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SocialStudies98jlFall2013
GlobalSocialMovementsJuniorTutorial


CourseInstructor:Dr.AlisonDentonJones
Email:adjones@fas.harvard.edu,Office:Hilles56,Phone:6174965177
OfficeHours:byappointment
HouseAffiliation:QuincyHouse,NonResidentTutor

CourseMeetingTimeandPlace:Tuesday35pm,Robinson106

CourseDescription
ThisclassisbothanintroductiontothesocialmovementsliteratureANDapracticumon(mainly
qualitative)researchdesignandmethods.Themethodologicalpartofthecourseisamajor
component,andmakesthecourseappropriateforstudentsnotplanningthesesonsocial
movements,butwhoareinterestedinpreparingforqualitativethesisfieldwork.

Amajorgoalofthiscourseittoguidestudentsinlearninghowtoreadanacademicfield(or
literature)withtheaimsofextractingusefulconceptualandtheoreticalframeworksforones
ownresearchproject,andofgettingaquickgrasponthemajorquestions,positionsand
debatesinthefield,inordertosituateonesownresearchproject.Bothoftheseskillsof
analyticallyengagingaliteraturearecriticalinthethesisprocess.Thus,astudentnotplanning
athesisonsocialmovementsshouldstillbenefitfromlearninghowtoapproachother
literaturesforthepurposeofaresearchproject.

Socialmovementshavelongbeenconsideredadrivingforcebehindpolitical,social,and
culturalchange.FromtheCivilRightsmovementofthe60stotheTeaPartyandOccupy
movementsofrecentyears,socialmovementshavebeencreditedwithfundamentallyre
shapingsocietalinstitutionspolitics,economies,religions,genders,etc.andassuch,are
consideredacentralsourceofsocialchange.Recently,socialmovementslikemarkets,polities,
andcommunitiesaregoingglobal.ChurchgroupsthroughouttheUnitedStatessend
moneyandsuppliestosupportguerrillawarriorsinCentralAmericaintheirfighttooverthrow
dictatorialregimes.ThousandsofactivistsgatherinSeattletohalttheWorldTrade
Organizationmeetings,whilemillionsmoreincitiesaroundtheworldjoininprotestsagainst
militaryinterventioninIraq.Internationalnongovernmentalorganizationspressurelocal
governmentstoendfemalegenitalcutting,childslavery,andpoliticalcensorship.

Thiscourseexploresthemajortheoreticalandempiricalapproachesusedinthesocialsciences
tounderstandtheemergence,endurance,andoutcomesofsocialmovementactivism.Wewill
proceedaccordingtofourthematicunits:(1)GlobalMovementsandTransnationalAdvocacy,
(2)PoliticalOpportunityStructure,(3)InternalMobilizingStructures,and(4)Cultural
Approaches.Coursereadings,videos,andlecture/discussionwillintroducestudentstocore
conceptsandnewresearchfromthefieldofsocialmovementtheory.Althoughmuchofthe
foundationalsocialmovementliteraturewasformulatedbystudyingU.S.cases(andespecially
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theU.S.civilrightsmovement),Iillustratekeyconceptsofbothnationalandtransnational
mobilizationthroughcasestudiesthatfocusonothernations.

CourseObjectives
Thiscourseisaresearchseminar.Assuch,ithastwoobjectives.First,studentsshoulddevelop
ageneralunderstandingofsocialmovementtheory,andtheplaceoftransnationalsocial
movementswithinthisbroaderliterature.Second,studentswillbeginthinkingabouttheir
seniorthesesbydevelopingaresearchquestionaboutaparticularsocialmovementorsimilar
case,situatingthatquestionwithintherelevantliterature,andwritingaresearchpaperbased
onbothprimaryandsecondarysources.
Studentswillchooseasocialmovement(orsimilarcase)onwhichtofocustheir
researchthroughoutthesemester.(Ideally,thiswillberelatedtoapotentialthesistopic.)Part
ofmostclassmeetingswillbedevotedtoworkshopsintroducingresearchdesign,methodsand
ethics;anddiscussingstudentsresearchprogress.Studentswilldevelopafocusedresearch
questionabouttheirchosensocialmovementthatwillculminateina1525pagefinalpaper.
Studentswillcompleteaseriesofresearchprojectrelatedassignmentsthroughoutthe
semestertoprovidestructuredopportunitiestoprogresstowardcompletingthefinalresearch
paper.Eachstudentwillconducther/hisownresearchprojectandwritehis/herownresearch
paper,butwewillworkthroughtheresearchprocesstogetherprovidingcriticalfeedbackand
helpfulsupportalongtheway.

