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Title: "Beyond the Case: Comparative Ethnography During COVID-19 and Beyond"
To register for the Zoom meeting, please follow this link: https://berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_03nMTy60TWWFSaDvH9u2DQ
Confirmed Speakers:
Corey M. Abramson, University of Arizona
Lynn Chancer, City University of New York Aaron Cicourel, UC San Diego
Claire Laurier Decoteau, University of Illinois at Chicago
Thomas DeGloma, Hunter College
Daniel Dohan, UC San Francisco
Neil Gong UC San Diego; University of Michigan
Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania
Max Papadantonakis, CUNY Graduate Center
Martín Sánchez-Jankowski, UC Berkeley
Iddo Tavory, New York University
Stefan Timmermans, UC Los Angeles
Diane Vaughan, Columbia University
Alford A. Young, Jr., University of Michigan
How do ethnographers engage in comparison? Do their comparative logics align with or diverge from the methodological foundations of other forms of social scientific research? And how do the current historical ruptures in the era of COVID-19 shape the present and future of ethnographic comparison? Drawing on central themes from Beyond the Case: The Logics and Practices of Comparative Ethnography (Oxford University Press 2020) this event will provide a venue for researchers from various ethnographic approaches to share their thoughts on these topics. The speakers, including many of the book’s contributors, represent a host of ethnographic traditions ranging from phenomenology, to interpretivism, to the extended case method, to various “post-positivist” forms of scientific realism. It is our hope that this discussion will reveal not only points of divergence, but also synergies with other empirical methods, and between competing approaches to ethnography. This parallels the book’s call to leverage the field’s epistemic variation in order to expand opportunities for meaningful comparisons and conversations on a broad range of substantive topics— including the convergent crises of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact cer@berkeley.edu or (510) 642-0813. If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) in order to fully participate in this virtual event, please contact maxwellvan@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible.
The book is available from the Oxford University Press website at a 20% off with the event discount code of ASFLYQ6.