title: Putting the party down on paper: a novel method for mapping youth drug use in private settings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: SFI-The Danish National Centre for Social Research, Herluf Trolles Gade 11, DK-1052 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Electronic address: shr@sfi.dk.
authors.forename: Signe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravn
authors.affiliation: Social Sciences and Health Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: Cameron.Duff@monash.edu.
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Drugs; Ethnography; Private settings; Visual methods; Young people