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If you are soon planning to book your AOM travels and are interested in ethnography, consider arriving as early as Friday for the 10th edition of the OMT-sponsored PDW on Ethnography. No pre-registration needed, but the PDW does start at 8am on Friday August 10th. All are welcome!
PDW Being there/Being them: Ethnography then and now
Schedule: Friday, Aug 10 2018 8AM-10AM at Marriott Chicago Downtown - Magnificent Mile in Clark Marriott Ballroom
Organizers: Michel Anteby and Audrey Holm, Boston U.
Presenter: Curtis K. Chan, Boston College
Presenter: Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern U.
Presenter: Ruthanne Huising, EMLYON Business School
This workshop seeks to explore how organizational ethnographies and the use of ethnographic methods in organizational research have changed or stayed the same over the past few decades. Though the ethnographic approach has been codified (Geertz, 1973; Mauss, 1967) and updated on a regular basis (Beaud & Weber, 2010; Emerson, Fretz, & Shaw, 2011; Fine, 1993; Marcus & Fischer, 1999; Van Maanen, 2011), much of the key tenants of the approaches seem to have remained unchanged:e.g., immersing oneself in a field setting, getting to know participants, writing field notes, and more. Though most ethnographers value this tradition, very few talk about how their own approach might have changed over time or how it might significantly differ from past approaches. Thus, changes in the practice of ethnography are mostly left unspoken. In this workshop, we seek to foster a discussion on the changing nature of ethnography within organizational research. Using an interactive format and building on a cross-generational roster of participants, the workshop will address two primary questions. First, how does contemporary organizational ethnography compare or differ from past ethnographic practice? Second, what are the implications of these continuities or changes for the production of organizational knowledge? The workshop is divided into a general panel session where presenters will each share their experience and insights and a breakout session where table hosts facilitate small-group discussions of participants' projects
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Michel Anteby
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Associate Professor of Sociology (by courtesy)
Boston University, Questrom School of Business
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 USA
Tel. +1-617-353-4160