Call for Papers/Registration

Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference:

Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th September 2010

This year’s conference will be at our new venue of New College Oxford. New College was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, and is located on our historic site in the centre of the city http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/

We look forward to a continuing stream of international papers that focus on educational contexts and issues through ethnography and ethnographic methods including empirical fieldwork as well as methodological papers focusing on research activity.

We always have a large representation from outside the UK – over 50% - and we hope this will continue. As many of know, we publish a journal Ethnography and Education for which papers from the Oxford Ethnography Conference provide a rich resource.

The cost of the two day conference will be £160. This includes:

• Tea, coffee and lunches,
• A year’s subscription to the Ethnography and Education journal
• A choice of any book from our Ethnography and Education Book Series
• A three course conference dinner in one of the college dining rooms, with wine and drinks included, on the evening of Tuesday 7th September. (This is optional and costs £25 which can be deducted from the registration fee if not required).

Conference Culture

We aim to create a positive and collegial atmosphere, and there will be ample opportunity for people to meet, talk and socialize.

As previously, all papers will be circulated before the conference to enable 40 minute sessions to be developed almost entirely to a discussion of the research findings, methods and wider issues attached to each paper.

We also encourage you to invite other ethnographers from the fringes of education who you feel would welcome such an opportunity. The number of papers will be limited (48 maximum) in order to maintain a high degree of interaction in the sessions. Consequently abstracts should provide clear evidence of a contribution to knowledge of the education sphere and details of ethnographic methodology.

Abstract Submission

Electronic abstracts of between 300-500 words should be submitted to Lisa Russell (lisacrussell@hotmail.com) by Friday 26th February and authors will be notified of paper acceptance by 19th March 2010. They should include full details of ethnographic methodology and research aims and findings if a substantive paper. Methodological papers welcomed.

 A copy of the accepted papers should be submitted by Friday 2 July 2010.

Organisation and Accommodation

The Open University will be responsible for the organisation and administration of the conference coordinated by Grace Clifton and Bob Jeffrey (The Open University) and Lisa Russell (The University of Huddersfield).

Bed and Breakfast Accommodation is additional and can be booked through us at the following prices:

Single Ensuite room - £74 (including VAT) per night.

Single standard rooms with basin and corridor access to bathrooms - £57 (including VAT) per night.

Limited twin bedded rooms and double rooms available for two people – approximately £50 per person per night.

All rooms have a telephone and there is internet access available in the college.

Rooms can be booked for Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights. Booking will commence after delegates have had their abstracts approved but please let us know sooner if you definitely require a booking form by emailing Grace g.e.clifton@open.ac.uk