IE Newsletter: Institutional Ethnography Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Volume 19 | No. 2 Spring/Summer, 2022 Colin Hastings Division Chair Concordia University colin.hastings@mail.concordia.ca Gina Petonito Correspondence and Copy Editor gpetonito@gmail.com Jayne Malenfant Editor jayne.malenfant@concordia.ca On the Inside - Members News & Notes - Welcome New Members! - New IE Book Launches -IE Postdoctoral Fellowship -SSSP Meeting, 2022 Dear SSSP IE Division members, As we move into spring, IÕd like to share two exciting opportunities that offer space for us to come together as a research community and celebrate Dorothy Smith. As we all know, Dorothy Smith has had a vast influence on feminists, activists, and researchers around the world for over 40 years. The first occasion was on April 22. An online gathering with Dorothy to mark the premier of a short documentary about her work. The film by Elizabeth Cameron and Liza McCoy reflects on Dorothy SmithÕs legacy of work in the feminist movement and how she developed Institutional Ethnography as a sociological method of inquiry. You can watch the documentary here (https://vimeo.com/701440448?fbclid=IwAR3RE5Y-lZLjAWKm70m9nvkZ7NFEH3cmDawrl5VpS4Hjan2I0LzCgZpkX0o) and leave a written message, image, or video for Dorothy here (https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/orD7LGYp). The second event is on May 3, a launch of Dorothy Smith and Alison GriffithÕs new book: Simply Institutional Ethnography: Creating a Sociology for People. This webinar will feature a panel of institutional ethnographers (Adriana Su‡rez Delucchi, Marj DeVault, and Frank Wang) reflecting on the book and DorothyÕs ground-breaking work. HereÕs the registration link. (See also the lead article below). Of course, amidst these exciting spring events weÕre looking forward to welcoming everyone to the Annual Meeting of SSSP in August! While the conference is set to move ahead in person, please note that the IE Business Meeting will be taking place online on Monday July 25 at 11am ET. Keep a lookout for a link and more details as the date approaches! Until then, wishing you all a safe and happy spring, Colin (Photo of computers with Zoom) Simply Institutional Ethnography: Creating a Sociology for People Breaking news from Twitter! @DrDorothyESmith tweets: exciting news everyone! The date and time for my book launch has been confirmed by @utpress. Hold the date: 03 May 2022 (Tuesday) at 15:00 (PDT) on Zoom. To register for this event, click on this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PaLzyyMtQ3uCO2M1nCm7Cw (Photo of book jacket) Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship The Centre for Global Cooperation Research, located in Duisburg, Germany, is currently accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships Due Date: 1 June 2022.Ê The stipulation for Postdoctoral status is that people must have received their PhD no longer than 4 years ago. Lauren Eastwood is currently heading up the "Global Governance of Climate Change and Sustainability" policy field and she would love to see some strong applications pertaining to this area.Ê Feel free to contact Lauren with questions (eastwood@gcr21.uni-due.de). There are three other policy fields as well, so please see the call below for more details. Visit the GCR21 website (https://www.gcr21.org) for more information about the Centre. For more information on the call, please consult: https://www.gcr21.org/the-centre/news/year/current/postdoctoral-research-fellowships-2022-2023-open-call-for-applications Welcome New Members Sixteen new members have joined the IE Division since the publication of our last newsletter. Welcome all! Steve Bernardin Sam Blondeau Mariana Guillermina Corona Alv’drez Anick Desrosiers Nastassya Ferns Jimmy Frickey Karlyn J. Gorski Renaud Goyer Axl C. Kaminski Tammy MacLean Grace Kieu-Diem Nguyen Martha Nicolson Alexandria R. Pavelich Gillian Slee Ann-Torill T¿rrisplass Hasmik Tovmasyan MembersÕ News and Notes Dr. Veena Vasudevan (University of Pittsburgh), Dr. Nora Gross (Boston College), Dr. Pavithra Nagarajan (CUNY), and Dr. Katherine Clonan-Roy (Cleveland State) co-edited book, Care-Based Methodologies: Reimaging Qualitative Research with Youth in US Schools, was just published by Bloomsbury Academic Press. Care-Based Methodologies argues for care as essential to qualitative and ethnographic research in schools, particularly when participants are youth from nondominant communities. Across 15 diverse chapters and an introduction by the editors, the book illustrates the possibilities for