “The Interpretivist Methods Clinic is evolving! Please join us for the October 26th meeting as we develop community goals for the next iteration of the virtual community.” Event Date: October 26, 2021 Sponsoring Organization: WPSA Virtual Communities Link: October 26th is the first Read more…

Tools of the Trade

Event Title: Tools of the Trade Event Description: “Tools of the Trade is a lunchtime series on the last Friday of the month, by Researchers for Researchers, in collaboration with ACENET. The idea is to share knowledge and make connections with and between researchers in Atlantic Canada, who are interested Read more…

APSA Methods Café

Event Title: APSA 2021 Methods Café Event Description: “The 2021 APSA theme, “Promoting Pluralism,” encourages political scientists to embrace methodological pluralism in their study of political, economic, and social upheavals and significant transformations that are occurring across the globe. Given the emphasis of methodological diversity, our proposed Methods Café brings Read more…

Doing Longitudinal Studies Online

Event Title: Doing Longitudinal Studies Online Event Description: “Longitudinal studies are difficult to conduct, particularly online, as people drop out, forget to participate, or you fail to link data across waves. In this workshop, we’ll go through the nuts and bolts of recruiting and engaging participants and collecting longitudinal data. Read more…

Methods Clinic: Issues in Interpretive Research

Event Title: Methods Clinic: Issues in Interpretive Research Event Description: “The IMM and APSA’s Women’s Caucus in Political Science co-sponsor a monthly online Methods Clinic convened by Prof. Peregrine Schwartz-Shea (University of Utah, em.) and Prof. Dvora Yanow (Wageningen University). The Methods Clinic is a monthly online drop-in session for scholars interested Read more…

Methods Clinic: Documents and Beyond

Event Title: Methods Clinic: Documents and Beyond Event Description: “The IMM and APSA’s Women’s Caucus in Political Science co-sponsor a monthly online Methods Clinic convened by Prof. Peregrine Schwartz-Shea (University of Utah, em.) and Prof. Dvora Yanow (Wageningen University). The Methods Clinic is a monthly online drop-in session for scholars Read more…

Methods Clinic: Interviewing

Event Title: Methods Clinic: Interviewing Event Description: “The IMM and APSA’s Women’s Caucus in Political Science co-sponsor a monthly online Methods Clinic convened by Prof. Peregrine Schwartz-Shea (University of Utah, em.) and Prof. Dvora Yanow (Wageningen University). The Methods Clinic is a monthly online drop-in session for scholars interested in Read more…

New Tools for ‘Distanced’ Anthropological Research: Webscraping and Ethnography of Digital Cultures in/of Africa

Event Title: New Tools for ‘Distanced’ Anthropological Research: Webscraping and Ethnography of Digital Cultures in/of Africa Event Description: “On February 15th, 16th and 25th the Wenner-Gren Foundation is sponsoring a series of webinars entitled, New Tools for ‘Distanced’ Anthropological Research: Webscraping and Ethnography of Digital Cultures in/of Africa, organized by Read more…

Doing Ethnography Remotely

Event Title: Doing Ethnography Remotely Event Description: “What is remote ethnography? In this video series, the Center’s Co-directors Sharika Thiranagama (Anthropology) and Sylvia Yanagisako (Anthropology) interview six ethnographers who have conducted research remotely. The conversations explore a wide range of digital and analog tools, techniques, and methods for use across Read more…

How to Conduct an Ethnography During Social Isolation

Event Title: How to Conduct an Ethnography During Social Isolation Event Description: “Some suggestions for anthropology PhD students who face having to conduct their ethnography entirely online because they are unable to visit their fieldsite.” Event Date and Time: May 3, 2020 Link to Event:

Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World

Event Title: Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World Event Description: “This webinar is part of the Fall Qualitative Research & Innovation Webinar Series presented by NVivo and SAGE Publications. In this webinar, Dr. Trena Paulus and Dr. Jessica Lester, co-authors of the forthcoming Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital Read more…

Ethnographic Fieldwork Across Online Spaces

Event Title: Ethnographic Fieldwork Across Online Spaces Event Description: “How to move forwards as a qualitative researcher in times of social distancing? We urgently need social research to explore the lived experience of these challenging times and to gather the insights to support wellbeing, to understand emerging and exacerbated social Read more…

COVID-19 and Doing Virtual Fieldwork

Event Title: COVID-19 and Doing Virtual Fieldwork Event Description: “Isolation measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 means that social researchers who conduct face-to-face fieldwork (interviews, focus groups, participant observation, ethnographies etc) are now faced with the challenge of either delaying or re-inventing their methods so that they can continue Read more…