Ethnographic methods in local policy research workshop
Date: Thursday, 13th March, 2008
Time: 12.00-4.00pm
Venue: The Boardroom, Arthur Lewis Building, Manchester University
Booking: patrick.watson@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk or michael.mair@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Attendance is free but places limited so please book.
Programme
12.00-12.15 Arrival and Lunch
12.15-12.20 Introduction & welcome:
- Dr. Francesca Gains Governance, Representation and Policy Group (GRP) in Politics who are sponsoring the workshop.
12.20-13.20: Plenary/opening session: Ethnographic research and local policy making
- Dr. Simone Abrams (Department of Town and Urban Planning, University of Sheffield)
- Dr. Gillian Evans (ESCRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, Manchester ),
13.20-14.20: Panel 1 - Practising ethnography in policy contexts
- Dr. Kath Checkland, G.P. (National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, Manchester)
- Dr. Robin Pharoah (ESRO: Ethnographic Social Research, London)
14.20-14.30: Refreshments
14.30-3.30: Panel 2 - Working with ethnographic methods and data
- Dr. Merlijn van Hulst (Interpretive Political Studies Group, Tilburg School of Politics and Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Michael Mair & Patrick Watson (Sociology, Manchester/Manchester Ethnography Group)
3.30-4.00
- Prof. Dvora Yanow – The value of ethnography for local policy making
Additional Information
Format: Papers will be circulated in advance.
Attendance: Numbers are relatively restricted, with spaces for 25-30 people.
Participants: The event will provide a forum for discussion between academics and researchers from different countries, institutions and disciplinary perspectives. The intention is that the workshop will be seen as part of an ongoing programme of such events, including, for example;
The PSA Annual Conference Interpretive Group Panel in March
The 3rd International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis at the University of Essex in June
The 3rd Annual Joint University of Liverpool Management School and Keele University Institute for Public Policy and Management Symposium on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences in September