New distance learning courses for 2013
Last year, with support from the National Science Foundation, the University of Florida launched a series of courses on research methods in cultural anthropology. The courses carry graduate credit and are open to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. Two courses were offered last year; this year those courses are repeated and two more come online:
- Text Analysis in Cultural anthropology, May 13–June 21, 2013
- Network Analysis in Cultural Anthropology, May 13–June 14, 2013
- Geospatial Analysis in Cultural Anthropology, July 1–August 2, 2013
- Video Analysis in Cultural Anthropology, July 1–August 2, 2013
Each course has 12 hours of lecture and 33 hours of online, interactive instruction. Courses are limited to 18 participants. For more information, visit the Methods Mall or the Distance Learning program at the University of Florida.
2013 workshops for graduate students and faculty
The 2013 Anthropology Methods Mall is online with information about five, NSF-supported opportunities for methods training in cultural anthropology.
- SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods. For those with the Ph.D.)
- SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design. For graduate students)
- EFS—Tallahassee (Ethnographic Field School in Tallahassee. For graduate students)
- SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. For graduate students)
- WRMA (Conference Workshops on Research Methods in Anthropology. For all anthropologists)
Short Courses on Research Methods
Now in its ninth year, the SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods) program is for cultural anthropologists who already have the Ph.D. Three five-day courses are offered during summer 2013 at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina.
- Behavioral Observation in Ethnographic Research (Instructors: Raymond Hames and Michael Paolisso) July 15-19, 2013.
- Methods in Ethnoecology (J. Richard Stepp and Justin Nolan) July 29-August 2, 2013
Apply now to the Short Courses on Research Methods. The deadline is Feb. 15, 2013.
Summer Institute on Research Design
Now in its 18th year, the SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design) is an intensive, three-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology who are preparing their doctoral research proposals. The 2013 course runs from July 15-August 2, 2013 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Susan Weller, H. Russell Bernard, and Amber Wutich.
Apply now to the Summer Institute on Research Design. The deadline is March 1, 2013.
Ethnographic Field School—Tallahassee
Now in its second year, the EFS—Tallahassee (Ethnographic Field School) is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology. This course involves five weeks of ethnographic fieldwork in Tallahassee, and provides training for students in participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, community-based participatory research, and the collection of geospatial, social network, and cognitive data. The Tallahassee Field School runs from Jul7 7 – August 10, 2013 and is coordinated by Clarence (Lance) Gravlee from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida, in collaboration with community partners from the Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee (HEAT).
Apply now to the Tallahassee Field School. The deadline is Feb. 15, 2013.
Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
Now in its fourth year, the SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology) is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology and related, interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) who are interested in using museum collections as a data source and who are preparing for research careers. The course runs from June 25-July 20, 2013. Instructors: Candace Greene, Nancy Parezo, Joshua Bell, and Gwyneira Isaac, plus visiting lecturers.
Apply now to the Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. The deadline is March 1, 2013.
Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology
The WRMA (Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology) program offers one-day workshops in conjunction with national meetings of anthropologists. See the the workshops being offered for 2012-2013.
2012 workshops for graduate students and faculty
The 2012 Anthropology Methods Mall is online with information about five, NSF-supported opportunities for methods training in cultural anthropology.
- SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods. For those with the Ph.D.)
- SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design. For graduate students)
- SFTM (Summer Field Training in Methods program in Bolivia. For graduate students)
- SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. For graduate students)
- WRMA (Conference Workshops on Research Methods in Anthropology. For all anthropologists)
Short Courses on Research Methods
Now in its eighth year, the SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods) program is for cultural anthropologists who already have the Ph.D. Three five-day courses are offered during summer 2012 at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina.
- Behavioral Observation in Ethnographic Research (Instructors: Raymond Hames and Michael Paolisso) July 16-20, 2012.
- Social Network Analysis (Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson and Christopher McCarty) July 23-27, 2012.
- Analyzing Video Data (Instructors: Elizabeth Cartwright and Jerome Crowder) July 30-August 3, 2012.
Apply to the Short Courses on Research Methods here. The deadline is Feb. 15, 2012.
Summer Institute on Research Design
Now in its 17th year, the SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design) is an intensive, three-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology who are preparing their doctoral research proposals. The 2011 course runs from July 16-August 3, 2012 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Susan Weller, H. Russell Bernard, and Amber Wutich.
Apply to the Summer Institute on Research Design here. The deadline is March 1, 2012.
Summer Field Training in Methods
Now in its ninth year, the SFTM (Summer Field Training in Methods) program in Bolivia is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology. This course involves five weeks of fieldwork in the Bolivian Amazon from June 3-July 7, 2012. Instructors: Ricardo Godoy, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Susan Tanner, and Colleen Nyberg.
