INF5220 - Autumn 2010

Undervisningsplan

DatoUndervises avStedTemaKommentarer / ressurser
01.09.2010Ingeborg Krange  508 Veglaboratoriet  Introduction to the course and qualitative research  Mandatory: Chap. 1 in Crang and Cook

Additional: Latour (1999) 

08.09.2010Ingeborg Krange  508 Veglaboratoriet  Conducting fieldwork. Generating material part 1. Observation, interview, fieldnotes, documents   Mandatory: Chap. 4 + 5 in Crang and Cook.

Additionals: Chap 6 in Crang and Cook; Graver, Dunne & Pacenti (1999)

Movie: Kitchen Stories by Bent Hamer 

15.09.2010Sisse Finken. Guest lecture by Gisle Hannemyr  Infra, InterMedia  Internet research + legal aspects of field research  Mandatory: Chap. 3 in Crang and Cook + Leander & Mckim (2003)

Additional: Guimarães Jr (2005); Markham (2005); Brown & Bell (2004)

Guest Lecture by Gisle Hannemyr on legal aspects of field work and internet research.

Submit exercise 1 to Elise, e-mail: eliseh@ifi.uio.no 

22.09.2010Sisse Finken  Via, Forskningsparken  Conducting fieldwork. Generating material, part 2. Photographs, audio, video. + Generating material 1: Interview, note taking, documents  Mandatory: Chap. 7 in Crang and Cook + Monahan (2008)

Additional: Blauhut & Buur (2009); Harper (2005); Suchmann and Trigg (1991)

Presentation n discussion of Monahan by group 1 + 8

Sept. 23: Submit exercise 2 to Elise, e-mail: eliseh@ifi.uio.no

Feed-back on exercise 1 

29.09.2010Sisse Finken  Infra, Intermedia  Ethnography, positioning the researcher // Overview of the field + intro to categories like positivist, interpretive, critical research 
  • Ethnography:

Mandatory: Chap. 2 in Crang and Cook + Blomberg et al. (1991)

Additionals: Crabtree et al. (2009); Forsythe (1999); Hughes, King, Rodden & Andersen (1994); Bardram & Bossen (2005); Harper (2000); Schultze (2000)

Presentation n discussion of Blomberg et al. by group 3 + 10

  • Overview of the field:

Mandatory: Myers (living version): Qualitative Research in Information Systems

Additional: Silverman (1998) + Myers & Avison (2002)

Sept. 30 submit exercise 3 to Elise, e-mail: eliseh@ifi.uio.no and Guri, email: guribv@ifi.uio.no

Feed-back on exercise 2 

06.10.2010Sisse Finken.    No lecture  Start working on your research proposals

Oct. 7 submit exercise 4 to Elise, e-mail: eliseh@ifi.uio.no and Guri, email: guribv@ifi.uio.no 

13.10.2010Sisse Finken  208. Forskningsparken ll, House 4. Entrance at InterMedia, go one floor down to Visningsrummet, follow the signs made for the occasion, through the glass door, down the hallway  Action Research  Mandatory: Avison, Lau, Myers & Nielsen (1999) + Baskervill & Wood-Harper (2002) + Checkland & Holwell (1998).

Additional: Kalleberg (1992)

Presentaion n discussion of Baskervill & Wood-Harper by group 2 + 9

Feed-back on exercise 3 

20.10.2010Sisse Finken  Infra, Intermedia  Case Studies  Mandatory: Stake (2005) + Walsham & Sahay (1999)

Additionals: Flybjerg (2006); Walsham (2006); Walsham (2002); Geertz (1972)

Presentation of Stake by group 4, Presentation n discussion of Walsham & Sahay by group 12 + 5

Oct. 21 submit 1st version of your RP to Elise, e-mail: eliseh@ifi.uio.no and Guri, email: guribv@ifi.uio.no

Feed-back on exercise 4

Midterm evaluation of the course 

27.10.2010Sisse Finken  Via, Forskningsparken  Grounded Theory. Analyzing data + quality in qualitative research  Mandatory: Chap. 8 in Crang and Cook + Thoresen (1999)

Additionals: Charmaz (2005); Klein & Myers (1999); Strauss, Fagerhaugh, Suczek & Wiener (1985); Emerson, Fretz & Shaw (1995); Lee & Baskerville (2003)

Presentation of Thoresen by group 7

Feedback on RP1 

03.11.2010The guest lecture by Knut Hegna is cancelled. Sisse Finken  Infra, Intermedia  Writing it up, part 1.  Guest lecture by Knut Hegna, Senior academic librarian, "How does an article take form and how do I avoid plagiarism?"

Mandatory: Chap. 9 (p. 150-177) in Crang & Cook 

10.11.2010Sisse Finken.  208, Forskningsparken ll, House 4. Entrance at InterMedia, go one floor down to Visningsrummet, follow the signs made for the occasion, through the glass door, down the hallway  Writing it up, part 2. Representation + how to structure written work  Mandatory: Chap. 9 (p. 177-206) in Crang and Cook + Sørensen (revised version of 2002)

Presentation of Sørensen by group 6

Movie: Representation and the Media featuring Stuart Hall

Nov. 11 submit 2nd version of your RP to Elise, e-mail: eliseh@ifi.uio.no and Guri, email: guribv@ifi.uio.no, Sisse: finken@ifi.uio.no 

17.11.2010Sisse Finken.  Via, Forskningsparken  Sum up on course, preparing for the exam  Feed-back on RP2 
24.11.2010Sisse Finken  No lecture.  Turn in your RP  Turn in your final RP at 2PM. The submitted RPs are not to exceed 10 pages (+/- 1) including table of content and biography (excl. appendix) + they should be set in Times New Roman 12, 1.5 spacing. Mail your RP to
  • Elise: eliseh@ifi.uio.no
  • Guri: guribv@ifi.uio.no
  • Sisse: finken@ifi.uio.no
 
01.12.2010Sisse Finken  Via, Forskningsparken  Presentations of projects   
10.12.2010    Exam (written, letter-grade system A-F). 4 hours   
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