conducting rigorous and responsible research that simultaneously improves our understanding of youthÕs lives, cares for their wellbeing, and works toward dismantling the systems that oppress them. The foreword is written by Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz (Teachers College, Columbia University). For more information, please consult this link: Care-Based Methodologies: Reimagining Qualitative Research with Youth in US Schools (Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2022). Naomi Nichols and Emanuel Guay published in 2021 ÒEthnography, Tactical Responsivity and Political Unity,Ó in the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. https://doi-org.uc.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/08912416211060870 SSSP 2022 Annual Meeting: Los Angeles The Sociological Reimagination: From Moments to Momentum IE Sessions Friday, August 5 Time: 8:30 AM-10:10 AM Session 002: Reconceptualizing Educational Opportunities: Challenging Inequality, Creating Equity Room: Crocker Sponsors: Educational Problems; Institutional Ethnography Organizer, Presider & Discussant: Ruo-Fan Liu, University of Wisconsin-Madison Description: Opportunity is unequally distributed between the privileged and the underprivileged. This panel attempts to facilitate a diverse conversation around ÒopportunitiesÓ and Òbarriers.Ó Each paper speaks to the interplay between them, whether barriers impede the pursuit of opportunities, and when barriers might be removed in various social contexts. The panel attempts to reflect upon and propose possible ways to theorize through these meaningful collections and discussions. Papers: ÒHospice Education: Palliative Schooling in the Age of Equity,Ó JienianÊZhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison ÒInfrastructures of Sociality: How Marginalized Students Navigate the Inequities of University Life,Ó KritiÊBudhiraja, University of Minnesota ÒWhat is Diversity and Who Does it Help? Studying Diversity Messages on University Websites,Ó EmilyÊG.ÊBlosser, University of Louisiana at Lafayette ÒSocial Climate Barriers to Equity: Hostile Discourse and Physical Experiences in Geology Field Camps,Ó HarmonyÊD.ÊNewman, University of Northern Colorado, EnneaÊFairchild and JulieÊSexton, University of Colorado Boulder, KrystalÊHinerman, Lamar University and EricÊRiggs, Humboldt State University Time: 12:30 PM Ð 2:10 PM Session 016: Exploring the Social in New Ways: Research in Institutional Ethnography Room: Watercourt A Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography Organizer: Lauren Eastwood, SUNY Plattsburgh Presider: Morena Tartari, University of Southampton Description: Papers presented in this session utilize aspects of the ontology of institutional ethnography. They represent new ways of investigating Òthe socialÓ with applications to institutional ethnographic research. Papers: ÒDoing IE with People in Vulnerable Life Situations; Balancing Ethical Responsibility and Empowerment,Ó GuroÊW.ʯydgard, Nord University ÒEpistemic Injustice at the Stage of Science: Symbolic Violence and Self-negation in Citizen Sciences,Ó JuneÊJeon, Chungnam National University ÒNavigating Iatrogenic Harm among Female Pain Patients: Utilizing Institutional Ethnography to Explore the Social Organization of Trauma-informed Care,Ó AlexandriaÊR.ÊPavelich, University of Saskatchewan ÒOur Home and ÔNativeÕ Land: An Institutional Ethnographic Analysis of Parks CanadaÕs Efforts to ÔMap ChangeÕ for Reconciliation in Our National Parks,Ó ElizabethÊL.ÊBrule, Queen's University ÒThe Social Organization of Animal Shelter Work,Ó KatherineÊE.ÊKoralesky, University of British Columbia, JanetÊM.ÊRankin, University of Calgary and DavidÊFraser, University of British Columbia Time: 2:30 PM Ð 4:10PM Session 024: Institutional Ethnographic Explorations of the Meaning of Work Room: Watercourt A Sponsors: Institutional Ethnography; Labor Studies Organizer & Presider: Sue Sherifali, University of Waterloo Description: An institutional ethnographic explorations of the meaning of work. Papers: ÒInstitutional Ethnographic Explorations of becoming a Paramedic,Ó MichaelÊKennethÊCorman, The University of the Fraser Valley ÒNice White Donors: Contending with Public RadioÕs Listener-member Class,Ó LauraÊGarbes, Brown University ÒRevitalizing the Social Economy: Worker Buyouts for a Better US Future,Ó WarnerÊWoodworth, The University of Utah ÒThe Work of Mitigating Harm: Chronic Pain, Opioid Prescribing, and the Institutional Capture of Harm Reduction,Ó LeighaÊComer, York University ÒWorking around Space: An Institutional Ethnography on Emergency Nurses Work in a Redesigned Department,Ó SophieÊG.