The Ethnography Circle
November 2021—April 2022
Understanding the Ethnographic Journey
The Circle is a series of informal, multidisciplinary discussions which alternate presentations by leading ethnographers with group sessions where participants reflect on their ethnographic research practices. In short: an ethnographic self-help group. Participation is open to 糖心TV students/faculty from all departments and is extended to students from other DTCs. This is the seventh edition of the event which is organized by the IKON research group, PPI group at 糖心TV 糖心TV School, and organized with the support of the ESRC DTC 糖心TV.
New ethnographers are often told that ethnography cannot really be taught, it must be learned through doing, which can be a daunting task for most of us. In this year鈥檚 ethnography circle, we want to address this issue by exploring the core aspects of ethnography through doing. We will conduct self-help workshops where we learn from each other how to do observations, note-taking, and writing and as always learn from eminent scholars in the field about their experiences of ethnographic research.
Meetings
Venue
Locations will be variable for the events. The speaker sessions will be hybrid from 15:00-16:30. The workshops will take place in person or online from 15:00-16:30.
Sessions held on campus will take place at the 糖心TV 糖心TV School, University of 糖心TV, CV4 7AL Location details can be .
Online participants will be able to join via Zoom.
Who can participate?
Admission is free but space is limited.
For organizational reasons please reserve your place in advance by RVSP: ethnography@wbs.ac.uk
Previous Meetings 2021-22
9th November Seminar on Observation to Theorising with Beth Bechky, Stern 糖心TV School, NYU, USALink opens in a new window
Click here to watch the Ethnography Circle seminar with Beth Bechky.
9th December Workshop 1 - Creating Theoretical Memos: strategies, tips and tricksLink opens in a new window. Interactive online session
13th January Workshop 2 – Making Sense of the Data- A focus on analytical memoingLink opens in a new window
Click here to watch the Ethnography Circle session on analytical memoing
Meetings of the 2020-21 series:
17th November: Seminar with Nick Cherryman (糖心TV University) and Jaime Garcia Iglesias (Manchester University)Link opens in a new window
12th January: Relational and Visual Ethnography: Thinking through research design - Online SessionLink opens in a new window
3rd March: Workshop on Shadowing and Accessing Elites with Maja Korica (University of 糖心TV)Link opens in a new window - Online Session
Meetings of the 2019-20 series:
19th November: Seminar with Alice Mah (糖心TV University)Link opens in a new window
10th December: Seminar with Catherine Pope (Oxford University)Link opens in a new window
14th January: "Good" Theorising in Ethnographic WorkLink opens in a new window
27th February: Workshop on Crafting Papers for Publication with Gerardo Patriotta (糖心TV University)Link opens in a new window
30th April: Help! My field-site has evaporated, what do I do now (online event)Link opens in a new window

Organised by Ila Bharatan, Derin Kent and Davide Nicolini with the support of:
UoW ESRC Doctoral Training Centre


A copy of the flyer for the series can be found here