Crim 4513 Ethnography & Crime, Fall 2024, MWF 12.30 --> 1.20 TBA  Weblog  Outline

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AI
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poverty
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prison
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homelessness
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incarceration
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disadvantaged
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prison
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incarceration
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jamiefader
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cults
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leon-quijano
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gangs
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homeless
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Assignments: Most assignments are excuseable but not makeupable
Q1, 09.18, Discuss what challenges Sudhir Venkatesh faced in 'gang leader for a day', and insights he gained during his research.
Q2, 10.02, Please use the book link on the course outline, and for ch03, explain Fleisher's complaint about criminology in 2 pages max for email/handin on Friday 4th.
Q3, 10.09, How are the categories of in/visibility helpful?
Q4, 10.16, Is the combo of personal and political effective in his research?
Q5, 10.18, In using gender at the micro level to conduct his participant/observation; how does he also advance our understanding at the macro level?
Q6, 10.28. How is the concept of subculture useful in doing ethnographic work, (specifically women in policing)?
Q7, 11.01: Does Modigh's photo-ethnography give us insight into the people's lives, or is it poverty porn?
Q8, 11.06: Which photo-ethnography project on grief is better, and why?
Q9, 11.08, in lieu of class, watch the two 'doomsday preppers' videos (on weblog), and explain who they are and why their story is important
Q10,11.20, (wrt ch08 phone sex) how does the visual contribute to a discourse of disposal?
Q11-15, reflections on presentations

research work:
gangs -- 5 pages double-spaced with titlepage and refspage (3 academic); an overview of two studies into youth gangs (and their use of violence); both contribute to the idea that there are broader underlying forces which help us understand why individuals join gangs and what they do there; overall, this is a good beginning, and perhaps there are implications for how youths are treated by the system. B- 14/20

cults -- 3 pages dspaced, including refs (3, non-academic); this is a good beginning, and is a literature survey of what cult life is like; the examples really show the interior regulation, and the conflict (sometimes) with external authorities; more on the psychology of cult life would strengthen the analysis; overall, good beginning. B- 14/20

homeless -- 2 pages dspaced, plus refs page (3 media sources); the idea of looking at the stories of the homeless is a good one, and gets beyond the statistics; how will those stories be collected, personally, from the media; overall, a good beginning, needs to be more specific about how it will be done. B-14

jamiefader -- 5 sspaced pages including titlepage and refspage (academic sources), with subtitles; excellent summary of the research, with its advantages and its shortcomings; I think it is probably with good reason that she influenced the results of the rehabilitation with her intervention; overall, in both style and content this is an excellent summary of the issues. A17

poverty -- 5 dspaced pages with titlepage and refspage (varied, mostly academic), subtitles, and a few images; it is a good idea to do an overview of how ethnography can study poverty, and how it has been done in the past (both pros and cons); it might be interesting to try and find some local statistics to show the dimensions of the problem to be analyzed; overall, strong beginning. A-16

AI -- 3sspaced pages with subtitles, images, and refspage (various); there are a lot of issues here, and a lot of different examples to cover in an overview; there might not be a lot of ethnographic research on these issues, but the review can focus on peoples' practices with AI, its difficulties and its promises; overall, a good overview. A-16

prison -- 2 writers; 4 dspaced pages including titlepage and mixed refspage, with subtitles; this is an excellent beginning to the research, proposing to look at photographs as ethnography; including an example would add to the proposal, especially for two people; overall, focused, and resourceful. A-16

leon-quijano -- 3 dspaced pages with subtitles, photographs, and 2 references; an interesting overview of the anthropologist's work, and it seems that photographs are both a good method for discovery as well as for communication about the results to a more general audience. overall, excellent beginning, could focus more on one a piece. B+15.5

disadvantaged -- 3 dspaced pages text, and a refspage (varied); a proposal to provide an overview of Fleischer's work, with a discussion of how method can be adapted to a study of homelessness and street crime; working in an example or two would add some detail and strengthen the analysis more; overall, good beginning. B-14

dopefiend -- 5 dspaced pages, including titlepage and (one) refspage; there is a lot of detail in the study being reviewed, and perhaps there are photos which can be attached to the issues?; overall, a good overview, could focus in more on an example and develop it. B15

homelessness -- 5 dspaced pages with a mixed refspage; excellent overview of the issues, and proposed review of the research; it is very important that you can incorporate your own experience and some of the stories you have heard; well-written, and using subtitles might focus the issues more. A17

incarceration -- 3 dspaced pages plus titlepage and 3 academic refs, and subtitles; interesting topic, looking at how incarcerated individuals are treated during environmental crises; however, it is unclear whether there will be interviews or using public data; and the ethnographic angle should be explained more. B-14