Assigned Readings

Bryman Ch. 17 in Third Ed.

Bidwell, D. (2009). Is community-based participatory research postnormal science? Science, Technology & Human Values 34(6), 741-761.

Gans, H. (2010). Public ethnography; ethnography as public sociology. Qualitative Sociology 33(1), 97-104.

Mulhall, A. (2003) In the field: notes on observation in qualitative research. Journal of Advanced Nursing 41(3), 306-313.

Research Methods Review Articles

Bastida, E.M., Tseng, T.S., McKeever, C. & Jack, Jr., L. (2010). Ethics and community-based participatory research: Perspectives from the field. Health Promotion Practice 11(1), 16-20.

Bernard, H.R. (2000). Social Research Methods. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA. Read Ch. 9, Participant Observation, pp. 317-336 (introductory material through skills of the participant observer). Get from Dr. Swisher.

Bernard, H.R. (2000). Social Research Methods. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA. Read Ch. 9, Participant Observation, pp. 355-365 (secotion about field notes). Get from Dr. Swisher.

Cochran, Jr., D.M., Reese, C.A., Kam-bui,L. (2009). Tropical storm Gamma and the Mosquitia of eastern Honduras: A little-known story from the 2005 hurricane season. Area 41(4), 425-434.

Doyle, M. & Virpi, T. (2010). Lessons from a community-based participatory research project: Older people's and researchers' reflections. Research on Aging 32(2), 244-263.

Downs, T.J., Ross, L., Patton, S., Rulnick, S. et al. (2009). Complexities of holistic community-based participatory research for alow income, multi-ethnic population exposed to multiple builtpenvironment stressors in Worcester, Massachusetts. Environmental Research 109(8), 1028-1040.

Goh, Y., Bogart, L.M., Sipple-Asher, B.K. et al. (2009). Using community-based participatory research to identify potential interventions to overcome barriers to adolescents' healthy eating and physical activity. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 32(5), 491-502.

Kuznar, L.A. & Werner, O. (2001). Ethnographic mapmaking: Part 1 - principles. Field Methods 13(2), 204-213 AND Werner, O. & Kuznar, L.A. (2001) Ethnographic mapmaking: Part 2 - practical concerns and triangulation. Field Methods 13(3), 291-296. Describe the key components of the technique, why it is useful and how it should be incorporated into other data collection methods.

Mynard, L., Howie, L. & Collister, L. (2008). Belonging to a community-based football team: An ethnographic study. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 56(4), 266-274.

Warriner, D.S. (2009). Competent performances of situated identies: Adult learners of English accessing engaged participation. Teaching & Teacher Education 26(1), 22-30.

Tang, R. & Gavin, M.C. (2010). Traditional ecological knowledge informing resource management: Saxoul conservation in Inner Mongolia, China. Society & Natural Resources 23(3), 193-206.

Additional Resources

Adler, P. & Adler, P. (1999) The ethnographer's ball revisited. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 28, 442-450.

Ashworth, P.D. (1995) The meaning of "participant" in participant observation. Qualitative Health Research 5, 366-387.

Baszanger, I. & Dodier, N. (2004) Ethnography: relating the part to the whole. In Qualitative Research, Second Edition, D. Silverman (ed.). Sage, Chicago, p. 9-34.

Brown, K.R. (2009). The social dynamics and durability of moral boundaries. Sociological Forum 24(4), 854-876.

Culyba, R.J., Heimer, C.A. & Petty, J.C. (2004) The ethnographic turn: fact, fashion, or fiction? Qualitative Sociology. 27(4), 365-395.

Glaser, J.M. (1996) The challenge of campaign watching: seven lessons of participant-observation research. Political Science & Politics 29, 533-537.

Gubrium, J.F. & Holstein, J.A. (1999) At the border of narrative and ethnography. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 28, 561-573.

Lauder, M.A. (2003) Covert participant observation of a deviant community: justifying the use of deception. Journal of Contemporary Religion 18(2), 185-196.

Neuman, W.L. (2004) Basics of Social Research. Pearson, Boston. See Ch. 11, pp. 266-278.

Sperschneider, W. & Bagger, K. (2003) Ethnographic fieldwork under industrial constraints: toward deisgn-in-context. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 15(1), 41-50.

Some Studies Using Participant Observation

Agheneza, Z.E. (2009). The status of ngie rural women farmers' socio-economic condition. Journal of Asian & African Studies 44(6), 677-697.

Brewster, Z.W. (2003) Behavioral and interactional patterns of strip club patrons: tipping techniques and club attendance. Deviant Behavior 24, 221-243.

Brown, J.R., Donelan-McCall, N. & Dunn, J. (1996) Why talk about mental states? The significance of children's conversations with friends, siblings and mothers. Child Development 67, 836-849.

Cleaveland, C. (2010). "We are not criminals": Social work advocacy and unauthorized migrants. Social Work 55(1), 74-81.

Cosgrove, L. & Flynn, C. (2005) Marginalized mothers: parenting without a home. Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy 5(1), 127-143.

Gair, G. & Hartery, T. (2001) Medical dominance in multidisciplinary teamwork: a case study of discharge decision-making in a geriatric assessment unit. Journal of Nursing Management 9, 3-11.

Graham, K. & Wells, S. (2001) Aggression among young adults in the social context of the bar. Addiction Research & Theory 9(3), 193-219.

Grazian, D. (2004) The production of popular music as a confidence game: the case of the Chicago blues. Qualitative Sociology 27(2), 137-158.

Lee, J.P., Moore, R.S. & Martin, S.E. (2003) Unobtrusive observations of smoking in urban California bars. Journal of Drug Issues 33(4), 984-999.

Millward, P. (2009). Glasgow Rangers supporters in the City of Manchester: The degeneration of a "fan party" into a "hooligan riot." International Review for the Sociology of Sport 44 (4), 381-398.

Singer, M., Stopka, T., Siano, C. et al. (2000) The social geography of AIDS and hepatitis risk: qualitative approaches for assessing local differences in sterile-syringe access among injection drug users. American Journal of Public Health 90(7), 1049-1056.

Smart, L.R. & Bisogni, C.A. (2001) Personal food systems of male college hockey players. Appetite 37, 57-70.

Sousa, L., Galante, H., Batel, A. & Hespanha, P. (2003). Observing cities' social inequalities: a cartographic case study of Aveiro, Portugal. Cities 20(4), 241-252.

Strina, A., Cairncross, S., Barreto, M.L., Larrea, C. & Prado, M.S. (2003) Childhood diarrhea and observed hygiene behavior in Salvador, Brazil. American Journal of Epidemiology 157, 1032-1038.