Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis
This research group provides a hub for staff and graduate students of the School whose research interests - empirical, methodological and theoretical - are correspondent with ethnographic and/or qualitative methods, and interpretive analysis. The activities of the group focus on issues around ethnography — as practice and product — and cultural analysis concerned with the interpretive understanding of meaning, symbols and language. The research group members come from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, social work, social policy and cultural studies. There is a strong tradition of ethnographic and interpretive work within the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, and this group provides a forum for sustaining and developing this work.
The main aims of the Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis research group are:
- to sustain and develop high quality ethnographic, qualitative and interpretive research, writing and other scholarly activity at Cardiff ;
- to foster the intellectual interests of research group members, and provide support for research and scholarly activity in ethnographic, cultural and interpretive fields;
- to engage collectively and collaboratively with ongoing and critical debates within ethnographic, cultural and interpretive research;
- to build on existing national and international research links and collaborations within ethnographic, cultural and interpretive research
Methods and Innovation
Mobile Methods
Hypermedia
Participatory Methods
Urban Ethnography
Narrative and Discourse
Visual Methods
Ethnography of Embodiment
Activities
The Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis research group engages in a range of activities. These include:
- Data sharing and analysis workshops
- Occasional guest speakers (often in collaboration with other research groups)
- Half-day workshops/seminars on key debates, topics and issues
- Research presentations and development of proposals, via round table meetings and discussion groups
- The international peer reviewed journal Qualitative Research is edited by senior members of the group
- Members of the group are also connected with the Knowing Localities in Context projects based in WISERD
Research Group Meetings 2010/11
- 18/11/2010 The Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group: Xiaodong Lin (SOCSI) and Jessica Paddock (SOCSI)
- 25/11/2010 The Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group: Joanne Coates (SOCSI) and Penny Miles (SOCSI)
- 02/12/2010 The Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group: Professor Máirtín Mac an Ghaill (University of Birmingham) - Whatever happened to ‘the lads’?
- 09/12/2010 The Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group: Adam Hedgecoe, Rebecca Dimond et al. Scientific conferences as sites for ethnography (Panel and Discussion)
- 03/03/2011 The Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group: Professor Paul Atkinson - The Masterclass and Beyond
- 24/03/2011 The Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group: Corrine Funnell and Mike Warde
- 31/03/2011 The Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group: Rebecca Dimond and Victoria Silverwood
Doctoral Research Fields and Areas of Supervision Include
Laboratory Ethnography
Gender and Identity
Subcultures and Deviance
Art and Culture
Contemporary Wales and Political Ethnography
Spaces, Places and Material Culture
Medical Work
Educational Ethnography
Convenors
Research Group Members
Mr Robin Smith
Links
Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research provides a forum for the discussion of research methods, in particular qualitative research, across the social sciences and cultural studies.
