The autumn gathering of the network Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic countries - register now
Welcome to the inaugural autumn gathering of the Institutional Ethnography network in the Nordic countries. This page provides update information about the workshop and registration details.
Registration is now open. The deadline for registration is 5th September.
Registration is open: Register here
Harriet Holter's house, on the University of Oslo's Blindern campus, is the home the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, and hosts this autumn's gathering of the Institutional Ethnography network in the Nordic countries. Photo: Lynn D. Rosentrater, Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldrose/
Clear your diary for thursday 13 september 2012 for the first gathering of the members of the IE network!
Programme
11.15-12.00: Arrival and lunch.
12:00 - 13:00: "What's the point of institutional ethnography?" - Introduction by Karin Widerberg (open to all).
13.00 - 15.30: Workshop for the members of the network.
15.30 - 17.00: Presentation by Maria Norstedt (Lund University, Sweden) and Janne Paulsen Breimo (University of Nordland, Norway). Norstedt and Breimo recently defended their PhD degrees in sociology. Both have consistently used institutional ethnography, and will critically assess this method of getting to grips with their own research.
You can read about Janne Breimo thesis "Bundet av bistand"- En institusjonell etnografi om organisering av rehabiliteringsprosesser [Bound by aid - An institutional ethnography on the organization of the rehabilitation process].
You can read about Mary Norstedts dissertation Berättelser om stroke och arbetsliv. Att upptäcka styranderelationer [on stroke and and Working Life. Discovering governing relationships]
17.00 - 18.00: Discussion about the network's content, activities and future.
18.00-? : Evening Party. We provide pizza and drinks at cost price
Your contribution
There are no other requirements to participants except that all participants bring a few prepared questions about institutional ethnography. The questions should be embedded in or illustrated with examples from their own work. There may be specific concepts, or problems/challenges that you have faced, and which you wish to discuss with others. These questions form the basis for the workshop.
Please spread information about the event within your network.
Practical information
The opening lecture by Karin Widerberg is open to all. The rest of the gathering is for the network's members. You can join the network by joining our mailing list.
The event is free, we pay for lunch and the evening party. Accommodation, participants must arrange and pay for themselves. The University of Oslo has an agreement with two hotels.
The event will be held in English if English-speaking participants are present. We hope to inform participants of this in advance.