<div class="xblock xblock-public_view xblock-public_view-vertical" data-request-token="f80dd1b8abad11f199110ebf0becc8e7" data-graded="False" data-course-id="course-v1:MITx+21A.819.1x+3T2021" data-block-type="vertical" data-has-score="False" data-runtime-class="LmsRuntime" data-usage-id="block-v1:MITx+21A.819.1x+3T2021+type@vertical+block@99286e4abdcd4cedaa5ace3c4a6a9499" data-runtime-version="1" data-init="VerticalStudentView"> <h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Readings</h2> <div class="vert-mod"> <div class="vert vert-0" data-id="block-v1:MITx+21A.819.1x+3T2021+type@html+block@e6c6da73917d4a209e892a71d402303e"> <div class="xblock xblock-public_view xblock-public_view-html xmodule_display xmodule_HtmlBlock" data-request-token="f80dd1b8abad11f199110ebf0becc8e7" data-graded="False" data-course-id="course-v1:MITx+21A.819.1x+3T2021" data-block-type="html" data-has-score="False" data-runtime-class="LmsRuntime" data-usage-id="block-v1:MITx+21A.819.1x+3T2021+type@html+block@e6c6da73917d4a209e892a71d402303e" data-runtime-version="1" data-init="XBlockToXModuleShim"> <script type="json/xblock-args" class="xblock-json-init-args"> {"xmodule-type": "HTMLModule"} </script> <p>The following readings give a good overview of the qualitative research process, as it is used by sociologists and anthropologists. (We linked to the articles we were able too, the others we encourage you to seek out on your own.)</p> <p><b>Readings:</b></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://courses.mitxonline.mit.edu/asset-v1:MITxT+21A.819.2x+3T2021+type@asset+block@Tricks_of_Trade_Preface.Chapter1.pdf" target="_blank">Excerpt from: Becker, Howard S. Tricks of the trade: How to think about your research while you're doing it. University of Chicago Press, 2008.</a></li> <li><a href="https://courses.mitxonline.mit.edu/asset-v1:MITxT+21A.819.2x+3T2021+type@asset+block@socimagination.pdf" target="_blank">Mills, C. Wright. The sociological imagination. Oxford University Press, 2000.</a></li> <li><a href="https://courses.mitxonline.mit.edu/asset-v1:MITxT+21A.819.1x+3T2021+type@asset+block@Geertz_Thick_description.pdf" target="_blank">Geertz, Clifford. "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretative Theory of Culture. The Interpretation of Cultures. C. Geertz." (1973).</a></li> <li><a href="https://courses.mitxonline.mit.edu/asset-v1:MITxT+21A.819.2x+3T2021+type@asset+block@Six_Rules_of_Qualitative_Research.pdf" target="_blank">Silverman, David. "Six rules of qualitative research: A post‐romantic argument." Symbolic Interaction 12.2 (1989): 215-230.</a></li> <li>Van Maanen, John. Qualitative methodology. Sage Publications, Inc, 1979.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div>