Prof. Donna Haig Friedman has arranged this seminar:
A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE ‘MORAL FIX’:
ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN
ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
A Seminar Discussion with
JOHN VAN MAANEN, Ph.D.
Friday, May 16, 2008
12:00 noon -1:30 PM
Location: TBD
Lunch will be served.
RSVP by May 9 to Karen.means@umb.edu
John Van Maanen is the Erwin H. Schell Professor of Organization Studies in Behavioral and Policy Sciences (BPS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr. Van Maanen studies groups of people the old-fashioned way: by living with them. Among the groups he has studied ethnographically are Gloucester fishermen, Disneyland ride operators, US patrol officers, and London detectives and their supervisors. Cultural descriptions figure prominently in his writings about occupational conflicts, organizational careers, and work routines. His recent studies examine the social history of ethnographic understanding of work organizations and the various ways particular occupation identities take shape and change work settings.
His publications include: Managing for the Future: Organizational Behavior and Processes (1996); Representation in Ethnography (1995); Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography (1988); and Policing: A View from the Street (1978).
Sponsored by the Department of Public Policy and Public AffairsJohn W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, UMass Boston.
A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE ‘MORAL FIX’:
ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN
ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
A Seminar Discussion with
JOHN VAN MAANEN, Ph.D.
Friday, May 16, 2008
12:00 noon -1:30 PM
Location: TBD
Lunch will be served.
RSVP by May 9 to Karen.means@umb.edu
John Van Maanen is the Erwin H. Schell Professor of Organization Studies in Behavioral and Policy Sciences (BPS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr. Van Maanen studies groups of people the old-fashioned way: by living with them. Among the groups he has studied ethnographically are Gloucester fishermen, Disneyland ride operators, US patrol officers, and London detectives and their supervisors. Cultural descriptions figure prominently in his writings about occupational conflicts, organizational careers, and work routines. His recent studies examine the social history of ethnographic understanding of work organizations and the various ways particular occupation identities take shape and change work settings.
His publications include: Managing for the Future: Organizational Behavior and Processes (1996); Representation in Ethnography (1995); Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography (1988); and Policing: A View from the Street (1978).
Sponsored by the Department of Public Policy and Public AffairsJohn W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, UMass Boston.
