Hybrid Workshop  “Ethnographic and Participatory Research Methods to Investigate  Social Reading Practices”

Organizer: Moniek Kuijpers

Host: University of Basel’s Digital Humanities Lab

Speakers/Trainers: Danielle Fuller and DeNel Rehberg Sedo

Funded by: Swiss National Science Foundation

Location: Hotel Odelya (Missionsstrasse 21) room to the right of the entrance on the ground floor



Program

Day 1 – Thursday 9 November 2023

10:00 – 11:00: Introductory presentation on the “Shared Reading in the Age of Digitalization”
(SHARD) project and the use of empirical methods to investigate literary reception

11:00 – 12:30: Hands–on session on observational methods (Applied to the investigation of a
shared reading group session)

12:30 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 16:00: Hands–on session on focus group methods

16:00 – 16:15: Coffee break

16:15 – 17:30: Group discussion/reflection

Day 2 – Friday 10 November 2023

10:00 – 11:00: Presentation on extended focus group case study (2 month long Instagram study)

11:00 – 11:15: Coffee break

11:15 – 12:30: Consultation with early career researchers who are using or wanting to use
ethnographic or participatory methods in their research (open to all participants)
• How to handle large amounts of qualitative data? Where to start with your analyses?
• How to communicate qualitative results or mixed–method results effectively? How to
choose what to include in a report and what not?
• What about the research ethics involved in ethnographic and participatory research?

12:30 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 16:00: Consultation with early career researchers (focus on SHARD, but open to all
participants)