ÊPomerleau, UniversitŽ dÕOttawa Time: 4:30 PM Ð 6:10 PM Session 028: Beyond the Acronym: Institutional Impacts on Black, Indigenous, People of Color Room: Hershey Sponsors: Conflict, Social Action, and Change; Institutional Ethnography Organizers: Cheryl Zurawski, Canadian Association of Independent Scholars Rashmee Karnad-Jani, University of Toronto Presider: Colin Hastings, Concordia University Description: Papers in this session have in common a concern with the workings of institutions such as child welfare, community philanthropy, higher education and social work in the everyday lives of Black and Indigenous people. An interest in explicating and/or examining the operation of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism is another tie that binds the papers together. Papers: ÒActivism from within Wealth: Working to Restructure the Power Dynamics of Philanthropy with a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Focus,Ó FrankÊRidzi, Le Moyne College and Central New York Community Foundation ÒHow Do Black Engineering and Computing Doctoral Students Appraise, Analyze, and Address Their (Depleted) STEM Diversity Programming?Ó AmandaÊJ.ÊBrockman, Northern Kentucky University, EbonyÊO.ÊMcGee, Vanderbilt University, ChristopherÊC.ÊJett, University of West Georgia and MonicaÊL.ÊMiles, Physician Assistant Education Association ÒMapping Biased Trajectories: Uncovering Anti-Black Racism in Ontario Child Protection Practices,Ó HenryÊParada, MarshaÊRampersaud and CharlotteÊAkuoko-Barfi, Ryerson University ÒMicro-erasures: How an ÔEvidence-basedÕ Violence Intervention with Indigenous Youth Advances Cultural Genocide,Ó KennethÊA.ÊCruz, University of Washington Tacoma ÒThe Work of Navigating Institutional Interests for Equity,Ó ThamerÊR.ÊLinklater, JimmyÊFrickey and NaomiÊNichols, Trent University Saturday, August 6 Time: 8:30 AM Ð 10:10 AM Session 042: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Institutional Complexes and How People Navigate Them Across the Life Span Room: Watercourt B Sponsors: Institutional Ethnography; Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Organizers: LaNysha T. Adams, Edlinguist Solutions; Colin Hastings, Concordia University Presider/Discussant: Colin Hastings, Concordia University Papers: ÒEconomic Disadvantages of Young Black Men without a College Degree: Color Lines in Earnings Disparities among Non-college-educated Youth,Ó ByeongdonÊOh, DanielÊMackinÊFreeman and DaraÊShifrer, Portland State University ÒInstitutional Harm and Strategies of Care: Experiences of Housing Precarity in Lives of Children and Youth,Ó JayneÊMalenfant, Concordia University and NaomiÊNichols, Trent University ÒSense of Belonging in a Transnational Era: Bridged Communities or Segregated Islands? The Iranian ImmigrantsÕ Experiences in Atlantic Canada and Ontario,Ó ForooghÊMohammadi, Memorial University of Newfoundland ÒWho is Deserving of Healthcare?: How Demographic Shifts Have Left ChildrenÕs Hospitals Unprepared for a New Class of Pediatric Patients,Ó HillaryÊSteinberg, AJ Drexel Autism Institute ÒYoung PeopleÕs Work to Navigate the Intersections of Health and Housing Services,Ó NaomiÊNichols, Trent University and JayneÊMalenfant, Concordia University ÒIntragenerational Educational Mobility and Cognition in the Context of Marriage,Ó RongÊFu, Siena College Time: 10:30 AM -12:10 PM Session 051: Publishing IE Research: Reflections on Key Moments-THEMATIC Room: Watercourt B Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography Organizer & Presider: Naomi Nichols, Trent University Description: This is a session on experiences publishing institutional ethnographic research for academic and non-academic audiences. Invited panelists are experienced institutional ethnographers from every stage of a scholarly trajectory: recent graduates to professor emerita.Ê Panelists: Suzanne Vaughan, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University Lauren Eastwood, SUNY Plattsburgh Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University Colin Hastings, Concordia University Jayne Malenfant, Concordia University Time: 12:30 PM -2:10 PM Session 052: Exploring the Social in New Ways: Research in Institutional Ethnography II Room: Bradbury Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography Organizer: Lauren Eastwood, SUNY Plattsburgh Presider: Morena Tartari, University of Southampton Description: Papers presented in this session take up particular dynamics pertaining to institutional ethnography, such as: positing the compatibility (or incompatibility) of IE with other ontologies of Òthe socialÓ; developing in greater depth elements of the core ontology of institutional ethnography; taking a different/new ÒangleÓ on some element of institutional ethnography. Papers: ÒDigital Platforms as Institutions,Ó TanyaÊK.