Foster
-High crime rate in Riverside→ But it is not regarded as an issue by residents→ finding out it is
because of the networks among residents (knowing who to contact when they have trouble,
etc.) → concluding what outsiders see out of Riverside and what the residents actually see is
different
Lecture 1
-Abduction: Similar to inductive reasoning (forming a concept/theory out of observations), but
basing the theories from the participants’ worldviews rather than just observations
Conducting 10 semi-structured interviews about what newcomers feel about cycling in
Amsterdam
→ How do we analyze interviews?
-Sort them into positive and negative/Data reduction
-Respondent validation
-Flexibility in action (doing further research on concepts that emerged from the interviews)
Ontology, epistemology, methodology
Ontology
-Theory of existence
-What is the nature of the social world?
-Realism/Objectivism: The world “out there”
-Relativist/Constructionist/Constructivist: No objective world, but everything has meanings
attached to them and is socially constructed
Epistemology
-Positivism: The world can be objectively explained by researchers
-Interpretivism: We can only understand how the world is interpreted by social actors
Methodology
-Methods for producing knowledge
-Quantitative
-Qualitative
-The same colors correspond to each other, but not necessarily always so
E.g. Qualitative researchers can also conduct surveys
Steps in qualitative research
,Types of qualitative research
-Focus group: Group interviews
-Interviews
-Ethnography
-Discourse analysis
-Qualitative analysis of texts and documents
E.g. Coding and analyzing Trump’s tweets
Qualitative research
, Reading 2: An Analysis of Reflections on Researcher Positionality (Olukotun et al., 2021)
Introduction
-Health research
-Postcolonial feminism
-Insider/Outsider perspective
Postcolonial feminism
-Feminism centered in Global South
E.g. Enhancing birth outcomes for African women, studying mental health of immigrant women
→ Development of health policies
→ Collaborative process with researchers and participants
Data sources
-Field notes and reflective memos, focusing on their positionalities and the research process
Positionalities
-All women
-African American, African, Saudi Arabian, White Americans (2)
Discuss
Insider advantages
-High crime rate in Riverside→ But it is not regarded as an issue by residents→ finding out it is
because of the networks among residents (knowing who to contact when they have trouble,
etc.) → concluding what outsiders see out of Riverside and what the residents actually see is
different
Lecture 1
-Abduction: Similar to inductive reasoning (forming a concept/theory out of observations), but
basing the theories from the participants’ worldviews rather than just observations
Conducting 10 semi-structured interviews about what newcomers feel about cycling in
Amsterdam
→ How do we analyze interviews?
-Sort them into positive and negative/Data reduction
-Respondent validation
-Flexibility in action (doing further research on concepts that emerged from the interviews)
Ontology, epistemology, methodology
Ontology
-Theory of existence
-What is the nature of the social world?
-Realism/Objectivism: The world “out there”
-Relativist/Constructionist/Constructivist: No objective world, but everything has meanings
attached to them and is socially constructed
Epistemology
-Positivism: The world can be objectively explained by researchers
-Interpretivism: We can only understand how the world is interpreted by social actors
Methodology
-Methods for producing knowledge
-Quantitative
-Qualitative
-The same colors correspond to each other, but not necessarily always so
E.g. Qualitative researchers can also conduct surveys
Steps in qualitative research
,Types of qualitative research
-Focus group: Group interviews
-Interviews
-Ethnography
-Discourse analysis
-Qualitative analysis of texts and documents
E.g. Coding and analyzing Trump’s tweets
Qualitative research
, Reading 2: An Analysis of Reflections on Researcher Positionality (Olukotun et al., 2021)
Introduction
-Health research
-Postcolonial feminism
-Insider/Outsider perspective
Postcolonial feminism
-Feminism centered in Global South
E.g. Enhancing birth outcomes for African women, studying mental health of immigrant women
→ Development of health policies
→ Collaborative process with researchers and participants
Data sources
-Field notes and reflective memos, focusing on their positionalities and the research process
Positionalities
-All women
-African American, African, Saudi Arabian, White Americans (2)
Discuss
Insider advantages
