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PROGRAMME Day One: Thursday 13 June 9:30 Registrationopens(availableallday) McLeodHall Parallelpre-conferenceworkshops:signuprequired

10:00–12:00

RepresentingFieldwork:Aworkshoponvisualand(ethno)graphicmethods

MaryBarbourSuite

Workshop:Ripitup,andstartagain!LisaBradleyandPhilThomas

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12:00 Lunch McLeodHall12:45 Welcome McLeodHall

13:00–14:00Keynote:AnnaSouhamiEthnographyattheperiphery:thechallengesofremoteislandsforimaginingethnographiesofcrimeanditscontrol

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14:00–15:151.RiskandEthics MaryBarbourSuite2.ViolenceintheField Vestibule

15:15–16:453.AccessandEmotionWork MaryBarbourSuite4.PerformingEthnography Vestibule

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Keynote:LauraPiacentiniDigitalEthnographer:How'interneting'inRussianprisonsproducescollectiveexpression/controlofRussianprisoners'communalmind.

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18:00Booklaunchanddrinksreception:‘YoungMen’sExperiencesofLong-TermImprisonment:LivingLife’,RachelRoseTynan.Respondent:FergusMcNeill.

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Day Two: Friday 14 June

9:30–10:15FilmScreening:‘GovanYoung’(2016)followedbyQ&AwithfilmmakerDavidArchibald

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Parallelsessions

10:30–11:455.VisualandSensoryMethods Vestibule6.MethodsontheMove BoardRoom

11:45–13:007.EthnographyandStorytelling Vestibule8.CollaborationandCoproduction BoardRoom

13:00 Lunch McLeodHall

14:00–15:00PublishingWorkshopwithJulesWillan(EmeraldPublishing)andfriends

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15:00–16:00Keynote:SveinungSandbergTeamEthnographyandPublicCriminology

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16:00 Closingremarks McLeodHall

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KEYNOTE SESSIONS Ethnographyattheperiphery:thechallengesofremoteislandsforimaginingethnographiesofcrimeanditscontrolAnnaSouhamiSeniorLecturerinCriminology,UniversityofEdinburghRemoteislandsareattheperipheryofwhatwethinkaboutascriminologicalresearchers.Whilethereisarichtraditionofethnographiccriminology,studiesofnon-urbanliferemainmarginalandstudiesofremoteplacesarerarerstill.Buthowhastheurbanorientationofcriminologicalresearchshapedwhatweseeasimportantinthinkingaboutcrimeanditscontrol?Andhowdoesitaffectwhatwenoticewhenwedoethnography–andwhatwemiss?Drawingonalarge,ethnographicstudyofpolicingintheremoteNorthernislandsofScotland,this paper explores the challenges islands present for the way we imagine criminologicalethnography-andtheimplicationsforthecraftofethnographicresearch.Itexploreswhatitisliketodoethnographicresearchinsmallislands220milesfromtheUKmainland,andwhatthechallengesrevealaboutphenomenaofsocialcontrol.Inparticularitfocusesonphenomenaofthesky,andexploreshowlight,darknessandweatherarecentralbothtotheorganisationofremoteislandlifeandthewaysthatpoliceofficersthinkabouttheirsocialworldandtheirrolewithin it. It argues that the lack of attention to these phenomena in ethnographic researchrevealsthatourworkisfundamentallystructuredbyassumptionsofplace,evenwhenwearenotexplicitlythinkingaboutplace.Digital Ethnographer: How 'interneting' in Russian prisons produces collectiveexpression/controlofRussianprisoners'communalmind.LauraPiacentiniProfessorofCriminology,UniversityofStrathclydeCriminology continues to pay scant attention to Russia' extraordinary, contemporary penalsystem. This is even more surprising given Criminology's recent theoretical turn towardsdisruptingthedominanceofglobalnorthscholarshipthroughnewcriticalworkcomingfrom'theglobal south'. Yet, the former Soviet Union is nowhere in these debates on punishment'sformation. The field is still dominatedbyWestern and Southern criminological research. TheabsenceofRussiafromtheoreticalandempiricalunderstandingsofworldpenaldevelopmenthassignificantimpactonmethodologicalapproachestothestudyofpost-Sovietpunishment,notleastresearcherpositionality,ethnographicandculturalengagementandself-reflexivity,ethicalambiguities,samplesizesandsoon.Thispaperseekstobothdevelopanddisruptcommonlyheldethnographicapproachesbyprovidingacritical,methodologicalaccountofnewsocialmedia

