[Air-L] Critical Ethnography

David Nemer dnemer at indiana.edu
Thu Feb 7 15:18:06 PST 2013 

Thank you all for the additional sources.

Annette, thanks for your list of references. Bringing up "critical
ethnography" here on the list made me realize that this term is not as
widespread or known as I naively thought. It reminded me of our last talk
about how sometimes we take terms for granted as if they were known by
everyone. This calls out for a literature review on the topic... with an
attempt to map out the different terms (feminist, indigenous, critical,
postcolonial methods / ethnography), what methods are used... convergence
and divergences in the literature. I will try to come up with something and
share the literature that I ended up with.


On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Annette Markham <amarkham at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Adding to the list of resources others have provided, here are a few
> off the top of my head.  Some are reports of critical ethnographic
> studies, some are method/conceptual pieces done by scholars who have
> done ethnographies, and some are more related to critical approaches
> to interpretive/qualitative methods, not ethnography specifically.  I
> have always found them very useful.
>
> If you notice it looks a bit heavy on the 'organization studies' side,
> that's not just because  it's my PhD background.  A lot of the
> advancement of critical ethnographic approaches has occurred in
> organization studies/science/communication arenas, so its an area rich
> with cases and exemplars.
>
> Sorry for the sloppy citations; just grabbing from here and there
> and....you get the picture....
>
> ...Cheers, and by the way, I'd love to see the final bibliography you
> end up with (especially as I'm teaching a course in Critical
> Ethnography this semester and my students would find it very useful),
>
> annette
>
>
> Alvesson and Skoldberg's book: Reflexive methodologies. This book is
> generally excellent, but related to your question, they offer a great
> breakdown of what constitutes critical approaches, and critical
> ethnography)  (Sage, 2009).
>
> Alvesson and Wilmott (2003). Studying Management Critically (Excellent
> edited volume (by Sage) with several great pieces....I tend to revisit
> those by Deetz, Forester, Martin, and Parker.)
>
> Ashcraft, K. (2001). Organized dissonance: Feminist bureaucracy as
> hybrid form. Academy of Management Journal 44(6), 1301-
>
> Conquergood, D. (1991). Rethinking ethnography: Towards a critical
> cultural politics. Communication Monographs, 58, 179–194.
>
> Dei, Mazzuca, & McIsaac (1997). Reconstructing 'Dropout': A Critical
> Ethnography of the Dynamics of Black Students' Disengagement from
> School. University of Toronto Press.
>
> Deetz, Stanley. (1992) Democracy in an age of corporate colonization:
> Developments in communication and the politics of everyday life
> Albany: State University of New York. (book)
>
> Deetz, S.  (1998). Discursive formations, strategized subordination,
> and self-surveillance:  An empirical case.  In A. McKinlay & K.
> Starkey (eds.), Foucault, management and organizational theory, (pp.
> 151-172).  London:  Sage.
>
> Fine, M. (1991).  Framing Dropouts: Notes on the Politics of an Urban
> Public High School. Suny Press.
>
> Forester, J. (1992). Critical ethnography: on fieldwork in a
> Habermasian way. In Alvesson and Wilmott's edited collection Critical
> Management Studies by Sage Press)
>
> Hochschild, A. R. (1979). Emotion work, feeling rules, and social
> structure. American journal of sociology, 85,    551-575.
>
> Hochschild, A. R. (1983). The managed heart: Commercialization of
> human feeling. Berkeley: University of California Press.
>
> Marcus, G. & Fischer, M. (1982?).  Anthropology as cultural critique.
> University of Chicago Press.
>
> Madison, Soyini (2012). Critical Ethnography: Method, ethics, and
> performance. (sage, textbook)
>
> Markham, A. (1996). Designing Discourse: A Critical Analysis Of
> Strategic Ambiguity and Workplace Control Management Communication
> Quarterly May 1, 1996 9: 389-
>
> Mumby, D. K., & Stohl, C. (1991). Power and Discourse in Organization
> Studies: Absence
> and the Dialectic of Control. Discourse and Society, 2, 313-332.Mumby,
