Short course: Ethnographic and qualitative research methods

Event Details

Date:
8 April at 9:00 am — 12 April at 5:00 pm
Venue:
Building F, Room 6.39
Campus:
Caulfield
Open to:
All
Cost:
Free
Categories:

Description:

This short course provides theoretical and practical training to researchers wishing to use ethnographic and/or qualitative research methods. You will be introduced to the basic philosophy and principles of the collection and analysis of ethnographic data. Tools and data analysis techniques are related to applied medical anthropological issues. You will undertake small group work and conduct a variety of field exercises, with notes from these exercises submitted to the instructors for their informal evaluation and advice. You will be taught skills in interviewing, group discussion, direct observation, and the maintenance and expansion of field notes and data analysis and reporting. Discussions will also relate to issues of reliability and validity, representativeness, iteration and triangulation.

Event Contact

Name
Dr Narelle Warren
E-Mail
narelle.warren@monash.edu
Phone
+61 3 9903 4046
Organisation
Monash University