Digital Tools for Qualitative Research
May 15-16th, 2014: 10.00-17.00, RHB 350
organized by Noortje Marres & David Moats
Funded by the ESRC Multi-disciplinary fund.
The goal of this ESRC-funded multi-disciplinary workshop will be to test popular digital tools of social research and examine how they might be adapted for the specific needs of qualitative researchers, in a small group “hack-a-thon” environment. The overarching aim is to question the divisions between qualitative and quantitative approaches, by engaging with digital methods in critical and reflexive ways. We will explore how these methods, which are often embedded in the platforms being studied, shift the relationship between researchers, digital devices and research subjects.
Group Projects:
Schedule:
15 May
10:00 – 10:30 Arrival and Introductions
10:30 – 11:00 “Sciencescape and the visual analysis of scientometrics networks’” – Tommaso Venturini
11:00 – 11:30 “Studying a Facebook Page as Political Platform” – Bernhard Rieder
11:30 – 11:45 [short coffee break]
11:45 – 12:15 “Digital Sociology in Practice: Mapping Privacy” – Noortje Marres
12:15 – 12:45 “Visualising Quali-Quantitative Methods” – David Moats
13:00 – 14:00 [lunch provided]
14:00 – 16:00 Small group discussion
- Break into 3-4 groups based on interests / problems / data used
- Discuss available tools, approaches and how they could be modified / improved
16:00 – 17:00 Big group problem-solving session and discussion of how to proceed
17:00 -Dinner / drinks at New Cross House (on Laurie Grove)
16 May
10:00 – 12:30 Group Work
12:30 – 13:30 [lunch provided]
13:30 – 15:45 Group Work
15:45 – 16:30 Presentations of projects
Responses from Alex Wilkie, Matthew Fuller, Lisa Blackman
16:30 – 17:00Big group discussion and avenues for future work