ÊOsborne, Gothenburg University ÒConsidering Built Space as Text in Institutional Ethnography Analysis,Ó SophieÊG.ÊPomerleau, UniversitŽ dÕOttawa ÒInstitutional Ethnography and Intersectionality,Ó Ann-TorillÊT¿rrisplass, Nord University ÒReflections on EngelsÕ: The Condition of the Working Class in England,Ó PaulÊC.ÊLuken, University of West Georgia ÒCan Institutional Ethnography Challenge Colonial Academic Knowledge Production and Institutions?Ó AdrianaÊAngelaÊSuarez, Centre for Global Cooperation Research Time: 2:30 PM-4:10 PM Session 061: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Opportunities? Room: Bradbury Sponsors: Educational Problems; Institutional Ethnography Organizer: Ruo-Fan Liu, University of Wisconsin-Madison Presider: Myron Strong, The Community College of Baltimore County Description: This panel discusses how scholars employ the notion of opportunities (e.g., mobility, odds ratio, the chance of success, perception of possibility) in various contexts. The panel includes papers conducted through a wider array of methods, including ethnography, comparative studies, longitudinal analysis, as well as team research. Taken together, this panel attempts to discuss 1) How do scholars conceptualize opportunities in different research disciplines? 2) What does having an opportunity mean for different societies? 3) How can we move from a relatively ambiguous concept to reconceptualization of the notion?Ê Ê Papers: ÒRacial and Gender Inequality in the School-to-work Transition. Vertical and Horizontal Educational-occupational Mismatches among Children and Grandchildren of Immigrants in France,Ó MathieuÊIchou, French Institute for Demographic Studies, RosaÊWeber, French Institute for Demographic Studies and University of Stockholm and MathieuÊFerry, French Institute for Demographic Studies ÒThe Effects of Intergenerational Social Mobility on Subjective Social Status. A Comparison between Immigrant and Native Families,Ó MathieuÊIchou and LouiseÊCaron, French Institute for Demographic Studies ÒEnvision Opportunity: How High Schoolers Assess Opportunities and How Messages Involve,Ó Ruo-FanÊLiu, University of Wisconsin-Madison ÒWhen Class Goes Online: Unequal Experiences of Remote College Course-taking in the (post) COVID Era,Ó MaryÊL.ÊScherer, Sam Houston State University ÒPresenting US as Vegetable Tray: Connecting the Dots between Power of Assimilation and the Matrix of Consciousness,Ó RafiaÊJavaidÊMallick, Georgia State University Sunday, August 7 Time: 8:30 AM Ð 10:10 AM Session 077: Mapping Intersections Across Institutions Room: Watercourt B Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography Organizers: Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University; Colin Hastings, Concordia University Presider: Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University Discussant: Colin Hastings, Concordia University Description: This panel invites reflections about how ethnographers empirically examine the ruling relations that shape peopleÕs everyday work practices. In particular, the papers prompt discussions about how ethnographers can conduct critical inquires of trans-local ruling relations that investigate multiple institutions. Attending to how peopleÕs activities are coordinated across multiple institutions can add complexity to critical sociological analyses (such as institutional ethnography) of how ruling relations are produced and reproduced. Papers: ÒA Curious and Carceral History of the National Association of Training Schools,Ó SamÊHarrell, Portland State University ÒData-led Decision-making, Governance, and Accountability,Ó NaomiÊNichols and FaithÊMottahedi, Trent University ÒGaps in the Maps: Understanding the Interministerial Action Plan to End Homelessness in QuŽbec through the Lived Experiences of Homeless Youth,Ó JayneÊMalenfant, Concordia University ÒHow Long Does Madness Take? Time and the Construction of Mental Illness in the Community Mental Health Work,Ó OwenÊWhooley, The University of New Mexico Time: 12:30 PM Ð 2:10 PM Session 091: Institutional Complexities and Responses to Crises I Room: Watercourt A Sponsors: Environment and Technology; Institutional Ethnography Organizer & Presider: June Jeon, Chungnam National University Description: The moment of crisis requests sociological studies on complex institutional