Public Ethnography conference (CFP deadline extended)

[David Boromisza-Habashi]

FYI - an interesting opportunity to explore an important issue ("Why doesn't
ethnographic research receive more public attention?") with ethnographers
working outside LSI.

David

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Conference CFP: Public Ethnography: Connecting New Genres, New Media, New
Audiences
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
June 1-2, 2012

Extended abstract submission deadline: November 15, 2011
Registration deadline: April 15, 2012

Keynote presenters: Paul Stoller (Anthropology, West Chester University),
Norman K. Denzin (Communication, University of Illinois)

Organizer: Phillip Vannini, (Communication & Culture, Royal Roads
University)

Advisory committee: Claudio Aporta (Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton
University, Canada); Mike Evans (Arts and Social Sciences, Southern Cross
University, Australia); Kip Jones (Media, Bournemouth University, UK);
Monica Prendergast (Drama/Education Theatre, University of Victoria,
Canada); David Redmon (Sociology, Harvard University, USA); Alisse Waterston
(Anthropology, City University of New York, USA).

Conference website:
http://www.publicethnography.net/news/public-ethnography-conference <
https://legacy.royalroads.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.publicethnography.net/news/public-ethnography-conference
>

How can ethnographers make their voices better heard? How can ethnographic
research become more popular? How can different ethnographic genres and new
and traditional communication media facilitate the popularization of
ethnographic research? As several commentators have outlined, ethnography is
uniquely positioned to appeal to the general public yet it is still
distinctly absent in popular media such as television, radio, and digital
platforms such as iTunes. When carried out with the information and
entertainment needs and wants of the public in mind, ethnographic research
has the potential to reach beyond the confines of academic discourse and can
position social scientific knowledge at the nexus of public debate, current
affairs, and popular culture. A fully public ethnography can better engage
multiple stakeholders and can play a key role in the critical pedagogy of
the general public. But how can this be achieved in practice? And at what
costs and risk?

Ethnography-understood broadly as the qualitative, in-depth, emic study of
people's ways of life-is undergoing a significant shift towards reflexive,
embodied, sensuous, performative, narrative, arts-informed,
more-than-representational, and multimodal characteristics. These trends are
pushing ethnography away from an exclusively academic and print-based domain
into the public sphere. Ethnographers now increasingly realize they can
thrive in a public domain craving documentary knowledge inspired and
informed by diverse popular media, genres, arts, and communication modes.

The conference is intended to be an intimate gathering of ethnographers-both
faculty and students-across all social scientific fields and disciplines.
The organizers welcome presentation proposals (both individual submissions
and panels) that show examples of public ethnography, or that reflect on the
value and agenda of public ethnography. Examples of public ethnographic
research in progress or completed will draw from fieldwork projects that
have reached beyond academic audiences by directly addressing members of the
general public, or by drawing significant attention from news media.
Reflections on public ethnography will instead focus on taking stock of the
methodological, epistemological, ethical, or practical challenges and
opportunities faced by public ethnographers.

A peer-reviewed journal special issue on the theme of the conference will be
developed. Presenters will also be able to submit their work for
consideration for publication in the Routledge Innovative Ethnographies book
series (www.innovativeethnographies.net <
https://legacy.royalroads.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.innovativeethnographies.net>
).

To submit a presentation proposal please email a 150 word abstract, title,
five keywords, and short bio(s) of the presenter(s) attending to
emac at royalroads.ca. Make sure to clearly identify the type of presentation
proposed (example or reflection) in a separate note, which should also
contain any information about special audio/visual and other technical
equipment needs you may have.

Registration fee: CAD$250 (faculty) CAD$150 (students). Includes two
lunches, two breakfasts.
Conference site: The Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria BC (www.laurelpoint.com <
https://legacy.royalroads.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.laurelpoint.com>
).
Conference delegates' rates starting from CAD$119 + taxes.




-- 
David Boromisza-Habashi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of Colorado, 270 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0270, USA
Web: http://comm.colorado.edu/people.php?id=103

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