ethnography
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The Annex is back for its tenth semester. In this episode, we meet with Hannah Wohl (University of California, Santa Barbara) to discuss her book on creativity and cultural production, Bound by Creativity: How Contemporary Art is Judged (University of Chicago Press). Photo Credit. By Jami430 – Own work, CC […]
Today, The Annex discusses an exchange in Contexts between Northwestern law professor Steven Lubet and UC Berkeley sociologist Michael Burawoy on the need to fact-check ethnography and the legality of studying violent crimes in progress. Read the pieces: “Accuracy in Ethnography: Narratives, Documents, and Circumstances” by Lubet. “Empricism and Its […]
Joe and Leslie interview Jooyoung Lee (University of Toronto) about his upcoming book about violence, Ricochet. We talk about his field work in Philadelphia, his role in Canada’s handgun debate, and the craft of fieldwork.
