Institutional Ethnography Workshop
MONDAY, AUGUST 12
9:00am-6:00pm
The Westin New York at Times Square
Location: Minetta, 8th floor
9:00am-10:30am – “Figuring it out” with Alison Griffith
Dr. Alison Griffith will demonstrate how she works to support people to sketch out what they know about the social organization of a problem in the everyday world as they formulate a proposal or work with data. Moving from what is known about local work and “figuring out” the various institutional practices that are being activated.
11:00am-12:30pm – “New work” with Dorothy Smith
Dr. Dorothy Smith will facilitate an informal talk discussing her current work, raising questions and extending how researchers can use IE in increasingly nuanced ways.
12:30pm – 1:30pm – LUNCH
Lunch will not be provided, but there are many cafes in the area.
1:30- 2:00pm – Nicola Waters
“Towards an institutional counter cartography of nurses’ wound work”. Winner of the 2013 George W. Smith Graduate Student Paper Competition
Afternoon – Group work
During the afternoon people will convene in facilitated “break out” groups (all in the same room) to support focused discussion.
2:00pm – 3:00pm
1) Self identified “seasoned” IEers – Facilitated by Alison Griffith
This session will be at an advanced level and will likely extend the complexity of the discussion generated throughout the conference.
2) Self identified “novice” IEers – Facilitated by Lauren Eastwood
People brand new to IE who are developing a proposal, or who are working with data using IE for the first time will have the opportunity to discuss their projects.
3:00pm – 4:00pm
1) Moving from IE theory to research design, data collection and analysis common errors (Janet Rankin)
2) Data management and data analysis (Marj DeVault)
3) IE research using archival texts and historical interviews (Paul Luken and Suzanne Vaughn)
4) Textual analysis in IE (Lois Andre-Bechely)
4:00pm – 6:00pm
- Planning for ongoing IE conversations among experienced IE researchers (Alison Griffith)
- IE working group for the 2013-2014 academic year (Janet Rankin)
- Workshop space available for informal networking