IE Newsletter Institutional Ethnography Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Vol. 20. No. 3 Spring/Summer, 2023 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@mcgill.ca On the Inside - Members News & Notes - Welcome New Members! - Anti-Conference at Trent University -Nordic IE Network Conference -SSSP Meeting, 2023 Dear SSSP IE Division members, I hope that itÕs beginning to feel like spring wherever youÕre reading this from! While the freezing rain falling outside my window might suggest otherwise, these are indeed the last couple of weeks of the winter semester! As we look ahead to spring and summer, there are several exciting opportunities for us to connect around IE work. In May, the Research for Social Change Lab at Trent University will be hosting The Dorothy Smith Open School and Anti-Conference. The two-day event will be an opportunity for graduate students and more seasoned institutional ethnographers to connect and discuss ongoing institutional ethnographic projects. Part of what makes this event so unique and exciting is the open schoolÕs dialogical nature - the space centres listening, learning, and the refinement of emerging ideas. To my mind, the most significant aspect of the event is that, as described on the event page, Òmost of the invited panelists for this Open School and Anti-Conference participated in the anti-conferences we organized at McGill when they were students.Ó I think this speaks volumes about the tremendous mentorship and supportive relationships that have grown out of the IE Division at SSSP. I look forward to continuing this work together at the SSSP 2023 Annual Meeting. As you might have seen by now, there is a fantastic slate of IE panels at this yearÕs Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. A huge thank you to everyone who has taken on the work of session organizers that makes our IE tract at SSSP possible. IÕm also thrilled to announce that our IE workshop following the conference will return this year after a bit of a hiatus. Stay tuned for details in the months ahead! Be sure, also to check out the superb collection of IE panels hosted by the IE Working Group of the International Sociological Association at the upcoming World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne Australia in June! As my term as the Division Chair of the IE Division comes to a close, I would like to thank you all for your support tremendous support and enthusiasm over the last couple of years. I am especially grateful to past Division Chairs LaNysha Adams, Lauren Eastwood, and Naomi Nichols for their generous guidance and to Gina Petonito for coordinating our newsletter. I am grateful for all the ways you made this a collective effort! Looking forward to seeing you in Philadelphia!! Colin Call for a Paper for Sunday IE Session Calling all IEÕers! To keep session 107 in the SSSP Program, we need one more paper. Here is the information: Session title: Intertextuality, Theory, and the Social Organization of Knowledge Description: Contributions to this session enhance understandings of pressing social problems by making visible the intertextual character of knowledge construction. By applying intertextuality to the study of social problems, these researchers make visible the forms of social coordination that produce and reproduce the social problems that activists are up against, and thus, can help provide the groundwork for meaningful interventions. Time: Sunday, 12:30 to 2:10 PM Full session information page 8 of this newsletter. Interested? Email Colin Hastings at: c2hastings@uwaterloo.ca Exciting IE Conference at Trent University The Dorothy Smith Open School and Anti-Conference will be held at Trent University on May 10 and 11, 2023. The conference promised to be Òtwo days of inquiry, reflection, and collaborative learning focused on Institutional Ethnography, the sociology for people developed by Dorothy Smith.Ó This conference is unlike other academic conferences because: 1) Anyone can attend 2) It is FREE 3) It is based upon a grassroots model Naomi Nichols developed with her graduate students that Òresists the erosion of intellectual life and the normalization of academic performativity within the neoliberal universityÓ 4) Day 1 will offer a combination of seminar and panel discussions 5) Day 2 will invite attendees to present about their engagement with Dorothy SmithÕs work and to accept helpful feedback To learn more please consult: https://www.socialchangelab.ca/open-school Nordic IE Network Meeting in April Finally, we can invite you all to a Nordic IEÊNetworkÊmeeting again!