Dear All,I would like to inform you that FQS 8(3) -- "Virtual Ethnography" (http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-e/inhalt3-07-e.htm), edited by Daniel Domínguez, Anne Beaulieu, Adolfo Estalella, Edgar Gómez, Rosie Read & Bernt Schnettler -- is available online (see http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-e/rubriken-e.htm for former issues).
In addition to articles relating to "Virtual Ethnography", FQS 8(3) provides a number of selected single contributions, contributions belonging to the FQS Debates "Quality of Qualitative Research" and "Teaching and Learning Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences", as well as articles belonging to FQS Reviews and FQS Conferences.
A. FQS 8(3) "Virtual Ethnography" B. Conferences and Workshops C. Links D. Open Access News Best regards, Katja Mruck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A) FQS 8(3) "Virtual Ethnography" http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-e/inhalt3-07-e.htm English http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-d/inhalt3-07-d.htm German http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-s/inhalt3-07-s.htm SpanishDaniel Domínguez (Spain), Anne Beaulieu (The Netherlands), Adolfo Estalella (Spain), Edgar Gómez (Mexico), Bernt Schnettler (Germany) & Rosie Read (UK): Virtual Ethnography
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-E1-e.htmRubén Arriazu Muñoz (Spain): On New Means or New Forms of Investigation. A Methodological Proposal for Online Social Investigation through a Virtual Forum
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-37-e.htmBlanca Callén, Marcel Balasch, Paz Guarderas, Pamela Gutierrez, Alejandra León, Marisela Montenegro, Karla Montenegro & Joan Pujol (Spain): Riereta.net: Epistemic and Political Notes From a Techno-Activist Ethnography
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-1-e.htmAdolfo Estalella & Elisenda Ardèvol (Spain): Field Ethics: Towards Situated Ethics for Ethnographic Research on the Internet
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-2-e.htmMichaela Fay (UK): Mobile Subjects, Mobile Methods: Doing Virtual Ethnography in a Feminist Online Network
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-14-e.htmHeike Mónika Greschke (Germany): Logging into the Field -- Methodological Reflections on Ethnographic Research in a Pluri-Local and Computer-Mediated Field
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-32-e.htmSimona Isabella (Italy): Ethnography of Online Role-Playing Games: The Role of Virtual and Real Contest in the Construction of the Field http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-36-e.htm (will follow soon)
Kip Jones (UK): How Did I Get to Princess Margaret? (And How Did I Get Her to the World Wide Web?)
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-3-e.htmNatalia Rybas & Radhika Gajjala (USA): Developing Cyberethnographic Research Methods for Understanding Digitally Mediated Identities
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-35-e.htmMaurizio Teli, Francesco Pisanu (Italy) & David Hakken (USA): The Internet as a Library-of-People: For a Cyberethnography of Online Groups
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-33-e.htm Single ContributionsRonald Hitzler (Germany): Which Way Ahead? A Commentary on Recent Developments in German-Speaking "Qualitative" Social Research
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-4-e.htmSteven Keen & Les Todres (UK): Strategies for Disseminating Qualitative Research Findings: Three Exemplars
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-17-e.htmAnja Kraus (Germany): A Study of Media Influences on the Learning Strategies of Students in the First Years of Secondary School by Means of "Subtexts"
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-11-e.htmMark Mason, Oswin Baker & Rebecca Hardy (UK): Drugwatch: Establishing the Practicality and Feasibility of Using Key Professionals and Illicit Drug Users to Identify Emerging Drug Tendencies
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-9-e.htmNadia Rizzo (Argentina): Gender and Migration: Meanings and Impacts of the Migratory Experience on the Biographies of Latin American Women in Germany
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-13-e.htmStephannie C. Roy, Guy Faulkner & Sara-Jane Finlay (Canada): Hard or Soft Searching? Electronic Database Versus Hand Searching in Media Research
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-20-e.htmIrene Vasilachis de Gialdino (Argentina): Contribution of the Epistemology of the Known Subject to the Qualitative Study of Poverty Situations, Identity, and Social Representations
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-6-e.htm FQS Debate: "Quality of Qualitative Research"Philipp Mayring (Austria): On Generalization in Qualitatively Oriented Research
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-26-e.htmFQS Debate: "Teaching and Learning Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences"
Britta Stiefel (Germany): The Use of Archived Research Data in the Training of Qualitative Research Methods -- Concept and Evaluation of a Pilot Model for Learning that is Closely Linked to Research
