Abstract
In the Nordic countries Institutional ethnography (IE) presents a fairly new approach to qualitative welfare studies ‘from below’. IE is founded by the Canadian critical, feminist sociologist Dorothy Smith with a commitment to do research with people and for people – and see people as knowers of their lives and work - broadly understood.
The intention of much IE is thus to present researchers with a methodology or rather an approach (a sociology) to map the institutional coordination and the ‘ruling relations’ of societal structures and discourses - but as they appear in the everyday lives of people at work or as citizens/clients/users/pupils (etc.) of the institutions in view.
This keynote outlines the understandings of the idea of standpoint in the Institutional Ethnographical tradition, while also discussing and challenging the capacity of IE framework and methodology, to further the insights of researchers to gain a more nuanced and perhaps optimistic view of people as knowers and learners dealing with their institutional lives in competent ways. I will also discuss ways of supplementing vital institutional insights with other understandings and approaches to peoples’ experiences and their ways of dealing with and learning throughout their institutional lives
The intention of much IE is thus to present researchers with a methodology or rather an approach (a sociology) to map the institutional coordination and the ‘ruling relations’ of societal structures and discourses - but as they appear in the everyday lives of people at work or as citizens/clients/users/pupils (etc.) of the institutions in view.
This keynote outlines the understandings of the idea of standpoint in the Institutional Ethnographical tradition, while also discussing and challenging the capacity of IE framework and methodology, to further the insights of researchers to gain a more nuanced and perhaps optimistic view of people as knowers and learners dealing with their institutional lives in competent ways. I will also discuss ways of supplementing vital institutional insights with other understandings and approaches to peoples’ experiences and their ways of dealing with and learning throughout their institutional lives
| Original language | Danish |
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| Publication date | 22 Aug 2023 |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Aug 2023 |
| Event | Roskilde University International PhD Summer School August 21th – 24th August 2023 : Methodological Issues - Roskilde Universitet, Roskilde, Denmark Duration: 21 Aug 2023 → 24 Aug 2023 https://www.uis.no/nb/international-phd-summer-school-methodological-issues-2023 https://events.ruc.dk/bf970db9bb904318858a6c71cf6ba422 |
Seminar
| Seminar | Roskilde University International PhD Summer School August 21th – 24th August 2023 |
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| Location | Roskilde Universitet |
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Roskilde |
| Period | 21/08/2023 → 24/08/2023 |
| Other | The Roskilde University International Summer School IMT has provided a decade-long tradition of dynamic doctoral training based on critical reflection and interactive forms of learning. Their significant focus is a continuous interest in methods and methodology and how this relates to research questions, theory, concepts, analyses and empirical findings.<br/><br/>This year’s summer school will focus on methodological issues informed by theory. The ambition is to present and discuss research approaches in which we seek transparency and critical reflections on methods, methodology, and how these choices form our analysis, representations, and texts. Such activities might include how we can understand issues of subjectivity, discourses, practices, learning, and societal contexts, that help us reframe and rethink qualitative research. The Summer School will also address basic questions of theory and epistemology and stimulate discussion of the role of researchers and their engagement in issues of societal importance – and how this might influence our research.<br/><br/>We welcome PhD projects across diverse fields such as learning, health, professional development, planning and sustainability, and social innovation working across a variety of arenas such as educational institutions, working life, health care, social service, cultural activities, civil society, family and everyday life, citizen- and stakeholder involvement, public institutions and private organizations |
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