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approachestoprisonresearchinRussia.Idescribemyroleasadigitalethnographer.Ithenmapout how 'interneting' Russia's penal landscape creates amultiplication of opportunities thatprovideforgreaterculturaloxygenforprisonersthroughlimitlessvirtualspaceand,atthesametime, multiple dangers when ethnography is enabled by the lubricant of the internet. Thefindings draw down from a UK Leverhulme study into the sociology of rights consciousnessamongst Russian prisoners who are engaging in online prisoner blogging using illicitcommunication devices. The paper will examine how the researcher exercises power byemphasisingtheontologicalawarenessofknowledgeproduction.IndescribingRussianprisonersonlineasproducing 'cultural citizenship', Iwill interrogate theproblemandpitfalls foronlineprisonerbloggersas'researchsubjects'TeamEthnographyandPublicCriminologySveinungSandbergProfessorofCriminology,UniversityofOsloTheclassicmodelofethnographyistheloneresearcherenteringanunfamiliarcommunityandrevealing the "truth" about it for a small academic community on the outside. It has beenchallenged by several developments including multi-cited ethnography, netnography, auto-ethnographyandageneraldilutionoftheconceptofethnography,butis-forgoodreasons-stillthedominantidealinethnographicwork.Inhistalk,Sandbergdiscussesotherwaysofthinkingaboutethnography:includinghowtogetdata,howtounderstandthembetter,andnottheleasthowtoincreasetheirsocietalimpact.Basedonhisnewprojects"RadicalisationandResistance"and "MuslimVoices" he discusses the advantages of group ethnographic research as well asstrategiesformoreempoweringandinclusivewaysofdisseminatingacademicresearch.PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS RepresentingFieldwork:Aworkshoponvisualand(ethno)graphicmethodsMitchMillerWhen youopen your fieldnotes,whatdo you see?Text, scribbles, notes, picture, diagrams,pictures,ormaps?InthisworkshopethnographerandgraphicillustratorMitchMillerwillsharethepagesofhisdiaries,work-in-progressand incomplete illustrations to starta conversationaboutthedifferentwaysofreadingandrepresentingfieldwork.Introducinghisownuniquestyleofethnographictext-making,calledadialectogram,hewilldemonstratehands-ontechniquestomap out and illustrate fieldnotes differently. Bring your fieldnotes and by the end of theworkshopyouwillhaveavisualsketchthatseesthemthroughneweyes. RipitUpandStartAgainLisaBradleyandPhilCrockettThomas

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Inthisworkshopwewilltakeahandsonapproachtoexploringhowcutting,scoring,foldingandjoiningofferalternativewaystotraditionalqualitativemethodsforworkingwithandexploringethnographicdata; how suchapproachesopen thepotential fordifferent linesof analysis toemerge;theopportunitiesthatexistforcollaborationwithinsuchtechniques;andthehowsuchactsmaythemselvesshapetherepresentationsthatfollow.Scissors,pens,paper,glueandco-participants will be provided; all that you have to do is bring along some of your owndata,thatyou’dliketoworkwithand/orreimagine. BOOK LAUNCH & WINE RECEPTION YoungMen'sExperiencesofLong-TermImprisonment:LivingLifeRachelRoseTynanRespondent:FergusMcNeillLongsentencedyoungpeopleareasmallbutsignificantpartofthejuvenileprisonpopulation.The current approach to young people convicted of serious crime speaks to wider issues incriminal and social justice, including the idealisation of (some) childhoods, processes ofracialisation and identity and the sociologyof thebody.Analysing the relationshipsbetweenbiography,traumaandhabitusrevealsthewaysinwhichclass,racialandlegalstatusareexperiencedandresisted.YoungMen's Experiences of Long-Term Imprisonment: Living Life considers the need for thereinvigoration of prison ethnography and calls for a phenomenological approach tounderstandingyouthcrimeandpunishment.Aninsightfulethnographicstudyonimprisoned15-to 17-year-olds in England, this volume examines how young people experience long-termimprisonment,managetheirtimeandimagineandshapetheirfutures.Drawingonobservations,interviewsandcorrespondence,Tynansituates long-term imprisonmentofyoungmenwithinthewidersocialcontextofcriminalandsocialjustice;andanalysesconstructsandpracticesthatlocateresponsibilityforcrimewithindividualsandcommunitiesThebookwaspublishedin2019,aspartoftheseriesRoutledgeAdvancesinEthnography.

