Dear all,
apologies for cross-postings. I'm interested in conferences and
conventions as ethnographic research sites. They are sites where
dispersed communities of scholars, activists, business people etc.
(depending on the conference) come together in one place to
strengthen their ties, share knowledge, etc. Therefore, they seem
worth studying from a qualitative/ethnographic perspective in the
context of research questions about how knowledge is transferred
globally through specific spaces, nodes, and infrastructures.
I'm interested in methodological papers that outline how this sort of
ethnographic research of a conference might be done (not so much
subsequent evaluations of the conference via questionnaires but the
on-site study of the social and spatial conferring as it occurs) or
papers that are based centrally and explicitly on this sort of method.
I did a search on Web of Science and Google Scholar as well as my
university library catalogue but have come up with nothing much. I
can't believe there isn't material out there. I must be using the
wrong databases and/or key words.
Do any of you have suggestions for appropriate articles, chapters, or
books that I might consult?
Thanks in advance. I will summarize for the lists (although it may
take me a while as I am travelling right now).
Best,
Eugene
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