Publisher Description

This book aims to specifically address the uses and roles of qualitative research in cities, including carefully selected and edited readings that cover participant observation, interviewing, narrative analysis, visual and sensory methods, and methods for (re)presenting the city. The book also features short original essays from key authors, and introductions from the editors.

Author Biography

Tyler Schafer is an Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Stanislaus. He is the author of Community Gardening in an Unlikely City: The Struggle to Grow Together in Las Vegas (Lexington Books 2021). His work has been published in Sociology Compass, Qualitative Sociology Review, and the Journal of Religion & Media.Michael Ian Borer is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is author of Faithful to Fenway: Believing in Boston, Baseball, and America's Most Beloved Ballpark (NYU Press 2008) and Vegas Brews: Craft Beer and the Birth of a Local Scene (NYU Press 2019). He also co-authored Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns (SAGE 2014) and Sociology in Everyday Life (Waveland 2016). Borer served as the 2021-2022 President of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Researching Urban People and Places - Tyler S. Schafer and Michael Ian BorerIntroduction: Part I: Being with Others in the City"Pet-Facilitated Interaction in a Public Setting." - Douglas M. Robins, Clinton R. Sanders, and Spencer E. Cahill"'Cooling Out' Men in Singles Bars and Nightclubs: Observations on the Interpersonal Survival Strategies of Women in Public Places." - David A. Snow, Cherylon Robinson, and Patricia L. McCall"Exchange and Intimacy in the Inner City." - Ranita Ray"Do You See What I See? Examining a Collaborative Ethnography." - Reuben A. Buford May and Mary Pattillo-McCoy"Among the Colony: Ethnographic Fieldwork, Urban Bees and Intra-species Mindfulness." - Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut"Exchange and Intimacy in the Inner City: Rethinking Kinship Ties of the Urban Poor" - Ranita RayIntroduction: Part II: Talking with Others in the City"The Go-Along as Ethnographic Research Tool." - Margarethe Kusenbach"Object and Walking Probes in Ethnographic Interviewing." - Jason Patrick De Leon and Jeffrey H. Cohen"The Docent Method: A Grounded Theory Approach for Researching Place and Health." - Jamie Suki Chang"Rescue Geography: Place making, Affect and Regeneration." - Phil Jones and James Evans"Place-Based Elicitation: Interviewing Graffiti Writers at the Scene of the Crime." - Stefano Bloch"On the Heels of the Go-Along" - Margarethe KusenbachIntroduction Part III: Stories from the City"Local Culture" - Jaber F. Gubrium"Going Straight: The Story of a Young Inner-City Ex-Convict." - Elijah Anderson"Streets, Sidewalks, Stores, and Stories: Narrative and Uses of Urban Space." - Timothy A. Simpson"Narratives in the Old Neighborhood: An Ethnographic Study of an Urban Neighborhood's Stories." - Robin Patric Clair"From Apple to Orange: Narratives of Small City Migration and Settlement Among the Urban Middle Class." - Richard E. Ocejo"The Hobo to Doormen: The Characters of Qualitative Analysis, Past and Present." - Jonathan R. Wynn"Thoughts on "The Hobo to Doormen: The Characters of Qualitative Analysis, Past and Present" - Jonathan R. WynnIntroduction Part IV: Visualizing the City"Ways of Seeing, Knowing, and Showing" - Sarah Pink" 'The Camera Rolls': Using Third-Party Video in Field Research." - Nikki Jones and Geoffrey Raymond"Visualizing Gendered Sports Fandom." - Michael Ian Borer"Researching Urban Space, Reflecting on Advertising: A Photo Essay." - Anne M. CroninIntroduction Part V: Sensing the City"The Sensuous City: Sensory Methodologies in Urban Ethnographic Research." - Kelvin E.Y. Low"An Urban Tour: The Sensory Sociality of Ethnographic Place-Making." - Sarah Pink"Bringing Bodies Into Planning: Visceral Methods, Fear and Gender Violence." - Elizabeth L. Sweet and Sara Ortiz Escalante"Vibrational Affect: Sound Theory and Practice in Qualitative Research." - Walter S. Gershon"My Music, My World: Using the MP3 Player to Shape Experience in London." - Miriam Simun"Reflections on an Urban Tour" - Sarah PinkIntroduction Part VI: Representing the City"Putting on a Public Face." - Stephanie Coontz"Social Cinema Scenes." - Nirmal Puwar"Dramatizing Data: A Primer." - Johnny Saldaña"Augmented Fotonovelas: Creating New Media as Pedagogical and Social Justice Tools." - LeighAnna Hidalgo"Teaching a Hip-Hop Ecology." - Michael J. Cermak"Reflections on 'Social Cinema Scenes'" - Nirmal Puwar

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