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PARALLEL SESSIONS 1.RiskandEthics13June,14:00–15:15,MaryBarbourSuiteChair:JenniferFleetwoodEthnographicresearchoncrimeanddevianceLisaPotterCriminologyPhDstudent,LancasterUniversityThispaperpresentsthecaseformoreethnographicresearchonillicitmarketswiththecriminal’sperspective. This objective is achieved by providing an overview of the researcher’s ownethnographicstudyinatowninNorth-EastEnglandinvolvingthebuyersandsellersofpiratedgoodstosupportthisargument.Inthelastdecadewithinthesocialsciencestherehasbeenadeclineinethnographicresearchwiththecriminal’sperspectivethisstatementisnotablytruewithinthestudyof illicitmarkets(FleetwoodandPotter,2017;Calvey,2017).Socialscientistsrarelyresearchthecriminal’sperspectivebutseeingthroughtheeyesofothers,thebuyersandsellersofillicitgoodsperspective,isessentialindevelopinganunderstandingof‘criminalreality’(HobbsandAntonopoulos,2014).Thepaperacknowledgesresearchethicsneedtobeupheldtomaintainresearchcouncil’sstandardsofethicaldiligencebutarguesresearchethicsareoftenunworkable(Calvey,2017).Illegalethnographyandethicsbeyond“arse-covering”TheoKindynisGoldsmiths,UniversityofLondonWithin an increasingly managerialist academy, several commentators have suggested thatresearchethics ‘hasdegenerated into riskmanagement’amidstan institutional framework inwhich theneed todefendagainst litigationand scandal ispalpable (Ancrum,2013:115). Formany postgraduate researchers and academic colleagues engaged in ethnographic research,ritualistic formalised and standardised ethics procedures are seen as little more than abureaucratic“arse-coveringexercise”performedsolelyforthepurposeofsatisfyinginstitutionalrulesandregulations.Thisunderstandablecynicismbeliesasituationinwhichtheethicsprocesscandomoreharmthangood.Thereisadangerthatresearcherscometoviewanyethicsprocessas an ‘empty performance’, merely an administrative ‘hoop to jump through rather than agenuineattempttopursueanethicalresearchagenda’(WinlowandHall,2012:412).Thispaperconsidershowwemightbetterequipethnographerstonegotiatethekindofethical,legalandpracticaldilemmasandambiguitiestheyconfrontduringfieldwork.

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Drug-Business-Friendship-Research│PositionandroleoftheresearcherintheuniversitydrugsceneAdamDesiPhDcandidate,EotvosLorandUniversity(Hungary)Howcanweconductresearchaboutasettingwhichwelivein?Howisitpossibletostudyandevaluateourownfieldthroughascientificlens?WhenIchosetheuniversitydrugdealingsceneformydissertation topic itbecameunavoidable toaddress theseethical andmethodologicalchallenges.Asinmyinterviews,narrativesoffriendshipandbusinesssurfacedrepeatedly.Ihadtodealwithasimilarproblemrelatingtotheboundaryofresearchandfriendship.Theonlythingwhichguaranteedthesafetyofthedealersandsocialsupplierswasthefaithandconfidenceinourmutual(gatekeeper)friend.Myaimistointerpretmypositionandroleasaresearcherinthecontextofmyownsceneandembeddedwithinmyinterpersonalrelationships.2.ViolenceintheField13June,14:00–15:15,VestibuleChair:AliFraserNavigatingHostilityandConflictintheFieldJasonWarrLecturerinCriminology&CriminalJustice,DeMontfortUniversityInethnography,theresearcherisconfrontedbytherichtotalityofculturalandsocialpractice.Thisnecessarilyincludesthenegative,harmful,andevenviolentaspectsofsocialityandhumanlife.Thesepresentparticularissuesandproblems(bothethicalandpractical)forethnographicresearchers. This presentation, utilising quasi-ethnographic research conducted in multipleprisonsites,focusesonthreeformsofhostilityandconflictthatcanariseinthefield,whatissuestheseraisefortheethnographer,andhowthesecanbenavigated?Thethreeformsofhostilityandconflictfocusedonare:1.Conflictandviolencebetweenparticipantsinthefield.2.Hostilitytowardsandrejectionofyourpresenceinthefield.3.Challengesto,andhostilitytowards,yourcredentialsasaresearcher/academicandyourpurposeforresearch.TheGangandI:NegotiatingEmotionsandOthernessin‘Dangerous’FieldworkSettingsElkevanHellemontUniversityofKentInthispaperIreflectontheexperiencesofatotalofeightyearsstudyingyoung(eighteentothirty-one years old) male gang members of predominately Congolese descent in Brussels,Belgium.Asawhite,Flemish,middle-class,female,27yearoldPhDstudent,gettingaccesstoandconductingparticipantobservationamongstthesemendemandedsomeextremeformsofperformancemanagementandemotionalwork.Followingthesemenduringtheirdailyroutines

