This is announcement for the Q method workshop taking place at the postgraduate centre of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 15-16 from 8.30-16h.
In the workshop participants will learn how to design a Q sort and grid, undertake a Q study and analyse the results, and thus will be prepared to independently use the method in the field.
Learning objectives
- Participants will learn about the methodological principles behind Q method
- Participants will learn how to design and execute a Q study
- Participants will learn how to integrate Q method in their research process and use it in combination with other methods and methodological approaches
- Participants will learn how to use Q method to increase informants responsiveness, and how to employ the technique to extend their critical and reflexive approaches
- Participants will learn how to use PQmethod and undertake the statistical operations as well as qualitative interpretations of their results
- Where appropriate, participants will receive individualised advice with regard to the set-up and execution of a Q study in their specific research situations
About the instructor
Dr. Vanessa Wijngaarden has obtained double BA and MA degrees with the highest distinction in political science and cultural anthropology from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During her PhD in social anthropology at the University of Bayreuth, Germany she focused on research methodology, combining traditional ethnographic techniques with Q method and video-assisted observations, integrating all in computer-assisted analyses. Working with Maasai from Tanzania and tourists from a variety of Western countries, she successfully introduced Q method in anthropology, adapting the method for use with non-literate participants. She published on how Q method can be used in combination with ethnography and used the method to challenge existing theories in tourism studies.
More information and registration:
rcdenquiries@uj.ac.za
Website of Vanessa Wijngaarden 