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WORKSHOP – Doing Ethnography during a Pandemic

Datum
26. Feb­ru­ar 2021 

We are organ­is­ing a two day online work­shop for ear­ly career researchers: Doing Ethnog­ra­phy dur­ing a Pandemic.

We look for­ward to researchers who are inter­est­ed in par­tic­i­pat­ing. Please send an email to gbanhishikha@gmail.com to con­firm your participation.

Doing Ethnog­ra­phy dur­ing a Pandemic

While the world has been going through a cat­a­stroph­ic health cri­sis due to COVID 19, social researchers (espe­cial­ly social anthro­pol­o­gists) have been affect­ed enor­mous­ly in mul­ti­far­i­ous ways as well. Ethnog­ra­phy (and in some cas­es par­tic­i­pant obser­va­tion), is a sine qua non to under­take research in social anthro­pol­o­gy. Some of the researchers are fac­ing imped­i­ments to go to the field due to inter­na­tion­al bor­der restric­tions, oth­ers may be already in the field but are still unable to con­duct their research due to gov­ern­ment-imposed lock­downs. This is notwith­stand­ing the fact that for a select few who still can get access to the field, the con­ta­gious nature of COVID 19 pos­es a huge threat to them and their inter­locu­tors. The prob­lem is even more intense for ear­ly career stage researchers, (e.g., the ones in their PhD), who engage in time­bound research. This work­shop pro­pos­es to address the chal­lenges that the Pan­dem­ic unfurls for ear­ly career researchers in par­tic­u­lar. It attempts to do so through the insights of expert social sci­en­tists who can throw some light and pro­vide insights/resolutions to the imped­i­ments that researchers wit­ness in their field­work. Its long-term goal is to build a cohort of the par­tic­i­pat­ing researchers who would con­tin­ue to serve as a sup­port group through­out their research peri­od, even after the work­shop is over.

Work­shop sched­ule [Swiss time]

26th Feb­ru­ary 2021

a)     10 – 10.35 am: Introductions

b)    10.35 – 10.45 am: Wel­come Note by Johannes Quack, Pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Social Anthro­pol­o­gy, Uni­ver­si­ty of Zurich.

c)     10.45 – 11 am: Break

d)    11 am ‑12 pm: Talk by Edward Simp­son, Pro­fes­sor and Head of Social Anthro­pol­o­gy, Direc­tor of the SOAS South Asia Institute.

e)     12.15 – 1 pm: Break

f)     1.15 – 2.45 pm: Dis­cus­sion Ses­sion with Andreas Streinz­er, Research Asso­ciate, Uni­ver­si­ty of St Gallen.

g)    2.45 – 3pm: Break

h)    3- 4 pm: Talk by Ilmari KäihköAsso­ciate Pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Secu­ri­ty, Strat­e­gy and Lead­er­ship, Swedish Defence Academy.

1st March, 2021 

a)     10 – 11 am: Talk by Andrew Daw­son, Pro­fes­sor of Social Anthro­pol­o­gy, Uni­ver­si­ty of Melbourne.

i)      11 – 12 am: Talk by Simone Den­nis, Pro­fes­sor and Head of Social Anthro­pol­o­gy, Aus­tralian Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty.

b)    12.15 – 1 pm:  Break

c)     1 – 2.15 pm: Work­shop Activ­i­ties in break out rooms.

d)    2.15 – 2.30 pm: Break

e)     2.30 – 3.30 pm: Talk by Maitray­ee Chaud­huri, Pro­fes­sor, Cen­tre for the Study of Social Sys­tems, Jawa­har­lal Nehru University.

Please get in touch if you have any queries,

Kind regards,

Ban­hishikha Ghosh

PhD schol­ar,

Depart­ment of Social Anthropology,

Uni­ver­si­ty of Zurich


We are organ­is­ing a two day online work­shop for ear­ly career researchers: Doing Ethnog­ra­phy dur­ing a Pandemic.

We look for­ward to researchers who are inter­est­ed in par­tic­i­pat­ing. Please send an email to gbanhishikha@gmail.com to con­firm your participation.

Doing Ethnog­ra­phy dur­ing a Pandemic

While the world has been going through a cat­a­stroph­ic health cri­sis due to COVID 19, social researchers (espe­cial­ly social anthro­pol­o­gists) have been affect­ed enor­mous­ly in mul­ti­far­i­ous ways as well. Ethnog­ra­phy (and in some cas­es par­tic­i­pant obser­va­tion), is a sine qua non to under­take research in social anthro­pol­o­gy. Some of the researchers are fac­ing imped­i­ments to go to the field due to inter­na­tion­al bor­der restric­tions, oth­ers may be already in the field but are still unable to con­duct their research due to gov­ern­ment-imposed lock­downs. This is notwith­stand­ing the fact that for a select few who still can get access to the field, the con­ta­gious nature of COVID 19 pos­es a huge threat to them and their inter­locu­tors. The prob­lem is even more intense for ear­ly career stage researchers, (e.g., the ones in their PhD), who engage in time­bound research. This work­shop pro­pos­es to address the chal­lenges that the Pan­dem­ic unfurls for ear­ly career researchers in par­tic­u­lar. It attempts to do so through the insights of expert social sci­en­tists who can throw some light and pro­vide insights/resolutions to the imped­i­ments that researchers wit­ness in their field­work. Its long-term goal is to build a cohort of the par­tic­i­pat­ing researchers who would con­tin­ue to serve as a sup­port group through­out their research peri­od, even after the work­shop is over.

Work­shop sched­ule [Swiss time]

26th Feb­ru­ary 2021

a)     10 – 10.35 am: Introductions

b)    10.35 – 10.45 am: Wel­come Note by Johannes Quack, Pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Social Anthro­pol­o­gy, Uni­ver­si­ty of Zurich.

c)     10.45 – 11 am: Break

d)    11 am ‑12 pm: Talk by Edward Simp­son, Pro­fes­sor and Head of Social Anthro­pol­o­gy, Direc­tor of the SOAS South Asia Institute.

e)     12.15 – 1 pm: Break

f)     1.15 – 2.45 pm: Dis­cus­sion Ses­sion with Andreas Streinz­er, Research Asso­ciate, Uni­ver­si­ty of St Gallen.

g)    2.45 – 3pm: Break

h)    3- 4 pm: Talk by Ilmari KäihköAsso­ciate Pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Secu­ri­ty, Strat­e­gy and Lead­er­ship, Swedish Defence Academy.

1st March, 2021 

a)     10 – 11 am: Talk by Andrew Daw­son, Pro­fes­sor of Social Anthro­pol­o­gy, Uni­ver­si­ty of Melbourne.

i)      11 – 12 am: Talk by Simone Den­nis, Pro­fes­sor and Head of Social Anthro­pol­o­gy, Aus­tralian Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty.

b)    12.15 – 1 pm:  Break

c)     1 – 2.15 pm: Work­shop Activ­i­ties in break out rooms.

d)    2.15 – 2.30 pm: Break

e)     2.30 – 3.30 pm: Talk by Maitray­ee Chaud­huri, Pro­fes­sor, Cen­tre for the Study of Social Sys­tems, Jawa­har­lal Nehru University.

Please get in touch if you have any queries,

Kind regards,

Ban­hishikha Ghosh

PhD schol­ar,

Depart­ment of Social Anthropology,

Uni­ver­si­ty of Zurich