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involvedacontinuousnegotiationof femininity, race,ethnicityandsocial class,anemotionalinvestmentinacceptingbehavioursandopinionsunacceptableinanon-fieldworksetting,andadailystrugglewithlanguageandculturalbarriers.Moreovertheviolentandcriminalcharacterofsucha fieldworksetting, requiresallethnographers tocopewithextremeemotionsandhighlevelsofstressovertheassumedcontroltheyhaveduringfieldwork.Finally,feelingsofguiltandshamemightchallengeanethnographers’pursueofacareerinthecurrent‘publishorperish’academicclimate.ResearchingwomenandgangsinafieldofconstantchangeandhighvolatilityEllenVanDammePhDStudent,LeuvenInstituteofCriminology,KULeuvenAgreatpartofmyresearchonwomenandgangsinHonduras,CentralAmerica,consistedofaconstantadaptationtothevolatilityofthefieldofstudy.Althoughthecountryiscoveredwithgang cliques, accessing them was hampered by the rotation of gang leaders between theneighborhoods,whichcausednewrulesinthecommunitieseverycoupleofmonths.Moreover,therisinglevelsofrisksforcedorganizations(andgatekeepers)tostopworkingwiththegangsandingangzones.Atthesametime,whilethegangsseemedtobemoreaccessibleinprisoninthepast,theprisondirectionchangesregularly,whichmeansnewandaugmentedrulestoenterthe prison. On top of this almost inaccessible field, scheduling meetings and makingarrangementsisbasedona‘here-and-now’-culture,andverypronetolastminutechangesandcancellations,whichhighlyhamperedthedatagathering.3.AccessandEmotionWork13June,15:30–16:45,MaryBarbourSuiteChair:JasonWarrDoingPrisonEthnographyWellDavidSheldonKing'sCollegeLondonPrisonsareclosedinstitutionsandcompletinganethnographywithinthemposesitsownuniquechallengessuchasnegotiationofaccess,overcomingtheresearcherspositionasanoutsiderandtheon-goingpowerdynamicsoftheprison.However,overcomingthesechallengesisanintegralpartinconductingaprisonethnographyandhavebeendiscussedatlengthintheliterature.Anotableabsencehowever,still,isthepositionoftheresearcherandhowprisonethnographiesaffectthemandtheinfluencetheenvironmenthasonthemandthosearoundthem.Theupshotofthisisthatprisonethnographyextendsbeyondtheresearcherandthosewithintheprison,but also the researcher’s relationships with families and friends. The emotional labour ofcompleting a prison ethnography raises questions about how such research projects areconductedandwhatitmeanstodoa‘good’and‘real’prisonethnography.

