PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

• ALL WORKSHOPS ARE NOW FULL •

Workshop Schedule — Thursday May 5, 2005

Morning 9:00am - 12:00pm
1. Case Study: Access and Intrusion (Robert Stake and Brinda Jegatheesan, to be joined by Yvonna Lincoln, Norman K Denzin)
2. Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century (Virginia Olesen)
3. Foucault's Methodologies (James Scheurich, Kathryn Bell McKenzie, Pattie Lather, Bettie St. Pierre)
4. Grounded Theory Methodologies for Social Justice Projects (Kathy Charmaz)
5. Autoethnography (Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner)
6. Strategies of Mixed-Methods Inquiry (Jennifer C. Greene)

Afternoon 1:30 - 4:30pm
7. Ethics, Human Subject Review Board & Qualitative Inquiry (Clifford Christians)
8. Interpreting, Writing Up & Evaluating Qualitative Materials (Robin Jarrett & Angela Adams-Young)
9. Performance Ethnography (Norman K Denzin)
10. State of the Art: The Latest in Qualitative Software Advances (Ray Maietta & Cesar Cisneros)
11. New Experimental Writing Forms (Yvonna S. Lincoln)

Workshop Descriptions

Morning 9:00am - 12:00pm

1. Case Study: Access and Intrusion (Robert Stake and Brinda Jegatheesan, to be joined by Yvonna Lincoln, Norman K Denzin)

2. Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century (Virginia Olesen)

3. Foucault's Methodologies (James Scheurich, Kathryn Bell McKenzie, Pattie Lather, Bettie St. Pierre

This workshop will include 1) panel discussion that overviews the uses and abuses of Foucault in the development of a counter-science, 2) elaboration of distinctions between archaeology, genealogy, Foucault's ethical analysis, care of the self, and Foucauldian discourse analysis, 3) workshop activities around each and 4) discussion of implications of a "Foucault turn" in the human sciences and its pertinence for individual projects.

4. Grounded Theory Methodologies for Social Justice Projects (Kathy Charmaz)

5. Autoethnography (Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner)

Writing Autoethnography and Narrative in Qualitative Research

This workshop will focus on writing personal narratives and reflexively including researchers' selves and their interaction with participants in ethnographic projects. Topics covered will include: narrative truth; ethics; developing scenes, characters, conversation, and dramatic action; writing vulnerably and evocatively; truth and memory; writing as inquiry, evaluating and publishing autoethnography.

6. Strategies of Mixed-Methods Inquiry (Jennifer C. Greene)

Mixed-Method Social Inquiry: Possibilities and Strategies

This workshop will engage participants in a mixed-method way of thinking. Conceptual questions to be addressed include, "just what is being mixed in mixed-method social inquiry?" and "what are varied legitimate purposes for mixing methods in inquiry?" Practical issues to be discussed include alternative dimensions of and approaches to mixed-method design, data analysis, and representation.

 

Afternoon 1:30 - 4:30pm

7. Ethics, Human Subject Review Boards & Qualitative Inquiry (Clifford Christians)

8. Interpreting, Writing Up & Evaluating Qualitative Materials (Robin Jarrett & Angela Adams-Young)

"Now that I have it, What do I do with it?" Exploring Techniques for Interpreting, Writing Up and Evaluating Qualitative Data

This workshop explores the related processes of interpreting, writing up and evaluating qualitative data. CAse study examples will be highlighted to provide an overview of techniquest that can be used to discover meanings and examine social processes and social interactions in qualitative data. Issues discussed include: deductive and inductive approaches to data analysis, integrating multiple data sources, data reduction and data display techniques, and using findings for theory development. Attention will be given to writing up qualitative data to reflect its rich descriptive nature as well as multiple voices and perspectives, the use of qualitative data for intervention development, targeting written products to scholarly/applied journals, and communicating research findings to different audiences. This workshop will also examine the relevant criterion for maintaining and assessing data quality.

9. Performance Ethnography (Norman K Denzin)

10. State of the Art: The Latest in Qualitative Software Advances (Ray Maietta)

11. New Experimental Writing Forms (Yvonna S. Lincoln)