ÊÊ Ê The 24th and 25thÊofÊApril 2023,ÊweÊinvite you in the Nordic IE NetworkÊto a two-day meetingÊat Nord University, Bod¿, Norway.ÊÊThe network meeting is conducted as a physical gathering from lunch Ð lunch. After lunch Tuesday we also offer a seminar/gathering for PhD candidates.Ê Ê The overall meeting themeÊis Òhow, and whether weÊshouldÊand can,ÊuseÊotherÊconcepts/perspectives/theories in an institutionalÊethnographicÊstudyÓ.ÊÊ Ê Programme:ÊÊ Monday April 24thÊÊ Location: Nord University, Campus Bod¿, meeting room BODNVU135.ÊÊ Ê 11.00 Ð 12.00 Welcome and lunchÊÊ 12.00 Ð 12.30 Information about the Nordic IE network (Rebecca Lund). Handing over the "baton" to Nord University. ÊÊ 12.30 Ð 15.00 Presentations w/discussion ÊÊ áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ12.30 - 13.00:ÊLinn-Marie L. Pedersen presents her PhD-project and her experiences with IEÊÊ áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ13.00 - 13.30:ÊThe EMER network (Explorations of Marginalised peopleÕs Everyday Resistance Network)Ê(Ann-Torill T. and Rebecca L.)ÊÊ áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ13.30 - 13.45: BreakÊÊ áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ13.45 - 14.15: Janne Breimo and Ann-Christin E. Nilsen (digital) presents their introduction book in IEÊ áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ14.15 - 14.45: Ann-Christin E. Nilsen (digital) and May-Linda Magnussen/(Ann-Torill og Linn-Marie) talk about the anthology they are working on ÊÊ 14:45-15:00: BreakÊÊ 15.00 Ð 16.00 Activities in the network going forward (joint projects, new anthology, etc.?)ÊÊ ÊÊÊ Evening: Dinner at restaurantÊÊÊ ÊÊÊ Tuesday April 25thÊÊ Location: Nord University, Campus Bod¿, meeting room BODNVU135.ÊÊ Ê 09.15 Ð 11.00 Paper seminar (possibility of digital participation)ÊÊ Ê11.00 Ð 12.00 LunchÊÊ Ê12.00 Ð 15.00 Gathering for PhD fellowsÊÊ Ê Please register to participate at the meeting here by April 15th:Êhttps://nettskjema.no/a/314418 PS. Production issues caused a delay in getting this newsletter out. If you would like to attend, please contact the conference organizers to see of you can still register. I also sent out an email to everyone about this conference on Thursday, April 13. Welcome New Members Nine new members have joined the IE Division since the publication of our last newsletter. Welcome all! Noah Arjomand Sharyn Frawley Simona Gabriea Gavrila Dara Gordon Marianne MadorŽ Maria OÕLeary Anna Rockhill Jeffrey Sabo Fredricka Romona Sabo MembersÕ News and Notes Katherine E. Koralesky, Janet M. Rankin and David Fraser published a Jan. 2023 article titled ÒAnimal sheltering: A scoping literature review grounded in institutional ethnography,Ó in Animal Welfare, Vol. 32. DOI:Êhttps://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2022.4. Cheryl Zurawski published in 2023 an article titled ÒTrampling on Indigenous and Treaty Rights after R v. Stanley: ÒThatÕs What You Get for TrespassingÓ in Canadian Journal of Political Science, pp.1-20; DOI:Êhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423922000981 SSSP 2023 Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA Same Problem, Different Day: Recognizing and Responding to Recurring Social Problems August 18-20, 2023 IE Sessions Friday, August 18 Time: 2:30 PM-4:10 PM Session 021: Institutional Ethnographies Across the Life Course Room: Freedom F Sponsors: Educational Problems; Institutional Ethnography Organizer, Presider & Discussant: Naomi Nichols, Trent University Description: This session includes papers conveying results ofÊinstitutional ethnographies conducted at different times across the course of people's lives -- e.g., institutional ethnographies of elder care or schooling. Papers: ÒÔWell, You Never Know!