CS235 Study Guide - Final Guide: Enquire, Hidden Places, Alcohol And Sex
8 Dec 2013
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Qualitative methods of storying the social, part i. Move from social facts to social constructionism as the dominant model of research and analysis. Move from a concern with objectively measuring the social to interpretively understanding (verstehen) the social. Move from quantitative methods (statistics, surveys) to qualitative methods (ethnography, interviews) Social sciences cannot be modeled on the natural sciences. Go out and find what people are doing then develop a grounded theory (glaser and. Validity is grounded in localized truths of experience , not theoretical hypothesis or concepts. Not concerned with replicating results (generalizability), but contributing to nuanced. Thick descriptions (geertz) of social and cultural beliefs and practices. To understand society and culture we need to understand both within the flow of everyday life as rich experience and dynamic event. This model is based upon the conceptualization of the symbolic construction of social reality through the materiality of culture and cultural practices.
