Dear colleagues,
The CfP for the 2nd Conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists Greece (SKAE): Anthropology, Ethnography in/for uncertain times, is open. This is a friendly reminder that the deadline to submit abstracts is the 21st December 2023, and we are still welcoming contributions to Panel #1: Post-pandemic institutional ethnography: redefining the physical, communal, and temporal in uncertain times:
What does doing an institutional ethnography mean in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic? With the advent of remote working and the expansion of online engagement with members of the public, institutions have acquired an increasingly diffuse - less 'physical' - quality. Anthropologists (and other social scientists) have long explored the rationales and mechanisms that uphold institutions (e.g. Smith 2005; Ybema et al. 2009; Billo and Mountz 2016). Many institutions, however, are now no longer restricted to the confines of a physical space, comprised of communities that are bounded only by in-person interactions, or regulated by well-defined schedules and routines. Many opportunities have emerged with these changes, but so have uncertainties - from a blurrier understanding of where institutions begin and end, to the ambiguous future that some institutions themselves are facing. This panel invites contributions from anthropologists and other social scientists interested in exploring the shifting definitions of institutions in the 'post-pandemic' world, new institutional tactics, the changing approaches to studying them ethnographically, and the uncertainties that led to these transformations happening - as well as how uncertainties are trying to be addressed and managed by institutions. We welcome papers that engage with past and present theoretical debates about institutional / organisational ethnography, discuss novel methodological approaches developed during and after the COVID-19 emergency, and which cover a range of institutional and international contexts. We invite authors to assess what are the implications of radical changes resulting from the pandemic for institutions that have traditionally been situated within the confines of buildings, in-person work, and more defined temporal routines. Through an exploration of the guiding question of this panel ('What does doing an institutional ethnography mean in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic?'), authors are encouraged to explore why "we need institutional ethnography to understand the social ramifications of the pandemic" (Luken 2021, 3), both to grapple with and navigate its legacy of uncertainty.
You can find out more on the conference website<https://anthroassociation.gr/en/call-for-papers-2nd-conference-skae-24-26-5-2024/>. Interested applicants are invited to submit proposals to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Åach proposal should include your name and affiliation, title and abstract (300 words), and short bios (200 words). The e-mail subject should be "2nd SKAE Conference".
Thank you, and happy holidays!
Francesca
Dr Francesca Vaghi (she/her), Research Associate
School of Social Work & Social Policy, University of Strathclyde
https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/francesca-vaghi
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