Volume 15 | No. 2 Winter/Spring 2018 Nicola Waters Division Chair Thompson Rivers University nwaters@tru.ca Send correspondence to: Gina Petonito Correspondence and Copy Editor petonig@muohio.edu Lindsay Kerr Proofreader and Editor lindsay.kerr@utoronto .ca From the Division Chair: Nicola Waters Hello IE people! I hope 2018 has started well for you. As we continue to dig out from a record-breaking long, cold, and snowy winter here in Western Canada it has been a welcome distraction to help in planning the exciting line up of IE- related sessions for the upcoming SSSP meeting in Philadelphia. The abolitionist theme for this year’s August conference has provided some great inspiration for established and novice IE researchers to showcase their work. A huge thank you to all who have been involved in organizing the sessions. Don’t forget to check the full program for details of all the great papers and dialogues that will be shared. The IE workshop (Monday August 13th) will again be a highlight of my SSSP experience. We are continuing the activist theme into the workshop and are also interested in hearing from members about any topics or areas of interest. Please email me your thoughts and we will do our best to include your ideas in this or future workshops. Probably the best part of my role as division chair is the opportunity to hear about IE projects taking place around the world. I am continually inspired to hear how Dorothy Smith’s work is being taken up in all corners of the globe and grateful for the chance to foster connections between like-minded students and academics. If you are currently working on a project and would like to get the word out please consider submitting a summary for the next newsletter. Take care and see you in Philly! Nicola Members News and Notes Janet Rankin has two recent publications. Rankin, J. (2017). Conducting Analysis in Institutional Ethnography: Analytical Work Prior to Commencing Data Collection. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 16(1), 1609406917734484. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/106209 Rankin, J. (2017). Conducting Analysis in Institutional Ethnography: Guidance and Cautions. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 16(1), 1609406917734472. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/106208 Janet also a co-authored publication with a former student Olive Fast Fast, O. and Rankin, J.M. (in press) Rationing nurses: Realities, practicalities, and nursing leadership theories. Nursing Inquiry. Susan Maret has one new publication. She uses IE as a platform to examine declassified records of the Psychological Strategy Board and the Central Intelligence Agency. She also states that IE members might be interested in the entire issue: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/secrecyandsociety/ Maret, S. (2018). Murky Projects and Uneven Information Policies: A Case Study of the Psychological Strategy Board and CIA. Secrecy and Society 1(2). http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/secrecyandsociety/vol1/iss2/6/ Nicole Dalmer has one new publication: Dalmer, N.K., Stooke, R. and McKenzie, P. (2017). Institutional Ethnography: A Sociology for Librianship. Library and Information Research 41 (125). IE Workshop in Edmonton MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta hosted Dorothy Smith for a public lecture on March 21 on The Politics and Practice of Feminist Research: A Sociology for the People The event also included two Institutional Ethnography workshops. The morning session, involved an in-depth discussion of IE with Dorothy Smith. Participants had the opportunity to discuss theory, methodologies and methods, textual analysis, data collection and analyses used in Institutional Ethnography. The afternoon session included a round table discussion where participants made brief presentations of their work. Dorothy and other participants discussed their work and made suggestions for next steps. This session was useful to individuals who are using IE in their research or interested in how they might use IE to think about and do their research differently. The session provided an opportunity to for novice researchers to gain valuable insight into the research process. SSSP in Philadelphia The following are some of the exciting sessions planned for the Philadelphia meetings Critical Dialogue: Construction of Victims and Victimization Sponsors: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency and Institutional Ethnography Organizers: Karen G. Weiss and Colin Hastings Critical Dialogue: Race, Colonialization and Decolonialization Sponsors: Global, Institutional Ethnography and Race and Ethnic Minorities Organizer: Henry Parada Work Processes and Emotional Labor in Health Care Sponsors: Health, Health Policy and Health Services and Institutional Ethnography Organizers: Oyman Basaran and Cathy Ringham New Directions in Institutional Ethnography Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography Organizer: Lauren Eastman Critical Dialogue: Profiling George Smith’s Work and Institutional Ethnography Activism Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography Organizer: Colin Hastings Critical Dialogue: Methodological Conversations in Institutional Ethnography: Making the Visible the Invisible Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography Organizers: Naomi Nichols and Jayne Malenfant Invisible Work as Part of the Job Sponsors: Institutional Ethnography and Labor Studies Organizers: Alison Fisher and Noreen M. Sugrue Critical Dialogue: Social Organization of Knowledge Sponsors: Institutional Ethnography and Teaching Social Problems Organizer: Marie L. Campbell Spotlight on the Institutional Ethnography Workshop Date: August 13 Place: Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel Time: 9:30am-4:00pm The Institutional Ethnography Division is hosting an interactive workshop for all people who use or are interested in deepening their engagement with the alternative sociology, institutional ethnography (IE). This year, aligned with the conference theme (Abolitionist Approaches to Social Problems) and as a commitment to IE’s roots in feminist and community organizing, the workshop offers structured opportunities to engage applications of IE by activists and community organizers, as well as academics. Praxis International, founded by the late Dr. Ellen Pence, will open this year’s workshop to discuss the vision and impact of Institutional Analysis (IA). The IA is a practical process of analyzing institutions that develops an agenda for change to guide the reform of institutional processes that don’t work well for the people they’re intended to serve. Applied initially, and extensively, to the criminal case processing of domestic violence, IA is increasingly sought by activists for systems change in the areas of child protection and welfare, criminal case processing of sexual assault, reduction of disparity of impact and outcomes for marginalized populations, and more. This opening plenary will provide an opportunity to learn about IA’s roots in IE, its evolution as a tool for activists and practitioners to come together to identify and change problematic institutional practices, and successes and challenges in several recent IA projects seeking to make change in local communities.