DrTony Chalkley
Lecturer in Work Integrated Learning (Humanities and Social Sciences), Education-focused
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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- Lecturer in Work Integrated Learning (Humanities and Social Sciences), Education-focusedFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- +61 3 522 71454 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
RESEARCH INTERESTS
PhD thesis describes how Organisational Ethnography has been used discover how
Housing Services Officers and Senior Managers both understand and experience
major change associated with the shift from public housing to welfare housing.
Organisational ethnography is a research approach that uses individual stories
to create thick descriptions of the structures and culture of organisations,
in this case, the Office of Housing. One of the strengths of an ethnographic
approach is the capacity to discover meaning by working with individual
stories, interpreting them in ways that go beyond the interpretations of the
participants. This research pays particular attention to the researchers own
experience when undertaking an ethnographic project; the role of gate keepers,
identifying key informants, building trust, negotiating fieldwork, managing
data and telling the tale. The author argues that a there is a growing need in
contemporary social research for an approach that is inductive; from the
ground up; concerned with understanding individual stories, social
organisation and the everyday practices of day-to-day housing work and social
welfare.
Projects
Mobile Phone consumption and its consequences (particularly in 17-12 year
olds)
The use of 'new media' to 'teach old things';how might the nature of 2010
'social interaction' (face book, twitter etc) be better understood and more
effectively used by university educators?
Housing Services Officers and Senior Managers both understand and experience
major change associated with the shift from public housing to welfare housing.
Organisational ethnography is a research approach that uses individual stories
to create thick descriptions of the structures and culture of organisations,
in this case, the Office of Housing. One of the strengths of an ethnographic
approach is the capacity to discover meaning by working with individual
stories, interpreting them in ways that go beyond the interpretations of the
participants. This research pays particular attention to the researchers own
experience when undertaking an ethnographic project; the role of gate keepers,
identifying key informants, building trust, negotiating fieldwork, managing
data and telling the tale. The author argues that a there is a growing need in
contemporary social research for an approach that is inductive; from the
ground up; concerned with understanding individual stories, social
organisation and the everyday practices of day-to-day housing work and social
welfare.
Projects
Mobile Phone consumption and its consequences (particularly in 17-12 year
olds)
The use of 'new media' to 'teach old things';how might the nature of 2010
'social interaction' (face book, twitter etc) be better understood and more
effectively used by university educators?