SIAA (Italian Society for Applied Anthropology) VII annual meeting
Ferrara (Italy). 12-14 December 2019
DEADLINE: 14 August 2019
Ethnographic Accounts of Personal Networks
We practice personal networks every day. Each of us is the center of our
own universe. We know who our friends are, how they are connected to each
other, and what kinds of sociability, help, and information they might
provide. But how do such network individuals operate? Personal network
analysis and visualization combined with ethnographic interviews and
participant observation have the potential for researching creatively
integrating ethnography and network analysis, based on the assumption that
it is due to ethnography that we characterize ties. Ethnography permits the
revealing, the unveiling, and the classifying of networks. In this sense,
the information on composition of networks are gathered ethnographically in
a rich and complex fashion due to the extended contact time between
researchers and the community of participants. These ethnographic accounts
of personal networks accurately display social relationships as they come
and go, thus demonstrating their dynamism and mobility.
In this panel session we analyze territorially specific patterns of social interactions that are bundled in the urban social milieu by inviting papers that address some of the following:
– communities as networks with a focus on social integration and mobility of migrants and/or minority groups;
– the role of specialized ties in promoting social support and network capital;
– how do homogeneous networks are conduit for social control and channels for the reproduction of inequalities? In other words, how does homophily is disadvantageous for lower-status groups?
– linkages over time between life stage experiences, relationships and changes in personal networks.
ORGANIZERS
Lidia MANZO, lidia.manzo@unimi.it
Enzo COLOMBO, enzo.colombo@unimi.it
Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan (Italy)
HOW TO PRESENT A PAPER
Paper proposals can be sent by mail
The proposal should include both an abstract (max 400 words) and a short bio (max 250 words).
General inquiries can also be directed to Lidia Manzo
REGISTRATION FEES
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