Ethnographic Methods in Sociocultural Linguistics
A WORKSHOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE 2007 LSA INSTITUTE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Cumming Arts 2
Stanford University
Saturday, July 14, 2007

2007 LSA Institute
Organized by Mary Bucholtz (bucholtz@linguistics.ucsb.edu)
and Kira Hall (kira.hall@colorado.edu)

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PROGRAM

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8:30-9:00      Registration, coffee, welcome

WORKING WITH PEOPLE

9:00-9:40      Penelope Eckert (Stanford, Linguistics), "Ethical Ethnography"
9:40-10:20    Walt Wolfram (NC State, English/Linguistics), "Finding a Site, Getting In, and Getting to Know People"

10:20-10:40  Coffee break

ETHNOGRAPHIC MEANINGS

10:40-11:20   Kira Hall (Colorado, Anthropology/Linguistics), "Doing Ethnography: Being a Participant, Being an Observer"
11:20-12:00   John Rickford (Stanford), "Ethnography: Local Categories and Perspectives"

12:00-1:20     Break-out lunch sessions hosted by workshop presenters (sign up at registration)

RECORDING AND REPRESENTING

1:20-2:00      Norma Mendoza-Denton (Arizona, Anthropology), "Audio and Video in the Field"
2:00-2:40      Mary Bucholtz (UCSB, Linguistics), "Interviews and Interaction as Sociolinguistic Data"
2:40-3:20      H. Samy Alim (UCLA, Anthropology), "Reflexivity and Representation in Ethnographic Research"

3:20-3:40     Coffee break

PANEL DISCUSSION

3:40-5:00     Q&A Panel Discussion with all presenters (Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, moderators)

5:00            Closing