COLLABORATIONPOLICY
Youshouldfeelfreetodiscussyourideasforpapertopicsandsourceswithyourclassmatesor
otherswhocanenhanceyourunderstandingofthematerialbyengagingtheideasweaddress
inclassinhelpful,new,orthoughtprovokingways.However,youmustensurethatallwritten
assignmentsthatyouturnintoclassresultfromyourownresearchandwritingandreflectyour
ownideasandviewpointsonthematerialyouvestudied.Youwillalsoneedtociteallsources
andreferencesandacknowledgeanyhelpreceived.Foramorecompletestatement,pleasesee
thecoursewebsiteonthesyllabuspage.Also,pleasefeelfreetoaskmeanyquestionsthat
youhaveonthissubjectrelatingtoyourclassprojects.

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ScheduleofTopicsandOral/WrittenAssignments

Dates Topics (researchprocesstopicsinitalics) Assignments.

(1)Sept.10 Introductions/DefinitionsandClassic ProjectMemo1:Student

TheoriesofSocialMovements Questionnaire

(2)Sept.17 TransnationalandGlobalizingMovements(I) ProjectMemo2:Researcher

Design&MethodsI:EthicsandHumanSubjects Goals

(3)Sept.24 TransnationalandGlobalizingMovements(II) ProjectMemo3:Research

Question

(4)Oct.1 TransnationalandGlobalizingMovements(III) ProjectMemo4:Data

PeerGroupsI:ResearchQuestion&Data
*ThisclasswillmeetatWidenerLibraryfor2.5hours,from35:30pm*

(5)Oct.8 ThePoliticalOpportunityModel(I)
Design&MethodsII:CaseSelectionandSampling

(6)Oct.15 ThePoliticalOpportunityModel(II) ProjectMemo5:FirstLookat

Data

(7)Oct.22 MobilizingStructures(I):Organization MethodsPresentation1:
StudentChoice

(8)Oct.29 ProposalWorkshopping ResearchProposal
PeerGroupsII:ProposalFeedback

(9)Nov.5 MobilizingStructures(II):Networks RevisedProposal

(10)Nov.12 TheCulturalTurn(I):Framing MethodsPresentation2:
StudentChoice

(11)Nov.19 TheCulturalTurn(II):NarrativeandEmotions ProjectMemo6:ReadingList

PeerGroupsIII:Literature&Update &ProjectUpdate

(12)Nov.26 SocialMediaandtheFutureofSocialMovements
Design&MethodsIII:DataAnalysis/Coding

(13)Dec.3 ResearchConference:FinalPresentations

Wednesday,Dec11 FinalPaperDueat2:00pm
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CourseRequirementsandGrading

ClassParticipation,Presentations,PeerFeedback 25%
ReadingMemos 10%
ResearchProposalandotherResearchProjectAssignments 25%
FinalResearchPaperandPresentation 40%

Deadlines:Exceptforthefinalpaper,allassignmentsaredue24hoursbeforeclass(Mondayat
3pm);theFinalProjectisdueby2pmonThursday,Dec.11th.Forlateassignments,1/3letter
gradewillbetakenoffforeachdaypastthedeadline.Noexceptionswillbemadewithoutprior
arrangementorproofofillness.

Informationsheetsontheassignments;aswellasinformationongeneralcoursepoliciessuch
asattendanceandlatework;areavailableonthecoursewebsiteinseparatememos.

(I)Attendanceandactiveparticipationindiscussionareessential.Someweeks,thiswill
includepresentationsofreadings.SeereadinglistbelowforinformationonStudentMethods
Presentations.Studentsarealsoresponsibleforpeerfeedbackonstudentresearch
assignments&presentations.Inweek3,studentswillbegroupedinto3personpeergroupsfor
therestofthesemester.Thesegroupswillreadandprovidefeedbackoneachothersproject
memosandproposals.

