Ethnomethodology
A Critical Celebration
Wivenhoe House Conference Centre
University of Essex
Colchester
Essex
UK
March 20 – 22, 2002
Sponsored by The Sociological Review (Blackwell Publishers) and Culture and Organization (Routledge/Taylor and Francis) and organised in conjunction with the IIEMCA and the AIEM/CA
It is 35 years since the publication of Harold Garfinkel's landmark book Studies in Ethnomethodology. Drawing on a tradition of phenomenology which emanated from Bergson and Schütz and a systematic approach to theorising social action which radically revised both Talcott Parsons and symbolic interactionism, Garfinkel redrew the sociological map of the late 1960s and 1970s, with later developments extending to conversation analysis (CA) and actor-network theory (ANT). Focusing on everyday life as an achievement, on collective sense-making, and on the central importance of talk as a social process, ethnomethodology affected every area of sociology where the study of ordinary people interacting was important. It has been acknowledged to have had special relevance for health and medical sociology, the sociology of education, the sociology of public administration, the sociology of the professions, social studies of science and technology, and the sociology of management, organization and virtual organization. Ethnomethodology has also, however, been an unacknowledged influence on many writers and thinkers – it is nowadays common to talk about 'reflexivity', 'situated action', 'practice', etc. More recognition is perhaps needed of the role that ethnomethodology played in pioneering and establishing such ideas.
For this conference we invite imaginative contributions of any sort which honour the spirit of Garfinkel's writing and teaching. However, we hope to offer an arena for all those working with ethnomethodology, conversation analysis or other variants, to meet, celebrate, reflect, critique and develop what remains a vital theoretical resource and form of empirical analysis for the 21st century.
Due to the sad and untimely death of Deirdre Boden in 2001, we would particularly welcome any proposals that use and develop her interest in interaction in work settings.
Abstracts of up to 250 words should be sent by November 16th 2001 to:
Prof. David S. Richards, University of Sunderland Business School, St Peter's Campus, St Peter's Way, Sunderland, SR6 0DD, UK.
Email: david.richards@sunderland.ac.uk.The necessity to confirm the likely number of participants with the conference administration at the University of Essex requires that review and acceptance of abstracts will be completed by November 30th 2001. Once accepted, however, there will be ample opportunity for authors to review and change abstracts. Final papers should be brought to the conference. Special issues and/or monographs of both journals are planned from papers presented at the conference.
Conference team: Prof. Stephen Linstead (University of Essex, UK and Culture and Organization); Prof. David Richards (University of Sunderland, UK); Prof. John Hassard (UMIST, Manchester UK and Sociological Review); Prof. John McAuley (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
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