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AccessandEthicsinaForeign-NationalPrisonLizKullmannPhDstudent,CentreforCriminology,UniversityofOxfordIamcurrentlyconductingfieldworkinaforeign-nationalonlyprisonintheUKwiththeaimoflearningaboutmalePolishprisoners’experiencesofimprisonmentandpossibledeportation.Aswellasinterviewingprisoners,Ispendalotoftimehangingoutwiththem,pretendingtopraywhilstwaitingforsocialtimeinthechapel,andobservingtheirinteractionswithotherprisonersandstaff.IthinkthatthismeansIcancallmyselfanethnographer(albeitafirst-time,naïveandinexperiencedone)!Itseems,however,thatIspendasmuchtimeonaweeklybasisnegotiatingwithmy gatekeepers as I do in the prison conducting ‘proper’ fieldwork.More so thanwithprisoners,myrelationshipwithgatekeepersisraisinganumberofpersonalandethicalquestionsthatIamstrugglingtonavigate.Withouttheirsupport,myresearchwillcrumble.IwelcometheopportunitytodiscusssomeoftheissuesIamfacingandstrategiesthatIamleaningontoensuremyaccessisnotshutdown,aswellashearinghowothershavemanagedtheseall-importantrelationships.Ethnographyona‘newsy’topicJackSpicerPhDStudentandLecturerinCriminologyatUWE,BristolDuring2017–2018Iundertookethnographicfieldworkwithapoliceforcetoexplorethe‘CountyLines’ phenomenon and the responses to it. During this time period, the issue becameincreasinglyhighprofile,generatingsignificantattentionnotjustwithinthepolicebutalsomorewidely. This talk will reflect on the experiences of undertaking ethnographic fieldwork on a‘newsy’topic.Itwillconsiderthebenefits,challengesandanxietiesofbeinginsuchasituation,especiallyasaninexperiencedresearcher.ItwillreflectonhowIundertookandmanagedthefieldworkinlightofthis,withparticularconsiderationgiventohowthisinfluencedinteractionsinthefield,questionsofaccessandmyinsider/outsiderstatus.Finally,itwillconsiderandseektopromotediscussiononissuessuchastheimportanceofhavingatheoretical‘thread’toguidedatacollectionandanalysis,andtheimplicationsforappropriatelyandeffectivelydisseminatingfindings.4.PerformingEthnography13June,15:30–16:45,VestibuleChair:LisaBradleyTheviewfrombackstage: Instantethnographyandmomentsofcrisis in festivaldrugpolicynegotiationsVeritySmith

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PhDCandidate,DepartmentofSociology,DurhamUniversityThisresearchusesaninductiveandethnographicapproachtoexploretheuniqueandcomplexchallengestomanaging,policingandrespondingtodrugswithinmusicfestivalsettings.Whilefestivalsare‘bounded’,liminalleisurespaces,containingelevatedlevelsofintoxicationanddrugexperimentation,aslicensedevents,festivalmanagementmustimplementdrugpolicieswhichpromotepublicsafetyandpreventcrimeanddisorder.Drugpoliciesareimplementedthroughcontractedmulti-agencypartnerships,ofteninvolvingthepolice.Drawingonanexampleofanon-sitedrug-relatedemergencythatoccurredduringfieldfieldworklastsummer–referredtoas‘Fentanyl-gate’–thispresentationwilldiscusstherelevanceof‘instant’ethnographytofestivalresearch. I will argue that moments of emotive, time-pressured, back-stage negotiationsbetweenanumberofagenciesareintegraltorevealingsomeofthecomplexitiesoffestivaldrugpolicydecisionmakingandtheinterestsbehindthem.Youngwomen,consumptionandcontrolDonnaMacLellanPhDStudent,SCCJR,UniversityofGlasgowMyPhDresearchisexaminingtheconsumptionpreferencesandpracticesofasmallgroupofyoungwomenfromtheSouthsideofGlasgow.Throughtheuseofethnographicmethods,Iam‘hangingout’withtheseyoungwomen,both‘inreallife’andonline;gettingtoknowthemandthewiderstructuresthatframetheirlives.Gainingaccessviaalocalyouthgroup,Ihavebeenparticipatingin,andobserving,theireverydayshoppingtrips,restaurantvisitsandmusicgigs,and been invited to join their ‘real’ and ‘spam’ social media accounts and groups. Thispresentationwilltellthestoryofarecentshoppingexperiencewiththisgroupofyoungwomen,exploring themes of conformity and deviance in relation to consumer expectations, genderstereotypesandsocial control. Itwillhighlight themessiness,unpredictabilityand joysofmyethnographic researchbyoutlining theethical, practical andemotional dilemmas that I haveencountered,sofar.NoSuchThingasaClassicalCourtroomEthnographyAndreeaMihutUniversityofEdinburghandHeriot-WattUniversityCarlen(1976),aseminalvoiceoncourtroomresearch,wasamongthefirsttousedramaturgicalimagerytodescribecourtroominteractions.Herworkfoundobserveranddefendantrenderedequal in their role as spectators of events beyond their control. Appropriately, therefore,courtroomresearchershavealmostuniversallyincorporatedethnographicmethodswithintheirmixedresearchdesigns(e.g.Rock,1991;Mulcahy,2007;Brown,1991).FocusingontheSheriffCourts in Edinburgh, this research explored the methodologies of ethnography andautoethnographytoanswerthreeaims:1.Howisthedefendantinductedintothestagedaction

