Qualitative research

[Val Pagliai]

Hi,

There is always "Thick Description" by Geertz.
When I was an undergraduate I read the Introduction to Paul Feyerabend' s 
"Against the Method" and loved it. He does a very effective critique of the 
scientific method. 

Best,

 
Valentina Pagliai

Department of Anthropology
American University
Washington, DC 20016

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From: Eric Henry <Eric_Henry at CARLETON.CA>
To: LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 8:49:41 AM
Subject: Re: [LINGANTH] Qualitative research

To flip things around, instead of trying to justify ethnography as a 
"scientific" (and thus valid) process, I like to challenge my students to think 
of science as a social process. I've found Jonathan Marks' works very helpful in 
this regard, as he is a biological anthropologist with a deep interest in 
culture. Several of the chapters in his recent book "Why I am Not a Scientist" 
would be good candidates. Also, in a class on ritual last week I asked my 
students to read Hugh Gusterson's Nuclear Rites, which offers a ritual analysis 
of nuclear weapons testing. Some of them were shocked to think that something so 
exotic as ritual plays a role in theoretical physics.

Regards,

Eric Henry
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON.