Preceded by the 13th Ethnography Workshop on the 1st July
Keynote: Mark de Rond
Panel: Nicolas Balas, David Courpasson, Sarah Gilmore, Anita Mangan, Ignasi Marti, Cliff Oswick, Mike Rowe, Tom Vine, Andrea Whittle
Guideline for Presentations: Participants will be given 20-30 minute slots to present where we encourage presentations of upto 10 minutes and the rest for discussion. We encourage creative presentations (no need to stick to the academic presentation playbook), so use multimedia elements, engage the audience or also performance! You can focus on specific open questions in your paper or certain aspects you would like to discuss instead of taking us through all aspects of your paper.
Fishbowl: Ethnography and Discourse: East and West? Neither East nor West? (Friday 11.30)
"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth" (Rudyard Kipling). Ethnographers immerse; discourse scholars dissect. One tradition wants to learn by being there, the other deconstructs how ‘there’ has even come about. So, is this a real divide, or a border we keep redrawing out of habit? In this fishbowl, we want to test whether East and West are two traditions, two temperaments, or one conversation we've been having all along.
Impulse statements: Anita Mangan (University of Bristol), Cliff Oswick (City University London), Torkild Thanem (Stockholm University)
Reflections: Boukje Cnossen (Leuphana University), Sarah Gilmore (Cardiff University), Merlijn van Hulst (Tilburg University)
Fees and registration
Regular fee: €400,-
Early bird fee: €350,-
PhD/senior fee: €250,-
Early bird PhD/ senior fee: €200,-
**Early bird registration: May 1st 2026**
You can view the conference abstracts and papers here: Ethno-Discourse Full Papers
About the venue: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam is located opposite the bustling business district of Zuidas. We are connected well by trains, buses, trams, and metros. We are an accessible campus, and if you have more access needs, do indicate it to us on the registration form.
Where you can stay: We are lucky to have many hotels at a walking distance from our campus. You can choose from: Holiday Inn Express, Radisson, Accor, Cityden, Aparthotel Adagio, Diamond Capsule Hotel, Marriott