Qualitative Analysis as Sensory Performance Annette Markham [addtoany] I am reading about synaesthesia, the blending or blurring of senses that happens when one becomes particularly attenuated to a way of knowing that eludes a single sense. I’ve been thinking about this for years, actually, drawing inspiration from naturalist writers like David Abrams or Diane Ackerman, […]
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Particularly in digital contexts, the activities of fieldwork must be so radically adjusted, they hardly resemble fieldwork anymore. How much do we have to shave the square peg of ‘participant observation’ to fit it into the round hole of Twitter? And how can I take seriously someone who doesn’t problematize this practice or the outcomes?
Symbolic Interaction, Network Analysis, and Social Media Annette Markham [addtoany] Simon Lindgren and I have finally finished a draft of a new article. Forthcoming, after revisions, in Studies in Symbolic Interaction, volume 39 (anticipated 2012). Any comments welcome! Here’s a PDF of the draft copy. Abstract Below: In spite of the seeming incompatibility of network […]
Dramaturgical Approach: What’s different about digital experience? Annette Markham [addtoany] I’m working on a chapter on Dramaturgy and Digital Experience and I’m working out how to structure the frame for the piece. I thought it might be useful to brainstorm here, as well as talk about the key question for me, which is: What makes […]
Part IV: From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern Annette Markham [addtoany] (From network analysis to network sensibilities: Part IV) Part I Part II Part III Part IV here The study of networks is not just the study of how things are connected. It is a way of rethinking what we identify as the […]
Part III: Moving beyond the discrete to study the space of flows Annette Markham [addtoany] (From network analysis to network sensibilities: Part III) Part I Part II Part III here Moving beyond the discrete to study the space of flows Consider some of the persistent notions that arise in multiple disciplines over the past few […]
Part II: Network Sensibilities as Generative Tool Annette Markham [addtoany] (From network analysis to network sensibilities: Part II) Part I Part II here Part III Network Sensibilities as Generative Tool Most directly, network analysis strategies promote visual mapping of key elements (nodes), connections between them, and the overall structure of the system. This type of […]
From Network Analysis to Network Sensibilities: Part I Annette Markham [addtoany] (First of a four-part essay on my recent thoughts about using a network perspective in qualitative studies of internet-related contexts) Maybe it’s the pretty pictures generated by big data. Maybe it’s the impulse to unfocus the analytic gaze from location to locomotion. Whatever. The […]
Remix Methods: Searching for Resonance (Part I) Annette Markham [addtoany] As part of an ongoing project, this is my own remix, which means it will morph over time into something that has a different sort of coherence than you see here. I’ve been musing over three recent events that compelled me to start writing about […]
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Writing As Method: A PhD Workshop
Writing As Method: A PhD Workshop Annette Markham [addtoany] Writing as Method, a PhD workshop Wednesday, April 6 Aarhus University “How can I know what I think until I see what I say?” Starting with the assumption that “research procedure constructs reality as much as it produces descriptions of it” (Gubrium & Holstein, 1997, p.9), […]