> D.K. (1987) `The Political Function of Narrative in Organizations',
> Communication Monographs 54: 113-127.
>
> Mumby, D.K. (1988) Communication and Power in Organizations:
> Discourse, Ideology and Domination. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
>
> Mumby, D. K., & Putnam, L. (1992). The Politics of Emotion: A Feminist
> Reading of
> "Bounded Rationality." Academy of Management Review, 17, 465-486.
>
> Putnam, L., Bantz, C., Deetz, S.,  Mumby, D., & Van Maanen, J.
> (1993).  Ethnography versus critical theory. Journal of Management
> Inquiry.  2, 221-235.
>
> Rosen, M. (1985) `Breakfast at Spiro's: Dramaturgy and Dominance',
> Journal of Management 11(2): 31-48.
>
> Rosen, M. (1986?).  You asked for it: Christmas at the boss' expense.
> Journal of Management Studies, 25, 463-
>
> Shome, R. (2003). Space Matters: The power and practice of space.
> Communication Theory, 13(1) 39-
>
> Willis, Paul. (1981). Learning to Labor: How working class kids get
> working class jobs (book)
>
> Thomas, Jim (1992). Critical ethnography (Sage book).
>
>
>
> *******************************
> Annette N. Markham, Ph.D.
> Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden
> Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago
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>
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Peaslee, Robert <robert.peaslee at ttu.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi David, list...
> >
> > I might recommend Mitch Duneier's Sidewalk. A breezy read that belies
> it's
> > intellectual and emancipatory heft.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rob
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> >
> >
> > On 2/6/13 7:09 PM, "David Nemer" <dnemer at indiana.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >Thanks Peter.
> > >
> > >Alex, thanks for your references but what I meant by critical
> ethnography
> > >was the use of ethnography that attempts to break open power,
> oppression,
> > >taken-for-granted 'realities¹, and ideologies.  In this way, critical
> > >ethnography goes beyond much qualitative description of culture by also
> > >Œaction-ing¹ for change; by challenging false-consciousness and
> ideologies
> > >exposed through investigative examination. It has a "active & action"
> > >sense
> > >in it. It is usually seen in postcolonial science and technology
> studies.
> > >But I was hoping to get references that talks specifically about this
> > >methodology.
> > >
> > >I apologize if I didn't specified it enough.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt at gmail.com>
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'd like to hope that all ethnography is critical, but here's some
> intro
> > >> references:
> > >>
> > >> € Karen O'Reilly, "Ethnographic Methods" is a basic intro text.
> > >> € Emerson, Fretz, Shaw. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Ch. 5
> "Pursuing
> > >> Members' Meanings."
> > >> € Sanjek, "Fieldnotes: The Making of Anthropology."
> > >> € Ragin, C.'s "What is a Case?" Ch. 1.
> > >> € Michael Burawoy. Ethnography Unbound, Ch. 1, 2, Appendix.
> > >> € "Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for
> > >> Developing Grounded Theory." Anselm Strauss, Juliet M. Corbin.
> > >> € Appendix of Paul Lichterman's "Elusive Togetherness."
> > >>
> > >> Alex
> > >>
> > >> ---
> > >>
> > >> Alexander Leavitt
> > >> PhD Student
> > >> USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
> > >> http://alexleavitt.com
> > >> Twitter: @alexleavitt
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Peter Gloviczki <glovi002 at umn.edu>
> > >>wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi David,
> > >>>
> > >>> Murphy & Kraidy have a book called Global Media Studies: An
> > >>> Ethnographic Perspective (Routledge, 2003), which may be useful to
> > >>> you.
> > >>>
> > >>> Hope this helps, Peter
> > >>>
> > >>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:52 PM, David Nemer <dnemer at indiana.edu>
> wrote:
> > >>> > Dear AoIR-ers,
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Do you have any recommendations for books on critical ethnography?
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Thanks
> > >>> > --
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