Apply to the Bolivia Field School here. The deadline is Feb. 15, 2012.
Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
Now in its fourth year, the SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology) is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology and related, interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) who are interested in using museum collections as a data source and who are preparing for research careers. The course runs from June 25-July 20, 2012. Instructors: Candace Greene, Nancy Parezo, Joshua Bell, and Gwyneira Isaac, plus visiting lecturers.
Apply to the Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology here. The deadline is March 1, 2012.
Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology
The WRMA (Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology) program offers one-day workshops in conjunction with national meetings of anthropologists.
New distance learning courses in research methods
Starting in 2012, The University of Florida will offer a series of courses on research methods in cultural anthropology. The courses carry graduate credit and are open to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. Two courses are offered this year:
- Text Analysis in Cultural anthropology, May 28-June 29, 2012
- Geospatial Analysis in Cultural Anthropology, May 14-June 15, 2012
Each course has 12 hours of lecture and 33 hours of online, interactive instruction. Courses are limited to 18 participants. For more information, visit the Methods Mall or the Distance Learning program at the University of Florida.
Summer field school in Bolivia
Now in its ninth year, the Field Methods in Bolivia training program takes place among the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society of farmers and foragers in Bolivia. The field school is directed by Ricardo Godoy (Brandeis). Training lasts five weeks (June 3 – July 7, 2012) and focuses on methods to collect ecological, demographic, economic, cognitive, anthropometric, and health data. The training builds on and is informed by the Tsimane’ Amazonian Panel Study (TAPS), a panel study in progress since 1999 to understand the consequences of market exposure for the Tsimane’. Instructors for the 2012 program include V. Reyes-García (Brandeis and Barcelona), R. Godoy (Brandeis), C. Nyberg (UMass-Boston) and S. Tanner (Georgia).
QualQuant training at U-M Survey Research Center
This summer the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, will hold its 63rd annual Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques. As the name implies, the Summer Institute is organized around methods in survey research. But the organizers take a broad view of what counts as survey research, and several courses integrate qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis.
Here are four relevant courses:
- Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: Introduction and Overview (Bill Axinn)
- Qualitative Data Analysis: With and Without the Use of Computers (Eben Weitzman)
- Introduction to Focus Groups as Qualitative Research (David Morgan)
- Qualitative Methods: Overview and Semi-Structured Interviewing (Nancy Riley)
For more information, including a complete list of courses, please visit the Summer Institute’s website.
Welcome to the new QualQuant
Today, we’re happy to launch the new version of our website. The old version served us well for almost eight years—a really long time in web years. The Internet has changed a lot since 2002, and the re-designed site takes advantage of some of those changes.
The site is built on the WordPress platform. Although designed originally for blogs, WordPress is used more and more often to publish other types of sites, too. Here are some of the key benefits of moving our site to this platform:
- It will be easier to add dynamic content—like this post—using the site’s blog features. For now, we intend to use these features mainly to make announcements related to the NSF-funded courses we support in the Methods Mall; we aren’t ready to join the ranks of great anthropological blogs like Savage Minds or Neuroanthropology just yet. But we do have a few special posts planned for the near future — including Russ Bernard’s thoughts about the mixed methods movement and how it relates to what we do at QualQuant.
- You can now interact with the site. One way is to leave a comment on posts like this one to start a conversation with us or other readers of the site.
- You can stay up-to-date by subscribing to the RSS feed for blog posts or comments. This is a great way to be notified when there’s something new on the site without having to check back on your own. If you’re new to RSS, you can read more about it in plain English.
- You can easily share links to content on the site through email or social networking and bookmarking services like Facebook or Delicious. Just look for the buttons at the bottom of every page.
- The new site makes it easier to incorporate other media to support training in research methods. One example is the video tutorial series I’ve started about using MAXQDA software to manage and analyze qualitative data. We plan to add other online tutorial series in the near future.
We look forward to expanding the site in other ways, too. We plan to offer more resources for teaching and learning methods, including data sets, exercises, and bibliographies. We are also interested in collecting and sharing syllabi from courses in research methods—qualitative and quantitative alike. We want to create opportunities for people to interact on the site and are exploring the possibility of adding social networking features. For starters, participants in any of the NSF-sponsored training opportunities featured in the Methods Mall should register for an account to access course materials.
Beyond what the new site can do, the biggest change is the way it looks. It’s nice, isn’t it? Thanks to Kevin and David at rocketgenius for their excellent work—and for being a pleasure to work with. We are also grateful to the Cultural Anthropology Program at the National Science Foundation for support of the training opportunities we host here. And thanks to Alan Schultz for help in setting up the course pages.
If you’d like to comment on the site—or how we can make it better—please use the form below. We look forward to hearing from you!