Virtual Ethnography in Contemporary Social Science
Workshop, Amsterdam, 27-29 September 2006
This workshop aims to focus attention on challenges posed to ethnographic methods by the new digital and electronic media. It will be of interest to scholars engaged in ethnographic research which touches on digital media as well as other social scientists studying globalization and cultural change, digital communication, or cultures of digital media. The workshop forms part of the ongoing programme of the Virtual Knowledge Studio to study and stimulate new research practices in the humanities and social sciences. The organising committee is made up of Christine Hine (U. of Surrey), Marjolein van Asselt (U. of Maastricht), Anne Beaulieu and Ernst Thoutenhoofd (VKS-KNAW). This event is funded by a conference grant from the KNAW and by the VKS.
More information and the call for participants can be found by following the links below.
Programme
Confirmed Speakers
Call for Papers
List of Participants
Abstracts
This workshop aims to focus attention on challenges posed to ethnographic methods by the new digital and electronic media. It will be of interest to scholars engaged in ethnographic research which touches on digital media as well as other social scientists studying globalization and cultural change, digital communication, or cultures of digital media. The workshop forms part of the ongoing programme of the Virtual Knowledge Studio to study and stimulate new research practices in the humanities and social sciences. The organising committee is made up of Christine Hine (U. of Surrey), Marjolein van Asselt (U. of Maastricht), Anne Beaulieu and Ernst Thoutenhoofd (VKS-KNAW). This event is funded by a conference grant from the KNAW and by the VKS.
More information and the call for participants can be found by following the links below.
Programme
Confirmed Speakers
Call for Papers
List of Participants
Abstracts
Important Dates
Early May: Call for proposals -- now closed
15 June: Deadline for submissions -- now closed
12 July: Call for participants -- open
27-28-29 September: Event in Amsterdam
Information for Speakers and Participants
The workshop will be held at the International Institute of Social History.
For route descriptions, see
http://www.iisg.nl/address.php