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Friday 9th October 2026
Recommended Resources for Writing Ethnography
Below is some recommended readings, workshops and resources that may be helpful for those writing ethnography. If you have any other recommendations, then please let us know!
-Tom (Group Covenor)
From Notes to Narrative: Writing Ethnographies That Everyone Can Read (Ghodsee, 2016)
The Anthropologist as Writer: Genres and Contexts in the Twenty-First Century (ed. Wulff, 2016)
‘Writing Anthropology’, in Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology (Wulff, 2021)
WORKSHOP: Ethnographic Storytelling, by James Moran (SOAS)
Monday 28th September 2026
Autumn 2026 Schedule Released
Dear all,
The schedule for this terms’ group has been published, along with the new SENSS Ethnography Writing Group Guidebook! We delighted to have so many sign-ups this term, with almost 30 attendees and 17 requests to submit writing.
Narrowing this down to the 7 bi-weekly slots was not a task I took pleasure in… Below is planned schedule (subject to change):
Thursday 8th October
Seyma Kabaoglu, Northwestern University/Marmara University
Thursday 22nd October
Tari Imomotebegha, University of Lincoln
Thursday 5th November
Merlyn Antony, Dr.B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi
Thursday 19th November
Pragya Saikia, University of Oxford
Thursday 3rd December
M Mpah, Robert Gordon University
Thursday 17th December
Reid Allen, City St. George’s University of London
Thursday 31st December
Fiona Hafvenstein, University of Kent
I look forward to another productive group!
-Tom Parkerson (Group Convenor)
Wednesday 9th September 2026
SENSS Ethnography Writing Group for Post-Fieldwork Students – starting again this term!
Dear SENSS Students,
I am delighted to announce that the SENSS Ethnography Writing Group for Post-Fieldwork Students will be returning in the Autumn term!
This group is designed for students engaged in an ethnographic approach to research, have completed fieldwork and are now in the write-up stage of their projects. Students will have the opportunity to share early-drafts of writing and receive constructive feedback from their peers. The Spring term saw submissions from on a variety of topics, all bound by the common ethos of ethnography, and a supportive group of students all at similar levels of development.
This term’s group will run bi-weekly on Thursdays 16:00-18:00 BST/GMT, on Teams, starting on 8th October 2026. If you would like to participate in the group and/or submit a piece of writing, please scan the QR code on the flyer (attached) and complete the Form 😊
**NB; Submissions are expected to be approximately 3,000-5,000 words long and submitted to the group’s Admin Team a week before the session. The word count is only a guide, submissions outside the word count but still present as a cohesive piece of work (e.g., a section of a chapter, ethnographic vignettes) will still be considered. Early drafts – where you would benefit from feedback the most – are encouraged!
If you have any further questions, please email Tom Parkerson (Administrative Lead) at t.parkerson@uea.ac.uk.
I look forward to seeing you all there!
-Tom Parkerson (SeNSS 1+3, Social Anthropology)
