KSOD 2100 - Méthodologie qualitative (entretien) / qualitative methods (dédoublé, en FR et ENG)

This course introduces research design, data collection, methods of analysis, and ethical considerations of qualitative research. Incorporating their own research interests, students will learn to take ethnographic fieldnotes offline and online, conduct interviews, and code their own data using both traditional methods and the latest software. The tight connection between data and theory will be emphasized. This course is very hands-on and participatory, and each class will situate students' own experiences in and out of the field as critical for learning about sociological methods. Each class session will incorporate a diverse format of pedagogical methods, including group-work, in-class videos, zoomed-in guest speakers, social media Q&A and analysis, as well as student or professor presentations and discussions.

INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN

• Introduction to Qualitative Research Design
• Questions, Sites, and Ethics

ETHNOGRAPHY AND FIELD NOTES

• Of Notes and Fields
• Coding 101

INTERVIEWING AND OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONING

• Sampling, Selecting & Conducting Interviewees
• Going Deeper into the Field and the Codes

ONLINE FIELDWORK AND ANALYSIS

• Online Data Spaces as a Field and Interview site
• Coding and Analyzing with Software
• Automated Text versus Content Analysis

ANALYSIS AND WRITING: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

• Analyzing, Writing, Memo-ing, and Critiquing
• Building Theory
• Conclusion and Next Steps

This interactive course will consist of three broad measures of learning: class participation; article and book reading and discussion; collecting, coding, and analyzing qualitative data.