[Linganth] Goffman on the CaMP anthropology blog

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
Today on the blog, the ghost of Goffman interviews Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz about
her new biography of his life -- Goffman's Invisible College.

www.campanthropology.org

Best,
Ilana

Press blurb; Erving Goffman is often remembered as a solitary
thinker—famously private, and never a co-author. This book offers a
counterpoint by tracing Goffman’s connections to a network of colleagues at
the University of Pennsylvania between 1968 and 1982, including Dell Hymes,
William Labov, John Szwed, Ray Birdwhistell, and Sol Worth. It follows five
major collaborations that emerged in that setting, along with others that
never quite came together. The analysis also considers Goffman’s earlier
work at institutions including the University of Chicago, the National
Institute of Mental Health, the University of California, Berkeley, and
Harvard University, alongside related initiatives at Indiana University and
the University of Texas.

Beyond documenting Goffman’s intellectual network, the book uses his
connections as a case study to examine interdisciplinarity, invisible
colleges, and disciplinary history. By examining both the productive and
faltering collaborations in Goffman’s orbit, the book sheds light on the
complex, often unpredictable pathways through which academic ideas take
shape. This work will appeal to scholars across disciplines seeking to
understand the collaborative foundations of academic life.
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