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Join us on 3 Feb at 15:30 CET for our next seminar with Nishani Bourmault (NEOMA).
Drawing on interviews and fieldwork with doctors in low-income countries, her paper examines how professionals' sense of #expertise shifts across different contexts 👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏿‍⚕️

www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminar/nish...

On Jan 27th at 15:00CET, we are meeting to discuss transparency in #qualitativeresearch. Join Rodrigo Canales (Boston U) and Erin Reid (McMaster U) as they share their perspectives on what #transparency looks like and why it matters 🔎🌱

Register: www.ethnographyatelier.org/workshop/tra...

Unnoticed to Unforgettable: How Global Surgery Professionals Develop Relational Awareness around their Expertise | ethnographyatelier

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿
Tuesday February 3, 2026, 3:30 to 5:00pm CET
"Unnoticed to Unforgettable: How Global Surgery Professionals Develop Relational Awareness around their Expertise"
by Nishani Bourmault (NEOMA Business School)
Info and registration: www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminar/nish...

Transparency: What, why, how and what it asks of us as qualitative scholars | ethnographyatelier

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
January 27 at 15:00 CET
"Transparency: What, why, how and what it asks of us as qualitative scholars"
with Rodrigo Canales (Boston University) and Erin Reid (McMaster University)
Info and registration: www.ethnographyatelier.org/workshop/tra...

We are out of office for the holidays 🤶🏽🧑🏾‍🎄🎄 ho ho ho
We look forward to reconnecting in 2026 with an exciting lineup of events.
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An Ethnographic Study on Unraveling of a Social Innovation Project for North Korean Refugees | ethnographyatelier

On Dec 9, join us to learn about Suntae Kim's #ethnographic study of how a South Korean #social #innovation project unsuccessfully navigated the heightening uncertainty around its fledgling initiative and failed 🇰🇷🇰🇵

🗓️ December 9 at 3:30PM CET
Register here: www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminars-3/a...

Join us on November 25th at 16:30 CET for the third (!!) edition of the Help Desk ℹ️
With the guidance of Anne-Laure Fayard (Nova) and Sarah Harvey (UCL), you'll get support for the questions and challenges you're facing in your research.

Register here: www.ethnographyatelier.org/workshops-1/...

Join us on November 25th at 16:30 CET for the third (!!) edition of the Help Desk ℹ️
With the guidance of Anne-Laure Fayard (Nova) and Sarah Harvey (UCL), you'll get support for the questions and challenges you're facing in your research.

Register here: www.ethnographyatelier.org/workshops-1/...

Join us on Nov 11, 5-6.30pm CET for Diego M. Coraiola's seminar (University of Victoria). He will present his #historical #case study on how past infrastructure leads to changes in and through practice 🌉🗞️

Info and registration: www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminars-3/n...

We just had an incredible #workshop on #video #ethnography featuring insights by Marlys Christianson 🎥 A lot of food for thought on the #affordances of videos, the perspectives we take in analyzing video #data, and much more 🎞️🍿

Stay tuned! We'll post the video recording soon.

Are you interested in #video #ethnography? Does your data include video recordings? Join us on October 28th at 3PM for our first #workshop of the year with Marlys Christianson (Rotman School of Management) 🎞️📺📽️

Info and registration: www.ethnographyatelier.org/workshops-1/...

Today, we held our first seminar of the season 🎉 Thank you to Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli for sharing her study, based on non-participant observation of conflict and consensus between farmworkers and advocates 🧑🏽‍🌾

#qualitativereserch #observation #ethnography

Happening next week! Join us as we kick off this year's seminar series with Kaitlyn Noli's presentation ☀️

Our first #seminar is with Kaitlyn Noli (Northeastern University), who will present her #ethnography of farmworker advocates on California’s Central Coast collaborating with growers to pursue improved labor protections 🧑🏽‍🌾

Join us on Oct 7, at 3:30CET:
www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminars/fro...

