Workshop in Urban Ethnography-Fall 2011

Workshop Schedule and Speakers


September 12th, 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Carol Stack
University of California at Berkeley
African Americans Reclaim the South: Challenges to Ethnography when places, times and lives are in flux.

September 19th, 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Reuben May
Harvard University, Texas A&M
Having Fun in Urban Nightlife: Race, Class, and Culture in Public Space.

September 26th, 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Terry Williams
New School for Social Research
Princeton University (Visiting)
Doing Multi-Sited Ethnography: An Ethnographer’s Journey Through the City

October 3rd, 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Howard Stevenson
University of Pennsylvania
Playing with Anger: Managing the Racial Stress of Schooling Black Boys

October 10th , 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Philip Kasinitz
CUNY
Herding Cats: Insiders, Outsiders and Ethnographic Research Teams

October 17th, 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Wilson Goode
Public Private Ventures
Success to Significance

October 24th , 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Prudence Carter
Stanford University
Using Mixed-Methods to Study Cultural Flexibility and Equity in South African and U. S. Schools

October 31st, 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Mary Jo Deegan
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Gender, Race, and Class at Hull-House and the University of Chicago, 1892-1918

November 7th, 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Waverly Duck
University of Pittsburgh
Why do Middle Class Families Remain in Violent/ Impoverished Urban Spaces

Luke Anderson
North Lawndale College Prep High School
Breaking the Cycle: Prepping Inner City Kids for College

November 14th, 11:30 am-1:20 pm
Aaron Porter
Millersville University
Leadership Changes Among Philadelphia Black Lawyers: From Traditional to Open Systems of Equality