Analyzing Qualitative texts PhD-kurs kursplan

PhD Course:

Analysing Qualitative Text

10 ects

 5^th - 8^th November 2008

Place: Bodoe Regional University.

The course will focus primarily on ways of analysing transcribed and other written texts (e.g. interviews, field notes, documents), but will also touch upon other types of qualitative date. The course will address the following questions:

• What constitutes or counts as qualitative data?
• How should qualitative data be organized and stored?
• How can we work with and make sense of qualitative data?
• How can we construct and present analytical explanations on the bases of our data?

The course will combine lectures and discussions both in plenary and in seminars.

The course is intended for PhD students within the social sciences, but PhD students from other fields may also apply. To obtain 10 ects credits PhD students must attend the course and hand in a paper of 15-20 pages for evaluation, no later than December 15th. The paper will be commented and given the final accreditation by two among the lecturers and course leaders.

Students should no later than 15^th of October hand in a short paper (max. 2 pages) about the topic for a paper to be discussed in seminars. The paper should preferably be in English, but we do accept papers in a Scandinavian language. Each student will be required to give a short presentation (10 min) about their topic and ideas for a paper in a seminar.

Lecturers:

• Professor. Lars-Christer Hyden, Lindköping University, Sweden and Bodoe University College
• Professor Lindsay Prior, School of Sociology, Social Policy & Social Work, Queens University, Belfast.
• Associate Professor Anne Ryen, Agder University
• Professor Per Måseide, Bodoe University College
• Professor Johans Tveit Sandvin, Bodoe University College 

Course leaders:

Professor Johans Tveit Sandvin, e-mail: johans.sandvin@hibo.no

Professor Per Måseide, e-mail: per.maaseide@hibo.no

Administrative responsible:

Synnøve Dalmo Tollåli, tlf +47 755 17263

e-mail synnoeve.tollaali@hibo.no

Application deadline for this course: 5^th of October 2007

Send application on e-mail: Synnoeve.tollaali@hibo.no

When sending the application please inform if you are PhD student or not and if you are planning to hand in a paper.

Application Form

Monday 5^th of November

10.00-10.15                Opening and introduction to the course

10.15-11.30    “What counts as qualitative data?” by Professor Per Måseide, Bodoe University College.

11.30-12.30    Lunch

12.30 -13.45   “Turning  interviews into text. The practice of transcription” by Professor Lars-Christer Hyden, Lindköping University, Sweden/Bodoe University College.

13.45-15.00    Organizing and storing qualitative data”,  by Professor  Johans Tveit Sandvin, Bodoe University College.

15.30-17.00    Seminars

Thuesday 6^th of November

09.15-10.30                “Some traditional approaches to the use and analysis of documents in social research” by Professor Lindsay Prior, School of Sociology & Social Policy, QUB, Belfast

10.45-12.00    " Considering documents in terms of ‘discourse’.  A focus on rhetoric and narrative " by Professor Lindsay Prior, School of Sociology & Social Policy, QUB, Belfast.

12.00-13.00    Lunch

13.00 -15.00   “Re-positioning documents. Some new approaches to the study and analysis of documents in social life?”  by Professor Lindsay Prior, School of Sociology & Social Policy, QUB, Belfast.

15.30-17.00    Seminars

Wednesday 7^th of November

09.15-10.30                “Analyzing interview text: Methodological considerations” by Professor Lars-Christer Hyden, Lindköping University, Sweden/Bodoe University College

10.45-12.00    “What do interview data tell us”  by Assosiated Professor Anne Ryen, Agder university.

12.00-13.00    Lunch

13.00 -15.00   “Analysing interview data: how to get to what”  by Assosiated Professor Anne Ryen, Agder university.

15.30-17.0            Seminars

Thursday 8^th of November

9.00-11.30      “Narative analysis“by Professor Lars-Christer Hyden, Lindköping

University, Sweden/Bodoe University College.

11.30 -12.00   Closing of the seminar

12.00               Lunch