K. G. Ward and M. Jones (1999) “Researching local elites: reflexivity, ‘situatedness’ and political-temporal contingency,” Geoforum 30(4): 301-312.E. Schoenberger (1991) “The corporate interview as a research method in economic geography,” Professional Geographer 43: 180-189.UPP 594 RESEARCH METHODS SEMINAR: INTEGRATING THEORY AND METHODSNik TheodoreTime: Mondays 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.Location: ADH, 2nd FloorTelephone: (312) 996-8378Fax: (312) 996-5766E-mail: [email protected] ReadingsAndrew Sayer (1992) Method in Social Science (2nd edition). New York: Routledge.Elijah Anderson (1999) Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City. New York: Norton.William Julius Wilson (1996) When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor. New York: Knopf.Mitchell Duneier (1999) Sidewalk. New York: FSGKatherine S. Newman (1999) No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City. New York: Knopf.Adam Tickell, Eric Sheppard, Jamie Peck, and Trevor Barnes, eds., (2007) Politics and Practice in Economic Geography. London: Sage.Various articles1Course ScheduleJanuary 5 Course introduction: Conducting urban fieldworkJanuary 12 No classJanuary 19 Conceptualizing urban phenomena: A critical realist approachReadings: A. Sayer (1992) Method in Social Science, Ch. 1-4, 9.A. Sayer (1987) “Hard work and its alternatives,” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 5: 395-399.January 26 Fuzzy concepts? “Rigor” and qualitative methodsReadings: A. Scott (1988) “Flexible production systems and regional development: The rise of new industrial spaces in North America and western Europe,” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 12: 171-186.A. Markusen (1999) “Fuzzy concepts, scanty evidence, policy distance: the case for rigor and policy relevance in critical regional studies,” Regional Studies 33: 869-84.J. Peck (2002) “Fuzzy old world: a response to Markusen,” SECONS Discussion Forum Contribution 2, University of Bonn.R. Hudson (2002) “Fuzzy concepts and sloppy thinking: reflections on developments in critical regional studies,” SECONS Discussion Forum Contribution 1, University of Bonn.D. Massey and R. Meegan (1985) “Introduction: the debate,” in D. Massey and R. Meegan, eds, Politics and Method.A. Sayer and K. Morgan (1985) “A modern industry in a declining region: Links between method, theory and policy,” in D. Massey and R. Meegan, eds, Politics and Method.D. Massey and R. Meegan (1985) “Postscript: Doingresearch,” in D. Massey and R. Meegan, eds, Politics and Method.2February 2 Interviewing elitesReadings: G. L. Clark (1998) “Stylized facts and close dialogue: methodology in economic geography,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 88: 73-87.A. Cochrane (1998) “Illusions of power: interviewing local elites,” Environment and Planning A 30 2121-2132.G. Valentine (1997) “Tell me about …: using interviews as a research methodology,” in R. Flowerdew and D.Martin, eds, Methods in human geography.K. G. Ward and M. Jones (1999) “Researching local elites: reflexivity, ‘situatedness’ and political-temporal contingency,” Geoforum 30(4): 301-312.E. Schoenberger (1991) “The corporate interview asa research method in economic geography,” Professional Geographer 43: 180-189.L. McDowell (1992) “Valid games? A response to Erica Schoenberger,” The Professional Geographer 44(2): 212-215.E. Schoenberger (1992) “Self-criticism and self-awareness in research: A Reply to Linda McDowell,”The Professional Geographer 44(2): 215-218.February 9 Finding the global in the local: Ethnographic approachesReadings: M. Burawoy (2000) “Introduction: reaching for the global,” in M. Burawoy et al Global ethnography. M. Burawoy (2000) “Grounding globalization,” in M. Burawoy et al Global ethnography. M. Burawoy (1991) “Reconstructing social theories,”in M. Burawoy et al Ethnography unbound.M. Burawoy (1991) “The extended case method,” in M. Burawoy et al Ethnography unbound.3February 16 Street-level fieldwork IReadings: E. Anderson (1999) Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City.W.J. Wilson (1996) When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor.February 23 Street-level fieldwork IIReadings: M. Duneier (1999) Sidewalk.K.S. Newman (1999) No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City.March 2 Street-level fieldwork III – NO CLASS TODAY Keep reading…March 9 Scrutinizing the Street IReadings: Loic Wacquant (2002) “Scrutinizing the Street: Poverty, Morality, and the Pitfalls of Urban Ethnography,” American Journal of Sociology 107(6)1468-1532.March 16 Scrutinizing the Street IIReadings: M. Duneier (2002) “What Kind of Combat Sport is Sociology?” American Journal of Sociology 107(6) 1551-1576.E. Anderson (2002) “The Ideologically Driven Critique,” American Journal of Sociology 107(6) 1533-1550.K. Newman (2002) “No Shame: The View from the Left Bank,” American Journal of Sociology 107(6) 1577-1599.Video: Loic Wacquant presentation at a Theory@Madison seminarMarch 23 Spring Break – NO CLASS TODAY4March 30 Research and rhetoric in urban studiesReadings: R. W. Lake (2005) “Urban Crisis Redux,” Urban Geography 26(3): 266-270. R. B. Beauregard (2003) “City of Superlatives,” City & Community 2(3): 183-199.N. Brenner (2003) “Stereotypes, Archetypes, and Prototypes: Three Uses of Superlatives in Contemporary Urban Studies,” City & Community 2(3): 205-216.N. Castree (2005) “The epistemology of particulars: Human geography, case studies and ‘context,’” Geoforum 36: 541-544.April 6 Reflexivity and research IReadings: Selections from A. Tickell, E. Sheppard, J. Peck, and T. Barnes, eds., (2007) Politics and Practice in Economic Geography. April 13 Reflexivity and research IIReadings: R. Sanjek (2000) “Keeping ethnography alive in an urbanizing world,” Human Organization 59(3): 280-288.M. Keith (1992) “Angry writing: (Re)presenting the unethical world of the ethnographer,” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 10(5): 551-568.K. V. L. England (1994) “Getting personal: reflexivity,positionality, and feminist research,” The Professional Geographer 46(1): 80-89.April 20 Reflexivity and research IIIReadings: C. Bailey, C. White and R. Pain (1999) “Evaluating qualitative research: Dealing with the tension between ‘science’ and creativity’,” Area 31(2): 169-183.J. L. Wiles,