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We're excited to announce this year’s seminars and workshops are now live with a great lineup of scholars and topics you won't want to miss 🥳🥳🥳

Explore the full program at www.ethnographyatelier.org

#qualitativeresearch #researchmethods #ethnography

Our final #seminar of the season (sigh) will take place on May 6 at 3:30PM CET 🎉
Join us to hear Kathrin Sele (Aalto University) sharing her #qualitative study on how organizational #routines reinforce social #inequalities 🎙️🎧
➡️ For info and registration: www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminars/the...

Full virtual room Tuesday at our #workshop on writing #fieldnotes ✒️🎉 Huge thanks to Ruthanne Huising (ESSEC), Samantha Ortiz Casillas (Nova), and Marjolaine Rostain (Warwick Business School) for insights on jotting down notes during #fieldwork and writing fieldnotes 👀🔎

Happening next week 🏂

Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting Michael Y. Lee (INSEAD) who presented his insightful paper on democratic deviations and de/centralization, co-authored with Trevor Young-Hyman and based on a multiple case study 🎯

#qualitativestudies #qualitativedata #dataanalysis

Happening next week 👇🏼
Join us 🎉

Have you added some of our resources to your spring 🌸🌼☀️ reading list? If you have not (yet), please find our videos and podcast episodes here:
www.ethnographyatelier.org/post/the-eth...

#qualitativeresearch #ethnography #methods #dataanalysis

On April 15th, we are hosting Ruthanne Huising (ESSEC), Samantha Ortiz Casillas (Nova), and Marjolaine Rostain (Warwick Business School) for a #workshop on #writing #fieldnotes 🖋️

Join us to learn about the dos, donts, and whys of fieldnotes, join us ✨🎉 www.ethnographyatelier.org/workshops-1/...

On April 8, join our seminar to learn about Mike Lee's (INSEAD) research project about how four organizations temporarily centralized while upholding their commitments to decentralization 👀🔎✨

Register here: www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminars/dur...

#qualitativeresearch #ethnography

On March 4th, join us to hear about Danielle Bovenberg's (Yale School of Management) multi-year #ethnography of knowledge recombination through the work of specialized technical workers 🔧🏋

Register here: www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminars/cra...

By popular demand, we are organizing the second edition of our #helpdesk #workshop 🙋🏾🙋🏻‍♀️🙋‍♂️

On February 25th, join the wonderful Anna Kim (McGill University) and Siobhan O'Mahony (Boston University) to get help with your #qualitativeresearch challenges ✨🥰

www.ethnographyatelier.org/methods-help...

By popular demand, we are organizing the second edition of our #helpdesk #workshop 🙋🏾🙋🏻‍♀️🙋‍♂️

On February 25th, join the wonderful Anna Kim (McGill University) and Siobhan O'Mahony (Boston University) to get help with your #qualitativeresearch challenges ✨🥰

www.ethnographyatelier.org/methods-help...

Yesterday, we had an insightful seminar about how play at work sustains work engagement. Thank you, Anca Metiu (@essecbs.bsky.social) and Jinia Mukerjee (MBS School of Business), for presenting your marvelous #ethnographic study of a high-tech firm in India 🎯👾

#research #qualitativeresearch

Join us for our #workshop on #qualitativeresearch on February 25th! Anna Kim (@mcgill.ca) and Siobhan O'Mahony (@bostonu.bsky.social) will lead the Methods Help Desk, 2nd Edition 🍓♥️ Bring your questions and learn with us!

Sign up here: www.ethnographyatelier.org/methods-help...

Happening next week 🥳
Join us on Feb 4th to learn about #play and #work #engagement 👾

Details and sign-up in the post below ⬇️

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New podcast alert 🎙️

We had a great conversation with Shubha Patvardhan (IIM Bangalore), Dennis Gioia's former PhD student, about the #Gioiamethod, or better, the 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝗶𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘁, in #qualitativeresearch ✨

Check it out 🦋
www.ethnographyatelier.org/podcast-epis...

#datanalysis #ethnography