(II)ReadingMemos Weekly
Readingresponsesshouldbe250300wordsinlengthandareduetothedropboxonthe
courseIsiteby3pmonthedaybeforeourclassmeeting.Thepurposeoftheseassignmentsis
togiveyouaheadstartonthinkingaboutthereading,totriggerdiscussioninclass,andto
engagethereadingswithyourresearchpaper/possiblethesistopic.Studentsmustcompletea
minimumof10readingmemosforthe11weeks(weeks17,912).Ifmorethan10memosare
submitted,onlythe10highestgradeswillberecorded.

(III)ResearchProjectMemosandProposal
ProjectMemo1:StudentQuestionnaire Due9/9
ProjectMemo2:ResearcherGoalsMemo Due9/16
ProjectMemo3:ResearchQuestionMemo Due9/23
ProjectMemo4:DataMemo Due9/30
ProjectMemo5:FirstLookatDataMemo Due10/14
Proposal Due10/28
RevisedProposal Due11/4
ProjectMemo6:ReadingListMemoandProjectUpdate Due11/18
Two,oneononeProjectMeetingswiththeinstructorinweeks3and9.

(IV)FinalPresentationandPaper
GlobalSocialMovementsMiniResearchConference 12/3
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Duringourfinalclassesyouwillpresentyourargumentandcoreresearchfindingstotheclass
ina10minuteformalpresentation.Youwillalsoanswerquestionsposedtoyoubyyour
classmates(commentsfromclassmatescanandshouldbeincorporatedintoyourfinalpapers).

FinalResearchPaper DueDec.11,2p
Yourfullsemesterofworkcomestofruitioninthispaper.Youwillintegrateyourreviewofthe
relevantliteratureandtheresultsofyourdataanalysisintoa1525pageresearchpaperthat
makesawellcraftedargumentaboutyourparticularsocialmovement(orothertopic).Your
analysiswillberefinedinlightofcommentsreceivedduringourfinalclassminiconference.

Attendance&ClassParticipation
Therearetwotypesofabsences:unexcusedandexcused.Anabsencewillbeexcusedunder
thefollowingcircumstances:(a)theinstructorwasnotifiedatleast24hourspriorabout
absenceduetoavalidactivity,or(b)adoctorsorResidentDeansnotetestifyingtoanillness
onthedayofclassisturnedintotheinstructor.Unexcusedabsencesreceive0pointsforthe
participationgrade;excusedabsencesreceiveacheck.

ClassParticipationisgradedascheckminus,check,checkplus.Studentswhoattendaclassbut
dontparticipatewillreceiveacheckminus.Participationthatshowsevidenceofhavingdone
thereadingisespeciallyvalued.

Readings

Allreadingsareeitherrequiredtexts(alsoonreserveatLamont)orPDFsavailableonthe
coursewebsite.YouMUSTbeloggedintoviewthereadings.

BOOKSTOBUY

1. Auyero,JavierandDeborahAlejandraSwistun.2009.Flammable:Environmental
SufferinginanArgentineShantytown.OxfordUniversityPress.
2. Bob,Clifford.2005.TheMarketingofRebellion:Insurgents,Media,andInternational
Activism.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.
3. Keck,MargaretandKathrynSikkink.1998.ActivistsbeyondBorders.Ithaca,NY:Cornell
UniversityPress.
4. Khagram,Sanjeev.2004.DamsandDevelopment:TransnationalStrugglesforWaterand
Power.Ithaca,NY:CornellUniversityPress.
5. Klandermans,Bert,andSuzanneStaggenborg.2002.MethodsofSocialMovement
Research.Minneapolis:UniversityofMinnesotaPress.
6. Maxwell,Joseph.2005.QualitativeResearchDesign:AnInteractiveApproach.Sage
Publications.
7. Polletta,Francesca.2006.ItWasLikeaFever:StorytellinginProtestandPolitics.
Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress.
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8. Tarrow,Sidney.1998.PowerinMovement:SocialMovementsandContentiousPolitics
(2ndEdition).NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.


