Criminology 4513 Ethnography & Crime, Weblog, winter term 2025-6, MWF 11.30 --> 12.20 MMH201    Outline  Gradesheet

proposal:
A- 16  B+ 15  B 14.5  B- 14  C 13  C- 12  D 10
classmark: Bonus=A21  10=A-20   9=B18.5  8=B-17.5  7=C16  6=C-15  5=D14  <4=F10

week one jan 5-9
mon:
wed: intro I, edge & craft
fri: intro II -- xtra arnade study #1
week five feb 2-6 theme: margins II
mon: online video question #7
wed: edge, ch03, marginality
fri: edge, ch04, homelessness
week nine mar 2-6 reading week
mon/wed/fri
week thirteen apr 30-3
mon: xtra material
wed: cont.
fri: Good Friday, closed
week two 12-16 theme: intro I
mon: edge, ch01, confessions
wed: cont... #2
fri: cont.
week six 9-13 theme: subcultures I
mon: class cancelled :(
wed: edge, ch 08, discourtesy stigma
fri: -- noclass proposal due
week ten 9-13 theme: subcultures IV
mon: craft 18-21, observation
wed: craft 22-26, interviews
fri: craft, chs 27-31, other data
week fourteen 6-10
mon: Easter Monday, closed
wed: xam prep & wrapup
fri: cont.
week three 19-23 theme: intro II
mon: xtra. -- hastings study
wed: edge, ch02, verstehen
fri: craft, chs1-3, planning #3
week seven 16-20 theme: subcultures II
mon: -- family day, closed
wed: craft 9-12, access: policework
fri: craft 13-17, emotions
week eleven 16-20 theme: overview I
mon: edge, ch 11, honesty/deception
wed: edge, ch 12, risk taking
fri: edge, ch 13, confessions
week fifteen 13-17
mon: noclass, projects due
week four 26-30 theme: margins I
mon: planning, cont. #4
wed: craft 5-8, ethics #5
fri: continued #6
week eight 23-27 theme: subcultures III
mon: ch05 militarism; ch06 terror
wed: xtra: prisoners
fri: edge ch 10, marijuana
week twelve 23-27 presentations
mon: 3 @ 15mins: names to be added
wed: cont.
fri: cont. 
apr 15-22 exam period

xtra, 4.narrative analysis  xtra, 5.narratives of abuse xtra, 6.visual ethnography
extras: mapplethorpe; police     encounters; city of shadows?  ch04 thematic analysis xtra, 7.homeless ethnography edge, ch07, sex work

engagement exercises:
1. 1.9. impromptu attendance and participation, excuseable but not makeupable
2. 1.14. what is thematic about a subculture?, excuseable but not makeupable
3. 1.23. why is (developing) the survivor narrative important?
4. 1.26. impromptu attendance and participation, excuseable but not makeupable
5. 1.28. what is your favourite hony story, and why? excuseable but not makeupable
6. 1.30. impromptu attendance and participation, excuseable but not makeupable
7. 2.02. look at the wikipedia page for Alice Goffman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Goffman), and the controversy over her book On the Run, and summarize and evaluate the findings discussed in this video "How We're Priming Some Kids for College" (https://youtu.be/-2Dj9M71JAc?si=ia8CWewNk6e4e7LK); one page max single-spaced, for handin or sendin by Wednesday. 



music library:
"Tears for Fears -- No Small Thing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemvnxDjrBY,  Theme: "replacing repressed childhood pain (tears) with adult neuroses, phobias, and fears"
"Working 9 to 5", Dolly Parton, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4&list=RDUbxUSsFXYo4&start_radio=1, Theme: go for the obvious...



Research links:
Nova Scotia (Femicide) Files, resource


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