Work, Words and Lifewor lds
Preceded by the 13th Ethnography Worksh op on the 1st July
Keynote: Mark de R ond
Panel: Nicolas Balas, David Courpasson, Sa rah 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 w e encourage presentations of upto 10 minutes and the rest for discuss ion. We encourage creative presentations (no need to stick to the aca demic presentation playbook), so use multimedia elements, engage the audience or also performance! You can focus on specific open question s in your paper or certain aspects you would like to discuss instead of taking us through all aspects of your paper.
F ishbowl: Ethnography and Discourse: East and West? Neither East nor W est? (Friday 11.30)
"Oh, Eas t is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. But ther e 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 h ow ‘there’ has even come about. So, is this a real divide, or a b order we keep redrawing out of habit? In this fishbowl, we want to te st whether East and West are two traditions, two temperaments, or one conversation we've been having all along.
Impulse statements: Anita Mangan (Univ
ersity of Bristol), Cliff Oswick (City University London), Torkild Th
anem (Stockholm University)
Reflections: Bou
kje Cnossen (Leuphana University), Sarah Gilmore (Cardiff University)
, Merlijn van Hulst (Tilburg University)
Regular fee: €400,-
Early bird fee: €350,-
PhD/senior fee:
Early bird PhD/ senior fee: � �200,-
**Early bird registration: May 1st 2026**
You can view the conference abstracts and paper s here: Ethno-Discou rse Full Papers
About the venue: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam is located op posite the bustling business district of Zuidas. We are connecte d well by trains, buses, trams, and metros. We are an acces sible campus, and if you have more access needs, do indicate&nbs p;it to us on the registration form.
W here you can stay: We are lucky to have many hotel s at a walking distance from our campus. You can choose from: Holiday Inn Express,&n bsp;Radisson, Accor, Cityden, Aparthotel Adagio, Diamond Capsule Hotel, Marriott
DESCRIPTION: Preceded by the 13th Ethnography Works hop on the 1st July Keynote: Mark de Rond < strong>Panel: Nicolas Balas, David Courpasson, Sarah Gilmore , Anita Mangan, Ignasi Marti, Cliff Oswick, Mike Rowe, Tom Vine, Andr ea Whittle Guideline for Presentations: Participants will be given 20-30 minute slots to present where we encourage prese ntations of upto 10 minutes and the rest for discussion. We encourage creative presentations (no need to stick to the academic presentatio n playbook), so use multimedia elements, engage the audience or also performance! You can focus on specific open questions in your paper o r certain aspects you would like to discuss instead of taking us thro ugh all aspects of your paper. Fishbowl: Ethnography an d Discourse: East and West? Neither East nor West? (