Õ: Strategic Cultural Coaching and Uncertain Transmission to Educational Attainment,Ó Ruo-FanÊLiu, University of Wisconsin-Madison ÒInstitutional Ethnographies on Digital Technologies: Investigating and Developing Critical Digital Literacy Practices with High School Students,Ó AronÊLeeÊRosenberg, McGill University ÒIntersections of Education and Housing Access throughout a Life,Ó JayneÊMalenfant, McGill University ÒThe Transition Shock: Aging out of Child Welfare,Ó LaurenÊBeard, The University of Chicago Time: 4:30 PM Ð 6:10 PM THEMATIC Session 031: Same Problems, Same Tired Terms: Investigating the Social Organization of Carceral Responses Room: Freedom F Sponsor: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency; Institutional Ethnography Organizers & Presiders: Miltonette Olivia Craig, Sam Houston State University and Christopher Dum, Kent State University Description: This session brings together 5 papers that address the reach and impact of the carceral system. Papers cover topics such as reentry, community corrections, correctional reform, visitation, and the effects of criminal histories. Papers: ÒÔThey Do This Shit to Make You Feel Less Than HumanÕ: Systemic Racism and White Supremacy in the Visitation Process,Ó DylanÊAddison, University of Delaware ÒThere Goes the Neighborhood: Reentering Women, Neighborhood Dynamics, and Community Response in Grove Hall, MA,Ó JulieÊCalvertÊLaBagnara, University of Massachusetts Boston ÒSocial Work Licensure and ApplicantsÕ Criminal Histories,Ó MargoÊCampbell, Widener University and CaseyÊBohrman, West Chester University ÒIntertwined: Religion and Social Science in the Pursuit of Correctional Reform,Ó NicoleÊKaufman, Ohio University ÒShifting the Carceral Landscape: The Move away from Incarceration and toward Community-based Services,Ó KaylaÊM.ÊMartensen, University of Illinois Chicago Saturday August, 19 Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM Session 039: Institutional Ethnographies of Health and Wellness Room: Independence D Sponsors: Health, Health Policy; and Health Services; Institutional Ethnography Organizer: Colin Hastings, University of Waterloo Presider: Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University Description: Health and health care have long been key sites of inquiry for institutional ethnographers. In this session, researchers apply IE to make sense of some of the most pressing issues facing health care providers and people seeking health care today. Their analysis makes it possible to see how complex health systems are put together, and in so doing, can inform advocatesÕ efforts to produce more equitable, accessible, and just heath care services. Papers: ÒAbortion Access in New Brunswick and the Discourse of Choice,Ó MariaÊOÕLeary, QueenÕs University ÒExamining the Social Organization of MusiciansÕ Health Research through the Critical Lens of Institutional Ethnography,Ó JeffreyÊSabo, University of Ottawa ÒExploring the Work of Growing up in a Larger Body: An Institutional Ethnographic Analysis of Young PeopleÕs Talk,Ó AlexaÊRaeÊFerdinands and KimÊD.ÊRaine, University of Alberta ÒHarvesting Health Work: Using IE to Explore Living Organ Donation,Ó MatthewÊStrang, York University ÒMaking Work Visible within Constrained Social Contexts: An IE of Chronic Pain and Marginalization,Ó LauraÊConnoy and FionaÊWebster, Western University and CraigÊDale, University of Toronto Time: 10:30 AM Ð 12:10 PM THEMATIC Session 050: New Directions in Institutional Ethnography Room: Independence D Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography Organizers: Janet M. Rankin, University of Calgary Presiders: Paul Luken, University of West Georgia Description: IE as method it is a central topic for this session. As well, papers focus on research in settingsÊthat have not previously been explicated by the tools of IE. Papers: ÒHealthwork among Low-income Women Living with Autoimmune Diseases: A Proposal for an Institutional Ethnography,Ó DaraÊGordon, University of Toronto ÒInstitutional Ethnography & Social Transformation? Mapping Ruling Relations from the Margins in Religious and Educational Institutions,Ó AssataÊZerai, University of New Mexico and AngelesÊRubiÊCastorena, University of California, Irvine ÒThe Concept and Practice of Resistance in Institutional Ethnography,Ó Ann-TorillÊT¿rrisplass, BeritÊIreneÊVannebo and JanneÊPaulsenÊBreimo, Nord University ÒUsing Institutional Ethnography to Analyze Animal Sheltering and Protection: Animal Protection Work,Ó KatherineÊE.ÊKoralesky, University of British Columbia, JanetÊM.