Criminology 4513 Ethnography & Crime fall 2024, MWF 12.30 --> 1.20 TBA  Outline  Classlist  Gradesheet


week one 9.04-06 labour day
wed--intro
fri--no class
week five 9.30-04 NatDayRecon
mon--no class
wed-- noclass Q2
fri-- ch03, marginality
week nine 10.28-01
mon-- subculture, policewomen Q6
wed-- cont.
fri-- xtra, Modigh photo-ethnog Q7
week thirteen 11.25-29 presentations
mon-- Alves, Armstrong, Carson
wed-- Dobson/Leblanc, Garrett,
fri-- Getchell, Hickey, Morrell
week two 9.09-13 theme: intro
mon--  xtra: ch05 deborah
wed-- cont; ch01-3 steve
fri-- cont; xtra: 
week six 10.07-11 proposal due
mon-- ch04, homelessness
wed-- xtra homeless Q3
fri-- no class, work on proposals due
week ten 11.04-08
mon-- noclass
wed--  xtra: photo-grief; roadkill Q8
fri-- noclass video assignment Q9
week fourteen 12.02-04 presentations
mon-- Richard, Roi
wed-- Stock, Tidd, Wilson
Thurs 5th last class
week three 9.16-20 theme: intro
mon-- ch01, confessions
wed-- Q1
fri-- cont. 
week seven 10.14-18 Thanksgiving
mon--no class
wed-- ch05, militarism Q4
fri-- cont.Q5
week eleven 11.11-15 ReadingWk
no classes
week fifteen 12.09-13 ExamWk
projects due
week four 9.23-27 theme: margins
mon-- ch02, verstehen
wed-- cont.
fri-- proposal review
week eight 10.21-25
mon-- ch06, terrorism
wed-- noclass
fri-- cont.; subcultures 
week twelve 11.18-22
mon-- xtra: doomsday preppers
wed-- ch08, phone-sex work Q10
fri-- ch10, marijuana subcultures
ch13, confessions

Assignments: Most engagement exercises 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 subcultures useful in doing ethnography, especially of 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 (below), 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
 
Some video resources:

"Ethnography the basics, a beginners guide to ethnographic methods in PhD and masters degree research," 12 mins, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9djTFLM9-o
"Ethnography: Ellen Isaacs at TEDxBroadway," 12 mins, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV0jY5VgymI&t=645s
"Ethnography: Entering the Field," 15 mins, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIWHfmLiLtE
"Learning by Living Together-Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Thai Highlands," 6 mins, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxsu2Ikkio
"Ethnomethodology, Harold Garfinkel's ideas made simple, a beginners guide," 10 mins, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QBnEseRaWc
"Overcoming Shame Using Black Studies & Autoethnography | Dr. Katie Dieter | TEDxIndianaUniversity," 18 mins, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifcH91tjIgQ
"Ethnography," D. Lorin Mayo, 2017, 6mins
"Trust, nuance, and care: Advantages and challenges of repeat qualitative interviews," Qualitative Research, 2024, link
"Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and control based on identifying physical features," 2024, The Conversation, link
"Gang Leader for a Day: Sudhir Venkatesh - YouTube," 2008, 4 mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRq1AhFAN-4
"Interview with Professor Sudhir Venkatesh discussing Gang leader for a day," 2023, 36 mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxnnqFWalxU
Banksy graffiti, https://www.streetartbio.com/artists/banksy/
"Here’s Why “Doomsday Preppers” Was Canceled After Season 4," 15 mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wHI49yAkwlw
"The End Of Days | Prepping Australia (Episode 1)," 15 mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCAyL_Aa6f4
"Prepping in the 1980’s: Shopping for Doomsday," (1981) - The Fifth Estate, 16mins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=oYHUiL9HI5g


Web-posts
:
"Why gonzo journalism is crucial to our understanding of cities and their tribes," Bradley L Garrett, The Guardian, 5.20.2015 link

Books

Ethnography At The Edge: Crime, Deviance, and Field Research, edited by Jeff Ferrell, Mark S. Hamm, googlebooks

Articles

"Cultural Criminology," Jeff Ferrell, Annual Review of Sociology, 25, 1999, 395-418 https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev.soc.25.1.395
"Time-rich: 1960s counterculture and time as affluence in a dropout community in Hawai‘i," Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 8, 3, 2018. link
"How I learned what a crock was," Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 22, 1, 1993. link

City beautiful movement, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Beautiful_movement