assemblage that causes, nurtures, maintains, and fails to impede the crisis. This session is composed of a series of papers that highlights institutional arrangements that alarmsÊa varietyÊof types of crisis (or, disasters). By combining institutional ethnography and other methods, papers show that the social ontology from the margin manifests the social problems of our time at various places. Social problems are not exclusively ÔsocialÕ in a way that excludes non-human. Papers also give attention to ecological crises that are both causes and consequences of current social problems. Papers: ÒCognitive Dissonance in the Agriculture Industry during the Trump Era: Small-government Ideology and Subsidy-dependent Reality,Ó NadyaÊM.ÊVera and SarahÊE.ÊCastillo, University of Tennessee, Knoxville ÒFlooded Afterlives: Examining ÔDisjuncturesÕ in Community Flood Narratives,Ó JaimeÊJ.ÊMcCauley and JenniferÊMokos, Coastal Carolina University ÒFor What itÕs Worth: Interrogating Coordinated Access Mandates as a Response to Homelessness in Ontario, Canada,Ó SarahÊCullingham, DavidÊKnezevic and NaomiÊNichols, Trent University ÒInstitutionalizing Climate Equity: The Quest for Procedural Justice, Energy Democracy, and Innovative Climate Governance in Los Angeles,Ó EmmaÊMehligÊFrench, University of California, Los Angeles ÒThe Business of Adaptation in Bangladesh,Ó DanielleÊFalzon, Brown University Time: 2:30-4:10 PM Session 096: Institutional Complexities and Responses to Crises II Room: Watercourt A Sponsors: Environment and Technology; Institutional Ethnography Organizer & Presider: June Jeon, Chungnam National University Description: The moment of crisis requests sociological studies on complex institutional assemblage that causes, nurtures, maintains, and fails to impede the crisis. This session is composed of a series of papers that highlights institutional arrangements that alarmsÊa varietyÊof types of crises (or, disasters). By combining institutional ethnography and other methods, papers show that the social ontology from the margin manifests the social problems of our time at various places. Social problems are not exclusively ÔsocialÕ in a way that excludes non-human. Papers also give attention to ecological crises that are both causes and consequences of current social problems. Papers: ÒHybrid Ethnography: Access, Positioning, and Data Assembly,Ó Ruo-FanÊLiu, University of Wisconsin-Madison ÒNetwork Inequality and COVID-19: How Organizational Routines Matter at Delhi University,Ó KritiÊBudhiraja, University of Minnesota ÒPersons of Self-rescue and the Institution of Canadian Private Sponsorship,Ó HasmikÊTovmasyan, University of Calgary ÒRegroup, Refocus, and Rebrand: Updating Community-based Research Practices during and after the Pandemic Isolation,Ó JeffryÊA.ÊWill, University of North Florida ÒWomenÕs Political Representation, Neoliberalism, and Sustainable Development: A Cross-National Panel Study, 2000-2015,Ó Md BelalÊHossain, Oklahoma State University Time: 4:30 PM Ð 6:10 PM Session 102: Institutional Ethnography, Social Justice, and Activism Room: Watercourt A Sponsors: Conflict, Social Action, and Change; Institutional Ethnography Organizers & Facilitators: Frank Ridzi, Le Moyne College and Central New York Community Foundation; Frank Ty Wang, National Chengchi University; Suzanne Vaughan, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University Description: Since George Smith's 1990 seminal article in Social Problems, ÒPolitical Activism as Ethnographer,Ó those using institutional ethnography have worked with communities to address justice issues. Given his legacy and activist work embodied in Ellen Pence's Institutional Analysis, this session will explore institutional process that constrain and open up new opportunities for activists to bring about change and social justice. Papers: ÒÔScaling UpÕ Community Action: Challenges and Opportunities to Social and Environmental Community Organizations in Bristol, UK,Ó LaurenÊEastwood, SUNY Plattsburgh ÒPrisons, Systemic White Supremacy, and Carcerality: An Abolitionist Institutional Ethnographic Approach,Ó DylanÊAddison, University of Delaware ÒRights, Relations, and Responsibilities: Managing Institutional Complexity in Domestic Violence Legal Aid Organizations in Bangladesh,Ó EshaÊSraboni, Brown University ÒShelter Justice Project,Ó SamÊBlondeau and NaomiÊNichols, Trent University ÒUsing Participatory Institutional Ethnography to Change Hospital Governance,Ó SophieÊHickey, Molly Wardaguga Research Centre at Charles Darwin University (Photo of LA Skyline) IE Newsletter Vol. 19 No. 2