TY - JOUR
T1 - Putting the party down on paper: a novel method for mapping youth drug use in private settings
AU - Ravn, Signe
AU - Duff, Cameron James
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article proposes a novel method for generating context-rich knowledge about hard-to-access places. We ground our discussion in a recent qualitative study of social settings of youth drug use in Denmark. The study confirmed that private house parties are common sites of youth drug use, although these parties presented limited opportunities for fieldwork. In response, a map-task was introduced to the study to complement fieldwork and interviews. We assess the most significant methodological and epistemological features of this map-task, and explore how it may to used to conduct observations from a distance in hard-to-access places. Further, we argue that the map-task has a number of analytical and logistical advantages for scholars interested in the health and social aspects of hidden phenomena, such as youth drug use
AB - This article proposes a novel method for generating context-rich knowledge about hard-to-access places. We ground our discussion in a recent qualitative study of social settings of youth drug use in Denmark. The study confirmed that private house parties are common sites of youth drug use, although these parties presented limited opportunities for fieldwork. In response, a map-task was introduced to the study to complement fieldwork and interviews. We assess the most significant methodological and epistemological features of this map-task, and explore how it may to used to conduct observations from a distance in hard-to-access places. Further, we argue that the map-task has a number of analytical and logistical advantages for scholars interested in the health and social aspects of hidden phenomena, such as youth drug use
UR - http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1353829214001786/1-s2.0-S1353829214001786-main.pdf?_tid=88b3cbc0-4556-11e5-97c6-00000aab0f01&acdnat=1439867547_b0b10d460fd479bf
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.11.010
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.11.010
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 124
EP - 132
JO - Health & Place
JF - Health & Place
SN - 1353-8292
ER -