This advanced workshop focuses on topics in contemporary ethnographic research. Classic ethnography (long term, focused on a single location, addressing academic questions) is often not desirable or feasible, as was dramatically illustrated during the pandemic. In this workshop, participants will explore new ways of conducting ethnographic research, exploring areas such as multi-sited ethnography, digital ethnography, collecting and utilizing naturalistic interaction data, collaborative and team-based ethnography, rapid ethnography, and the application of ethnographic methods to research in the non-profit sector and industry, crucial for conducting ethnographic research in the contemporary world.

Topics Covered
the meaning of multi-sitedness , ethnography of the global , following people , following ideas , following objects , limitations and pitfalls , depth vs breadth , ethnography of social media , the problem of context , fieldwork techniques , ethnography of and with the internet , virtual communities , naturalistic interactions vs interview data , recording interactions , ethical issues , transcribing interactions , analyzing interactional data , embedding interactional data in publications , collaborative fieldwork , team-based fieldwork , comparison across different contexts , participatory fieldwork , challenging researcher-researched power structures , collaborative publishing , potential pitfalls , limits of classic ethnography , rapid assessment in development work , avoiding oversimplification , participatory fieldwork in rapid ethnography , multiple fieldwork visits , mobilizing social media , the open-endedness of all ethnography , user experience and user interface , expanding ethnographic techniques , the problem of time , the problem of scope