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-15-e.htm FQS ReviewsClaudia Brunner (Austria/Germany): Review, Manuela Boatca, Claudia Neudecker & Stefan Rinke (Eds.) (2006). Des Fremden Freund, des Fremden Feind: Fremdverstehen in interdisziplinaerer Perspektive [The Stranger's Friend, the Stranger's Enemy: Conceiving Foreignness in an Interdisciplinary Perspective]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-23-e.htmAndrea D. Buehrmann (Germany): Review, Bettina Voelter, Bettina Dausien, Helma Lutz & Gabriele Rosenthal (Eds.) (2005). Biographieforschung im Diskurs [Biographical Research in Discourse]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-22-e.htmSascha Demarmels (Switzerland): Review, Katrin Doeveling (2005). Emotionen -- Medien -- Gemeinschaft. Eine kommunikationssoziologische Analyse [Emotions -- Media -- Society. A Communication-Sociological Analysis]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-28-e.htmNicola Doering (Germany): Review, Irene Ziehle & Ulrich Haegele (Eds.) (2004). Fotografien vom Alltag -- Fotografieren als Alltag [Photographs of Everyday Life -- Taking Photographs in Everyday Life]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-18-e.htmBirgit Griese (Germany): Review, Birgit Schreiber (2006). Versteckt. Juedische Kinder im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland und ihr Leben danach [Hidden. Jewish Children in National Socialist Germany and Their Lives Afterwards]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-16-e.htmPeter Hilger (Finland): In Search for Criteria: The State of Qualitative Media Research. Review Essay: Lothar Mikos & Claudia Wegener (Eds.) Qualitative Medienforschung. Ein Handbuch [Qualitative Media Research. A Handbook]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-7-e.htmMatti Hyvaerinen (Finland): Narrative Contestations. Review Essay: Michael Bamberg & Molly Andrews (Eds.) (2004). Considering Counter-Narratives: Narrating, Resisting, Making Sense
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-34-e.htmDaniela Jauk (Austria): Review, Ralf Bohnsack, Aglaja Przyborski & Burkhart Schaeffer (Eds.) (2006). Das Gruppendiskussionsverfahren in der Forschungspraxis [Group Discussions in Research Practise]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-12-e.htmGerhard Jost (Austria): Review, Gerhard Niedermair (2005). Patchwork(er) on Tour. Berufsbiografien von Personalentwicklern [Patchwork(er) on Tour. Occupational Biographies of Human Resources Managers]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-31-e.htmSunil Khanna (USA): Review, Jean McNiff & Jack Whitehead (2006). All You Need to Know About Action Research
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-8-e.htmNina Leonhard (Germany): Memory and Culture -- Notes on the Concept of "Memory Cultures" Within Cultural Studies. Review Essay: Guenter Oesterle (Ed.) (2005). Erinnerung, Gedaechtnis, Wissen. Studien zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Gedaechtnisforschung [Memory and Knowledge. Studies on Memory from a Cultural Perspective]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-25-e.htmMarilyn Lichtman (USA): Review, Donald K. Sharpes (2006). Sacred Bull, Holy Cow: A Cultural Study of Civilization's Most Important Animal
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-24-e.htmWolfgang Mack (Germany): Review, Wolfgang R. Koehler (2004). Personenverstehen. Zur Hermeneutik der Individualitaet [Understanding Persons. On the Hermeneutics of Individuality]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-30-e.htmSebastian Schroeer (Germany): Review, Wilfried Breyvogel (Ed.) (2005). Einfuehrung in Jugendkulturen. Veganismus und Tattoos [Introduction to Youth Cultures. Veganism and Tattoos]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-27-e.htmJulia Simonson (Germany): Review, Sandra Gruner-Domiæ (2005). Latinas in Deutschland. Eine ethnologische Studie zu Migration, Fremdheit und Identitaet [Latinas in Germany. An Ethnological Study on Migration, Foreignness and Identity]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-19-e.htmMartin Spetsmann-Kunkel (Germany): Review, Zygmunt Bauman (2005). Verworfenes Leben. Die Ausgegrenzten der Moderne [Wasted Lives: Modernity and Its Outcasts]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-29-e.htm FQS ConferencesFlora Cornish (UK), Tania Zittoun (Switzerland) & Alex Gillespie (UK): A Cultural Psychological Reflection on Collaborative Research. Conference Essay: ESF Exploratory Workshop on Collaborative Case Studies for a European Cultural Psychology
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-21-e.htmDavina Hoeblich (Germany): Conference Report, Auf unsicherem Terrain -- Ethnographische Forschung im Kontext des Bildungs- und Sozialwesens [On Unfamiliar Terrain -- Ethnographical Research in the Fields of Education and Social Work]
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-10-e.htmPaul Wainwright & Frances Rapport (UK): Conference Report, Circles within Circles -- Qualitative Methodology and the Arts: The Researcher as Artist
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-07/07-3-5-e.htm B) CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS 2-5 December, Faculty of Education, Siauliai University, Siauliai, LithuaniaConference "Information and Communication Technology in Natural Science Education"
http://iktgu.projektas.lt/indexen.htm 29 February-1 March 2008 Center for Urban Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania, USA29th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum "Going Public with Ethnography in Education"
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cue/forum.php 14-17 May 2008, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA4th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry "Ethics, Evidence and Social Justice"
http://www.icqi.org/ 15-16 May 2008, Leuven University, BelgiumCfP Conference "Families, Constructions of Foreignness and Migration in 20th Century Western Europe"
http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/oe/geschiedenis/MoSa/families_migration.htm 9-11 July 2008, Tampere, Finland 2nd International Conference "Qualitative Research on Mental Health" http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/sospol/qrmh2/ 5-8 September 2008, Barcelona, Spain First ISA Forum of Sociology "Sociological Research and Public Debate" http://www.isa-sociology.org/barcelona_2008/See http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/conferences/conferences-coming-e.htm (English) and http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/conferences/conferences-coming-d.htm (German) for additional Conference Announcements.
C) LINKSBerlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies: Request for Research Proposals on Advanced German and European Studies: The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies offers up to one-year of research support at the Freie Universitaet Berlin. It is open to scholars in all social science and humanities disciplines, including historians working on the period since the mid-19th century. The program accepts applications from U.S. and Canadian nationals or permanent residents. Applicants for a dissertation fellowship must be full-time graduate students who have achieved ABD status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin begins. Also eligible are U.S. and Canadian Ph.D.s who have received their doctorates within the past two calendar years. Deadline: December 1, 2007. For more complete information and an application form, visit the website.
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/SSRC Eurasia Program: 2008 Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships Competition: The Eurasia Program, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce its 2008-2009 Title VIII fellowship activities. Eurasia Program Title VIII Fellowships serve to expand and strengthen the field of Eurasian studies through the support of research, writing, advanced-training and curriculum development. All fellowships are intended to support work on or related to the New States of Eurasia, the Soviet Union and/or the Russian Empire, regardless of the applicant's discipline within the social sciences or humanities. Online applications and supporting materials, including detailed award descriptions and eligibility criteria, are now available on the SSRC Eurasia Program website. www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia/fellowships/index.page
Centre for Narrative Research, Forthcoming Papers and Works in Progress from CNR Members and Associates
http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/forthcom.htm OPEN CODE 3.4 http://www.umu.se/phmed/epidemi/forskning/open_code.html Digital Arts & Humanities site launched http://www.arts-humanities.net/taxonomy/term/10/all semioticsigns.com http://www.semioticsigns.com/ D) OPEN ACCESS NEWS SPARC Open Access Newsletter September 2007 http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/09-02-07.htmThe UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is now the 6th of the 7 UK Research Councils to adopt a Green Open Access Self-Archiving Mandate
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/288-guid.htmlThe Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology: Proposed Policy for Open Access Deposit
http://www.ircset.ie/consultation_070907.htmlThe Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER) and the "Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research" (DRIVER) project collaborate to build the European digital repository research infrastructure
http://www.libereurope.eu/node/245 Conferences 7-9 October, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA The 3rd International Conference on e-Social Science http://ess.si.umich.edu/index.htm 21-23 October, Palais des Congrs de Montral, Canada2007 International Symposium on Wikis: Wikis at Work in the World: Open, Organic, Participatory Media for the 21st Century
http://www.wikisym.org/ws2007/ TextsBailey, Charles W. Jr. : Version 69, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.htmlHarnad, Stevan: The "Double-Pay"/"Buy-Back" Argument for Open Access is Invalid
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/290-guid.htmlThomas, Chuck & McDonald, Robert H.: Measuring and Comparing Participation Patterns in Digital Repositories: Repositories by the Numbers, Part 1. D-lib Magazine, 13(9/10)
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september07/mcdonald/09mcdonald.htmlJohn Willinsky & Ranjini Mendis: Open access on a zero budget: a case study of Postcolonial Text. IR 12(3)
http://informationr.net/ir/12-3/paper308.html Journals/Newsletter Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/ CODATA Data Science Journal, Special Issue: Open Data for Global Science http://dsj.codataweb.org/special-open-data.htm Digital Humanities Quarterly, 2 http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/ Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management http://www.ejkm.com/index.htm First Monday, 12(9) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_9/ International Journal of Design http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/ Journal of Digital Information http://journals.tdl.org/jodi Learned Publishing, October issue http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp Police Newsletter http://www.polizei-newsletter.de/index_english.php The Graduate Journal of Social Science http://www.gjss.org/current_issue.shtml The Research Journal of Social Sciences http://www.insinet.net/rjss.html -- FQS - Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research (ISSN 1438-5627) English -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-eng.htm German -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs.htm Spanish -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-s.htm