ÊRankin, University of Calgary and DavidÊFraser, University of British Columbia ÒWhat Might Institutional Ethnographers Learn from EngelsÕ: The Condition of the Working Class in England,Ó PaulÊLuken, University of West Georgia Sunday August, 20 Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM THEMATIC Session 084: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: The Practicalities of Going Against the Grain Room: Freedom G Sponsors: Institutional Ethnography; Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Organizer & Presider/Discussant: Colin Hastings, University of Waterloo Description: As researchers and activists committed to resisting systemic injustice, we often find ourselves in the position of Ògoing against the grainÓ Ð meaning that our work conflicts with longstanding ideas, beliefs, and structures. In this session, contributors share their reflections on Ògoing against the grainÓ inside and outside of the university. The critical dialogue opens up space for sharing tactics and envisioning alliances across social justice movements. Papers: ÒInstitutional Ethnographising What Happens When You Go against the Grain in Your Own Career,Ó SophieÊHickey, Independent Scholar ÒRibbons and Shadows: Gender and Coalition Challenges at Standing Rock,Ó KandiceÊLynnetteÊGrossman, University of Missouri ÒSocio-technical Changes and the Homelessness Industrial Complex,Ó NaomiÊNichols and SarahÊCullingham, Trent University ÒThe Sociological Economy of Navigating Black Wellbeing and Healing in a White Defined Healing Spaces,Ó BrettÊLesleyÊCumberbatch, University of Manitoba ÒTracing Lineages and the Everyday Work of Resisting Institutionalization: Honoring Community & Anti-Capitalist Labor in the Academy,Ó JayneÊMalenfant, McGill University ÒWhat Do You Mean By That? Meanings of Solidarity for Canadian Development Workers,Ó SophiaÊBoutilier, Stony Brook University, SUNY Time: 10:30 AM Ð 12:10 PM THEMATIC Session 094: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Activist CafŽ: Community Activists and Scholars in Dialogue Room: Freedom G Sponsor: Community Research and Development; Conflict, Social Action, and Change Institutional Ethnography Organizers: Thomas Pineros-Shields, University of Massachusetts Lowell Frank Ridzi, Le Moyne College and Central New York Community Foundation Presider/Discussant: Thomas Pineros-Shields, University of Massachusetts Lowell Description: This session reflects upon the roles of activist/scholar positionality and how these tensions and dynamics manifest within a range of social change approaches for racial justice and equity. Papers: ÒDecolonizing Climate Education,Ó KierÊBlake, The New School, Start: Empowerment ÒÔPower is in Community, if We Exercise ItÕ: A National Participatory Action Research Project,Ó AlexandraÊPineros-Shields, Brandeis University and ErikaÊMoldow, Independent Scholar ÒCommunity Organizers, Vocabularies of Motive, and Accounting for Organizing Styles of Community-based Advocacy Organization,Ó C.ÊMichaelÊAwsumb, Southern Illinois University ÒWhat Benefactors Want: How Moral Worth, Social Control, and Patronage Contributed to the Establishment of Wylie-Centre Industries, Inc.,Ó DanielÊMcClymonds, University of Pittsburgh ÒBuilding beyond Diversity and Creating Inclusive Spaces,Ó KarolinaÊStaros, Illinois Wesleyan University ÒUsing Institutional Ethnography for Anti-Racism Work,Ó FrankÊRidzi, Le Moyne College and Central New York Community Foundation ÒWhite Gatekeeping in the Antiracist Movement,Ó AnnieÊFerguson, Arizona State University Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Session 107: Intertextuality, Theory, and the Social Organization of Knowledge Room: Salon 5 & 6 Sponsors: Institutional Ethnography; Social Problems Theory Organizers: Colin Hastings, University of Waterloo, Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver Presider: Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver Discussant: Colin Hastings, University of Waterloo Description: Contributions to this session enhance understandings of pressing social problems by making visible the intertextual character of knowledge construction. By applying intertextuality to the study of social problems, these researchers make visible the forms of social coordination that produce and reproduce the social problems that activists are up against, and thus, can help provide the groundwork for meaningful interventions. Papers: ÒJane AddamsÕs Use of Intertextuality--Theory and the Social Organization of Knowledge,Ó Gillian "Jill"ÊNiebruggeÊBrantley and PatriciaÊM.ÊLengermann, The George Washington University ÒStorytelling, Boundary Making, and Networks of Expertise on Abortion Policy: A Narrative Analysis of the Supreme Court Case of Dobbs v. Jackson,Ó RebeccaÊM.ÊBlackwell, University of South Florida and MartaÊC.ÊBlackwell, Canadian Council for the Americas ÒTexts and the Social Organization of UN Climate Policy,Ó LaurenÊEastwood, Centre for Global Cooperation Research 3 IE Newsletter Volume 20 No. 3