Research Design
GEO-361-A
Fall 2002
Department of Geography and Meteorology
Valparaiso University

Updated Schedule for Research Design
In response to the suggestions you made I have redesigned the last portion of the class to integrate more examples of research, time for discussions of your research projects, a discussion of integrating theory and research, and discussion of writing research. In general on Tuesdays we will either meet to discuss your progress or you will have the time to go do research. On Thursdays we will discuss a series of short readings on doing research.

 

Tues. Oct. 29

Discussion of Progress/Data Collection

Data Collection

 

Thurs. Oct. 31

Doing Interviews/ Boundaries between home and the field

Data Collection

Hart, Matheson, Saunders

Tues. Nov. 5

Discussion of Progress/Data Collection

Data Collection

 

Thurs. Nov. 7

Special Populations

Data Analysis

Aitken, McDowell

Tues. Nov. 12

Discussion of Progress/Analysis

Data Analysis

 

Thurs. Nov. 14

Integrating theory and research

Data Analysis

Mitchell and TBA

Tues Nov. 19

Writing a Report and creating an oral presentation

Data Analysis

Kitchin Last Chapter

Thurs. Nov. 21

Foreign Field Work

Writing

Hobbes, Wallach,

Drennon

Nov 26, 28

Thanksgiving break

   

Tues. Dec. 3

Discussion of Progress

Writing

 

Thurs. Dec. 5

Final Presentations

Presenting

 

Tues. Dec. 10

Final Presentations

Presenting

 

Thurs. Dec. 12

Final Presentations

Presenting

 

Thurs Dec. 19

Final Exam 10:30-12:30

 

Tuan?

 

Readings

Mitchell, Don 1995. The end of public space? People's Park, definitions of the public, and democracy. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 85:108-133.

The following Readings are from a special edition of the Geographical Review Jan-Apr 2001, Vol. 91. They are available through our library's full text databases. You are encouraged to read further in this collection of short essays if you wish. A version of this page with links is on our class web site.

John Fraiser Hart, No dead Rabbits Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730661&db=afh

Matheson, Julie Stranger, trailer, fieldwork, girl , Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730651&db=afh

Saunders, Ralph Home and away: bridging fieldwork and everyday life Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730636&db=afh

Yi Fu Tuan, Life as a field trip. Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730631&db=afh

McDowell, Linda, Working with Young Men Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730649&db=afh

Aitken, Stuart C. Playing with children: immediacy was their cry, Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730681&db=afh

Drennon, Christine Searching for order on the Balkan Peninsula Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730671&db=afh

Wallach, Bret, A window on the West Bank, Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730629&db=afh

Hobbs, Joseph, Exploration and discovery with the Bedouin of Egypt Available http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5730657&db=afh