DPLS 723--Qualitative Research: Theory and Design--3 credits
Summer 2001

Course Description Course Objectives Learning Activities Web Based Syllabus Assessment and Grading Required Texts

BLACKBOARD LINK Blackboard Information and Login Instructions Bibliography and On-line Resources

Sessions and Assignments Advanced Session 1: June 25 Session 2: July 2 Session 3: July 6

Session 4: July 9 Session 5: July 16 Session 6: July 23 Session 7: July 30

Reading assignment.

Miles and Huberman (1994, pp. 288-297).
The Codes of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology
American Anthropological Association Code of Ethics Final Draft, March 1, 1997
[http://www.ameranthassn.org/committees/ethics/ethcode.htm] 
Society for Applied Anthropology Statement of Professional and Ethical Responsibilities
[http://www.sfaa.net/sfaaethic.html]
Post-modernism (from a review of by P. M. Rosenau)
[http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/4943.html]
We Have Always Been Postmodern
[http://www.ssc.ucla.edu/anthro/gessler/97postmo.htm]
FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY review essay by Angela Bratton
[http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/fem.htm]
other resources [http://yana.sscl.berkeley.edu/~afaweb/] [http://yana.sscl.berkeley.edu/~afaweb/links.html]
Feminist Anthropology Bibliography [http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~women/bibs/bibl-femanthro.html]

Optional Reading Assignment

General list of resources dealing with ethics
[http://www.ameranthassn.org/committees/ethics/ethics.htm]

Qualitative Research and Ethics from Bobbi's Place
[http://kerlins.net/bobbi/research/qualresearch/ethics.html]06-27-01

Statements of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, the Qualitative Research Consultants Association, and the Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Ethical Guidelines for Practitioners [http://www.ameranthassn.org/napa/code.htm]
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) Code of ethics.
http://www.qrca.org./ethics.htm
ETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH IN CYBERSPACE
[http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/sfrl/projects/intres/main.htm]06-27-01

How Anthropology Should Respond to an Ethical Crisis By CAROLYN FLUEHR-LOBBAN
[http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i06/06b02401.htm]

Other Assignment
Download the following documents.
Sample Letter of Informed Consent Bobbi Kerlin.
[http://kerlins.net/bobbi/research/qualresearch/consentletter.html] 06-27-01
Sample Informed Consent Form. Gary Shank.
[http://kerlins.net/bobbi/research/qualresearch/consent.html] 06-27-01
Gonzaga University policies on human subjects. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/doctoral/faq.html#forms.

Written assignment
(a) Draft version of your 5 - 10 page paper on the RAP activity.  Bring to class two copies of the assignment. (Optional--use the Drop Box to send me a copy in advance of class or send as an email attachment)
(b) Review of an article. Should be in a "review" format. Not more than two typed pages. Post to the Discussion Board by 9:00 pm, July 21.  Bring to class one copy of the assignment. (If you are comfortable attaching the file containing this assignment (in .rtf format) to an email, try sending it to me by email.
(c) One paragraph on what you see as a possible ethical issue in your own research or in research you know about. Do NOT post.

Class Activities
Discussion on ethics and informed consent.

Discussion on Post-Modern and Feminist approaches led by volunteers.  Comparison with other approaches.  Discussion on where focus group and RAP fit the different approaches.

Discussion on evaluating the research of others.

Working in pairs, edit each other's papers.

Class presentations by groups or individuals on status of RAP results.

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