Week1Sept.10DefinitionsandClassicTheoriesofSocialMovements

1)Snow,DavidA.,SarahA.Soule,andHanspeterKriesi.MappingtheTerrain.InDavidA.
Snow,SarahA.Soule,andHanspeterKriesi,ed.2004.TheBlackwellCompaniontoSocial
Movements.1sted.WileyBlackwell.
2)Introduction:SocialMovements:ConceptualandTheoreticalIssues.InDougMcAdamand
DavidA.Snow.2010.ReadingsonSocialMovements:Origins,DynamicsandOutcomes.2nded.
NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.
3)Buechler,StevenM.TheStrangeCareerofStrainandBreakdownTheoriesofCollective
Action.InDavidA.Snow,SarahA.Soule,andHanspeterKriesi,ed.2004.TheBlackwell
CompaniontoSocialMovements.1sted.WileyBlackwell.

Design/MethodsReadings:
1)Maxwell,Joseph.2005(or2012).QualitativeResearchDesign:AnInteractiveApproach.Sage
Publications.Chapters1&2


Week2Sept.17TransnationalandGlobalizingMovements(I)&EthicsandHumanSubjects

1)MargaretKeckandKathrynSikkink.(1998).ActivistsBeyondBorders:AdvocacyNetworksin
InternationalPolitics.CornellUniv.Press.Chapters1,2,and6,andchooseonefrom35.
2)DellaPorta,Donatella,andSidneyG.Tarrow.2004.TransnationalProtestandGlobal
Activism.People,Passions,andPower.Lanham,MD:Rowman&Littlefield.Chapters1&10.

Design/MethodsReadings:Ethics&HumanSubjects
1)Allen.1997.SpiesLikeUs:WhenSociologistsDeceivetheirSubjects.LinguaFranca.(PDF)
2)MitchellDuneier,OntheevolutionofSidewalk,inContemporaryfieldresearch:
perspectivesandformulations,ed.RobertMEmerson,2nded.(ProspectHeights,Ill.:Waveland
Press,2001).(PDF)


Week3Sept.24TransnationalandGlobalizingMovements(II)

1)Bob,Clifford.2005.TheMarketingofRebellion:Insurgents,Media,andInternational
Activism.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.
2)Barker,Greg,JuliaPowell,andPBSHomeVideo.2004.GhostsofRwanda.Alexandria,Va.]:
DistributedbyPBSHomeVideo.Watchonyourownoutsideclass.

Design/MethodsReadings:
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1)Maxwell,Joseph.2005(or2012).QualitativeResearchDesign:AnInteractiveApproach.Sage
Publications.Chapters4&5


Week4Oct.1TransnationalandGlobalizingMovements(III)&LibraryVisit

*ThisclasswillmeetatWidenerLibraryfor2.5hours,from35:30pm*

1)Khagram,Sanjeev.2004.DamsandDevelopment:TransnationalStrugglesforWaterand
Power.Ithaca,NY:CornellUniversityPress.Chapters14,and6.
2)Signuptowatchoneofthefollowingthreedocumentariesonyourownoutsideofclass,all
onreserve:
Narmadadiary
Drownedout
Dam/age:afilmwithArundhatiRoy

PeerGroups:
Readeachothersresearchquestionanddatamemosbeforeclass,discussinclass.


Week5Oct.8ThePoliticalProcessModel(I):Tarrow&CaseSelectionandSampling

1)Tarrow,Sidney.1998.PowerinMovement:SocialMovementsandContentiousPolitics(2nd
Edition).NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress.Chapters1,2,5,6&9(skimothersas
relevantforprojects)

Design/MethodsReadings:
1)InSearchoftheVolunteersinMcAdam,Doug.1988.FreedomSummer.NewYork:Oxford
UniversityPress.
2)Smilde,David.2007.Chapter1andAppendices.Pp.315and228242inReasontobelieve:
culturalagencyinLatinAmericanevangelicalism.Berkeley:UniversityofCaliforniaPress.(PDF)


