Workshop on Political Theory and Ethnography

Date
Mar 29, 2025, 9:00 am5:00 pm
Location
Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)
Audience
Open to Princeton University ID Holders

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Event Description

There is an increasing trend of works in political theory to draw upon ethnography to answer questions of justice. With regards to our proposed invited speakers: Jane Mansbridge’s ‘Beyond Adversary Democracy’ is a classical work in political theory and ethnography; Matthew Longo published his new book ‘The Picnic’ last year; Bernardo Zacka’s new book ‘Institutional Atmospherics: The Interior Architecture of the Welfare State’ is forthcoming; Yuna Blajer de la Garza’s book manuscript, provisionally titled ‘A House is Not a Home: Citizenship and Belonging in Contemporary Democracies’ will conceptualize ‘belonging’ through an ethnographic lens. With so many new and forthcoming works, the field has generated great interest and is also in the process of being formed. 

There is a demand among theorists to share (1) skills of craft (i.e. how long to stay in the field, IRB approval, grants) and (2) integration between a descriptive field (ethnography) and a normative one (political theory). This workshop brings theorists who work at the intersection of political theory and ethnography together to discuss these questions.

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