All of the following materials should be read prior to attending the course.
Note: To locate the permanent URL, go to http://dx.doi.org/ and enter the DOI.
Note: References for print-only materials may be linked below.
Apologies for non-standard bibliographic citation formatting.
GENERAL RESEARCH LOGICS
Kincheloe, J. (2001). Describing the Bricolage: Conceptualizing a New Rigor in Qualitative Research. Qualitative Inquiry, 7(6), 679-692
(available online through university libraries by database search: DOI: 10.1177/107780040100700601)
Kincheloe, J. (2005). On to the Next Level: Continuing the Conceptualization of the Bricolage. Qualitative Inquiry, 11(3), 323-350.
(available online through university libraries by database search: DOI: 10.1177/1077800405275056)
Goodall, H. L. (2003). What is Interpretive Ethnography? An Eclectic’s Tale. In Clair, R. P. (Ed.). Expressions of Ethnography (pp. 55-64). Albany, NY: Suny Press.
(available in print copy only—attached here)
Baym, N. K, & Markham, A. N. (2009). What constitutes quality in qualitative internet research? In Markham, A. & Baym, N. (Eds.). Internet Inquiry: Conversations about Method (pp. 173-198). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press.
(available by direct link to approved open source: http://markham.internetinquiry.org/writing/iiquality.pdf (reference list here: http://markham.internetinquiry.org/writing/iireferences.pdf))
Baym, N. K., & Markham, A. N. (2009). Introduction: Making smart choices on shifting ground. In Markham, A. N., & Baym, N. K. (Eds.). Internet inquiry: Conversations about Method (pp. vii-xix). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
(available by direct link to approved open source: http://markham.internetinquiry.org/writing/iiintro.pdf (reference list here: http://markham.internetinquiry.org/writing/iireferences.pdf))
METHOD 1: EMERGENT CODING
Geertz, C. (1973). Thick description: toward an interpretive theory of culture, (from his book The interpretation of cultures: selected essays (pp. 3-30). New-York: Basic Books.). In Lincoln, Y. S., & Denzin, N. K. (Eds.). Turning points in qualitative research (pp. 143-159). Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira.
(available in print copy only)
Charmaz, K. (1983). The Grounded Theory Method: An Explication and Interpretation. In Emerson, R. (Ed.). Contemporary Field Research (pp. 109-126). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.
(available in print copy only)
Nippert-Eng, C. E. (1996.) Jimmy, Eleanor, and the Logic of Boundary Work, pp. 229-276 from Home and Work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
(available in print copy only)
Kendall, L. (In Press, due out June, 2011). White and Nerdy: Computers, Race, and the Nerd Stereotype, Journal of Popular Culture, forthcoming 2010. Pre-publication copy available via direct link: http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/handle/2142/1792
METHOD 2: CLOSE TEXT ANALYSIS (FOCUS ON METAPHOR)
Reddy, M. (1979). The conduit metaphor: A case of frame conflict in our language about language. In Ortony, A. (Ed.), Metaphor and Thought (pp. 284-324). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(available in print copy only)
Smith, R. C., & Eisenberg, E. (1987). Conflict at Disneyland: A root metaphor analysis. Communication Monographs, 54. 367-380.
(available online through university libraries by database search: No DOI available)
Markham, A. (1996). Designing discourse: A critical analysis of strategic ambiguity and workplace control. Management Communication Quarterly, 9 (4), 389-421.
(available online through university libraries by database search: No DOI available)
METHOD 3: VISUAL IMAGE ANALYSIS
Rose, G. (2007). “Chapter 1: Researching visual materials: towards a critical visual methodology,” and “Chapter 7: Discourse analysis I: text, intertextuality, context,” from Visual Methodologies. London: Sage.
(available in print copy only)
Kendall, L. (2008). James Bond, Peter Pan, and A Sticky Night of Love: Irony and Masculinities in Amateur Animated Videos. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 16(2), 124-139.
(available online through library database search; also available via approved open source at https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/18806)
Davies, Julia. (2007.) Display, Identity and the Everyday: Self-presentation through online image sharing. Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education, 28(4), 549-564.
(available online through library database search: DOI: 10.1080/01596300701625305)
METHOD 4: BRICOLAGE / REMIX ANALYSIS
Markula, P., & Denison, J. (2000). See Spot Run: Movement as an Object of Textual Analysis. Qualitative Inquiry, 6(3), 406-431.
(available online through library database search: DOI: 10.1177/107780040000600308)
Lashua, B. D., & Fox, K. (2007). Defining the Groove: From Remix to Research in The Beat of Boyle Street. Leisure Sciences, 29(2), 143-158.
(available online through university database search: DOI: 10.1080/01490400601160796)
(also available, audio supplement to the article. http://www.informaworld.com/ampp/file~id=770939091)
Clarke, A. (2003). Situational Analyses: Grounded Theory Mapping After the Postmodern Turn. Symbolic Interaction, 26(4), 553- 576.
(available online through library database search: stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/si.2003.26.4.553)
Radnofsky, M. L. (1996). Qualitative Models: Visually Representing Complex Data in an Image/Text Balance. Qualitative Inquiry, 2(4), 385-410.
(available online through library database search: DOI: 10.1177/107780049600200402)