Week6Oct.15ThePoliticalProcessModel(II):McAdam&Critics
<84pagesplusvideo>
Theorderofreading/watchingisimportantthisweek.Pleasereadintheexactorderlisted
below.
1)McAdam,Doug.1999(1982).Chapter3:ThePoliticalProcessModel.ThePoliticalProcess
andtheDevelopmentofBlackInsurgency.SecondEdition.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress.
2)McAdam,Doug.1996.Chapter1:PoliticalOpportunities:conceptualorigins,current
problems,futuredirections.InDougMcAdam,JohnD.McCarthy,andMayerN.Zald.
ComparativePerspectivesonSocialMovements:PoliticalOpportunities,MobilizingStructures,
andCulturalFramings.CambridgeStudiesinComparativePolitics.Cambridge[England];:
CambridgeUniversityPress.
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Whilereading1&2,makealistofthecomponentsofthePoliticalProcessModel,thenwhen
watchingthedocumentary,jotdownexamplesofthedifferentcomponentsfromthestory.
Bringthistoclass.
3)Episode1/3:Awakenings,19541956orAin'tscaredofyourjails,19601961.Hampton,
Henry,JulianBond,BlacksideInc,andPBSVideo.2006.EyesonthePrizeAmericasCivilRights
Movement.Alexandria,Va.]:PBSVideo. Watchonyourownoutsideofclass.
4)Kurzman,Charles.1996.StructuralOpportunityandPerceivedOpportunityinSocial
movementTheory:TheIranianRevolutionof1979.AmericanSociologicalReview:153170.
5)Goodwin,Jeff,andJamesM.Jasper.1999.CaughtinaWinding,SnarlingVine:The
StructuralBiasofPoliticalProcessTheory.SociologicalForum,14:2754.(PDF)


Week7Oct.22MobilizingStructures(I):Organizations

1)IntrotoSectionVI:HowareMovementsOrganized?
2)McCarthy&Zald.Ch.19:SocialMovementOrganizations.
Abovein:Goodwin,Jeff,andJamesM.Jasper.2009.TheSocialMovementsReader:Casesand
Concepts.2nded.BlackwellReadersinSociology;12.Chichester,U.K.:WileyBlackwell.
3)Morris,Aldon.BlackSouthernStudentSitInMovements:AnAnalysisofInternal
Organization.
4)Armstrong,ElizabethA.FromStruggletoSettlement:TheCrystallizationofaFieldof
Lesbian/GayOrganizationsinSanFrancisco,19691973.
Abovein:DougMcAdamandDavidA.Snow.2010.ReadingsonSocialMovements:Origins,
DynamicsandOutcomes.2nded.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.

Design/MethodsReadings:
StudentsChosenChapter#1
Klandermans,Bert,andSuzanneStaggenborg.2002.MethodsofSocialMovementResearch.
Minneapolis:UniversityofMinnesotaPress.
(OnreserveinLamont.TableofContentsandIntroonthecoursewebsiteReadingspage.)

Eachstudentwillberesponsibleforpresentingtwochaptersfromthisbooktotheclass,aspart
ofagroupof2or3dependingontheclasssize.Studentswillrank4choicesforchaptersfrom
K&Sthattheyprefertoreadandpresent,byclasson10/8.Studentswillthenbeplacedinto
groupsthatwillworktogethertopreparetocoverthatmethodinclass.Eachgroupwillhave
about15minutes.Thiscanbeacombinationofpresentinganoutline,guidingdiscussion(but
otherswillnothavereadthechapter),and/orleadingexercises.Studentsshouldaimtoconvey
thefollowing,ataminimum:Whatisthemethodgood/appropriateforstudying?Whatdoesit
entail/howdoesitwork?Strengths/Weaknesses/Limitations?
(Iwillentertainrequeststoreadadifferentmethodsarticlefromanothersource,IF:
studentsidentifyanalternativearticlemorerelevanttotheirresearch,andthereare2to3
peoplewhowanttoreadthesamearticle.)


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Week8Oct.29ProposalWorkshoppinginPeerGroups

Design/MethodsReadings:
1)Maxwell,Joseph.2005(or2012).QualitativeResearchDesign:AnInteractiveApproach.Sage
Publications.Chapters6&7

PeerGroups:
Bringtwoprintedcopiesofproposaltoclass(everyonewillreadandcritiquetwoproposals),
exchangewithpeergroupmembersandcritiqueinclass.Feedbackformswillbeprovidedto
startdiscussion.

