Thursday, February 23, 2012
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Conference Workshops

With support from the National Science Foundation, we offer one-day workshops in conjunction with national meetings of anthropologists. In the past, we have offered workshops at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Society for Applied Anthropology

2012 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 27-31

Registration for these workshops is through the SfAA’s meeting site.

Text Analysis

Workshop by Clarence C. Gravlee (University of Florida) and Amber Wutich (Arizona State University)

This one-day course provides an introduction to systematic methods for analyzing qualitative data. Topics covered include: techniques for identifying themes, tips for developing and using codebooks, and suggestions on how to produce qualitative descriptions, make systematic comparisons, and build and formally test models. The course is not a software workshop, but we will introduce participants to software packages that can facilitate the systematic analysis of qualitative data.

Network Analysis

Workshop by Jeffrey C. Johnson (East Carolina University) and Christopher McCarty (University of Florida)

Social network analysis (SNA) is the study of patterns of human relations. Participants learn about whole networks (relations within groups) and personal networks (relations surrounding individuals). This one-day, introductory, hands-on workshop uses examples from anthropological research. Whole networks are analyzed using UCINET and NetDraw; personal networks are analyzed using EgoNet. Free short-term demos are available for these programs. Participants furnish their own laptops.

Field Methods in Ethnoecology

Workshop by J. Richard Stepp (University of Florida)

This half-day workshop provides an introduction to field methods used by ethnoecologists and ethnobiologists. An emphasis is placed on how to collect and analyze data on traditional ecological knowledge and ethnotaxonomy. The course introduces software packages used by anthropologists and ecologists in the field. In addition, techniques for proper collection of ethnobiological specimens will be presented.