Week9Nov.5MobilizingStructures(II):Networks&Recruiting

1)IntrotoSectionV:SocialNetworks
2)McAdam&Paulsen.Ch.15:SpecifyingtheRelationshipBetweenSocialTiesandActivism.
AboveinMcAdam,Doug,DavidA.Snow,andDougMcAdam.2010.ReadingsonSocial
Movements:Origins,DynamicsandOutcomes.2nded.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.
3)Gould,RogerV.1991.MultipleNetworksandMobilizationintheParisCommune,1871.
AmericanSociologicalReview56(6)(December1):716729.(PDF)
4)Smilde,David.2005.AQualitativeComparativeAnalysisofConversiontoVenezuelan
Evangelicalism:HowNetworksMatter.AmericanJournalofSociology111(3)(November):
757796.(PDF)


Week10Nov.12TheCulturalTurn(I):Framing

1)Benford,RobertD.,andDavidA.Snow.2000.FramingProcessesandSocialMovements:An
OverviewandAssessment.AnnualReviewofSociology26(1):611639.(PDF)
2)Swistun,DboraAlejandra,andJavierAuyero.2009.Flammable:EnvironmentalSufferingin
anArgentineShantytown.Oxford;OxfordUniversityPress.

Design/MethodsReadings:
StudentsChosenChapter#2
Klandermans,Bert,andSuzanneStaggenborg.2002.MethodsofSocialMovementResearch.
Minneapolis:UniversityofMinnesotaPress.


Week11Nov.19TheCulturalTurn(II):NarrativeandEmotions

1)Polletta,Francesca.2006.ItWasLikeaFever:StorytellinginProtestandPolitics.Chicago:
UniversityofChicagoPress.Prefacepp.viixii,Chapter1,2,and3.
2)Gould,Deborah.2002.LifeduringWartime:EmotionsandtheDevelopmentofActUp.
Mobilization7(2):177200.(PDF)
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Week12Nov.26SocialMediaandtheFutureofSocialMovements&Coding

1)Polletta,Francesca,et.al.2013.Ch.2:IstheInternetCreatingNewReasonstoProtest?in
vanStekelenburg,Jacquelien,ConnyRoggeband,andBertKlandermans,eds.TheFutureof
SocialMovementsResearch:Dynamics,Mechanisms,andProcesses.Minneapolis:Universityof
MinnesotaPress.1736.(PDF)
2)vanStekelenburg,JacquelienandMarijeBoekkoi.2013.Ch.11:MobilizingforChangeina
ChangingSociety.invanStekelenburg,Jacquelien,ConnyRoggeband,andBertKlandermans,
eds.TheFutureofSocialMovementsResearch:Dynamics,Mechanisms,andProcesses.
Minneapolis:UniversityofMinnesotaPress.217234.(PDF)
3)Gladwell,Malcolm.2010.SmallChange;WhytheRevolutionWillNotBeTweeted.The
NewYorker,October4.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell.
4)Tufekci,Zeynep.2011.StrongTiesandWeakTiesandSocialMovements.Talkgivenat
PersonalDemocracyForum.Video:http://technosociology.org/?page_id=963(scrolldown)
5)Tufekci,Zeynep.2013.NotThisOne:SocialMovements,theAttentionEconomy,and
MicroCelebrityNetworkedActivism.Unpublishedconferencepaper.AmericanSociological
Association,SectiononCollectiveBehaviorandSocialMovementsPaperSession:Social
MovementsinTransnationalContext.
.
Design/MethodsReadings:DataAnalysis/Coding
1)Chapter6:AnalysisofDatainLearningFromStrangers:TheArtandMethodofQualitative
InterviewStudiesbyRobertS.Weiss.1994.FreePress.(PDF)
2)Chapter9:DevelopingAnalysisinAnalyzingSocialSettings:AGuidetoQualitative
ObservationandAnalysisbyJohnLoflandandLynH.Lofland.2006.WadsworthPublishing
Company.(PDF)

PeerGroups:
Readeachothersreadinglistmemosandprojectupdatesbeforeclass,discusschallengesin
class.