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ofthecourtroom?;2.Isthelanguageofdramathemostappropriatemetaphorforcourts?;And3.Howshouldwedocourtroomethnography?Retrospectivereflectiononthisprojectbroughtupreflexivedilemmasabouttheperformanceofethnography.Howdoesonedeterminethelivedexperienceofattendingcourt?Andhowdoesoneaccountformyriadintersectionaldifferencesbetweenresearcherandaccused?5.VisualandSensoryMethods14June,10:30–11:45,VestibuleChair:PhilThomasAmomentinside?KateHerrityUniversityofLeicester“Ithinkwhenyouinitiallycomeitcomesasashock,it’sthatsenseofthatproperoldVictorianasylumtypeconditionsalmost,ofpeoplebehindirondoorsyouknow?Kickingandscreamingandshoutingandbanging”(Diane).Our experience of our socialworld ismediated by our senses, and yet our understanding isdominatedby thevisual.Kramer (2019) invitesus toconsider the implicationsof listeningasattentivelyaswelook.Iusesoundandreading*toencourageengagementwithwhatthismightmeanforhowweunderstandtheprisoninparticular,andforspacesofcrime,harmandcontrolingeneral.Idrawonanauralethnographyofalocalmen’sprisontoconsiderwhataccountingfortheauditorydoesfortheproductionandpresentationofknowledge.Iinvitethosepresenttoexplorewhatfeelingsareinvokedbylistening,andwhatthismightdoforhowweunderstandthismostparticularofspaces.NoisePollutionandEthnography:AproposalforinventivemethodsAysegulYildirimUniversityofLondon,GoldsmithsThispaperdiscussesthepossiblemethodsthatcanbeusedinanethnographicstudyonnoisepollutionundercontemporarysocialorderinbigcities.Ethnographicstudiesoninvisiblecrimesandsocialharmshaveso far focusedmostlyon thevisual. Inorder toovercomethisoccularcentrism,underliningtheseriousnessofnoiseaspollutantineverydaylifeisratherrelevantaswellasstrongadeparturepoint.Thiscanwelltakeustoconsidertheontologicalvitalityofsoundononehand,andtheextentofhyper-stimulationofthesensesinthechaoticcity,leavingbodiesoutoftune,ontheother.Inspiredbyasetof‘soundeffects’definedbyAugoyardandTorgueinordertograspsonicexperience,Iwillsuggestthatinterdisciplinarymethods(includingbutnotlimited to field recordings, sonic elicitation, soundwalking) tailored to the contemporary

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conceptualisation of noise capture well the different dimensions of the problem: fromcriminologicaltoaffectiveandaesthetic.ReflectionsonethnographicworkwithstatelesschildrenNicolettaPolicekAssociateProfessorinCriminology,UniversityofCumbriaContemporarydiscoursesaboutstatelessnesstalkaboutcriminalizationofmigrationandrestatthe intersectionofnational and international lawsaboutdisplacement, national security andcitizenship.TheconsequencesofcriminalizationofmigrationareconsideredinthiscontributionthroughtheexperiencesofstatelesschildreninItaly.Boundariesofethnography,inparticularaccess, gatekeeping and personal and ethical dilemmas are taken into consideration in thisdiscussionwhenseekingtoaddressthefollowingquestions:howdoethnographersenterthechildren's worlds, to what extent do we observe and participate, and how do wewrite theethnographytofullypresentthechildren'sperspectives.Intermsoftheethnographyitself,itisargued in the concluding remarks, our notions of authorship and authoritymay obscure thechildren'snarratives–whichareofferedherethroughchildren’sdrawings.Theirnarrativesareoftenpolymodalandneitherlinearnorsequential:thetaskofinterpretationthusbearinghugeresponsibilitiesandethicaldilemmas.6.MethodsontheMove14June,10:30–11:45,BoardRoomChair:TheoKindynisLefttotheirowndevices:AtechnosocialethnographyofpenalelectronicmonitoringRyanCaseyPhDCandidate,SCCJR,UniversityofGlasgowDrawing on a wider doctoral study, this presentation will explore the distinct networks ofconnectivitygeneratedandenabledbydigitaltechnologiesandhowmeaningisconstructedbythevariousactorssubjectedtoandwithinthepenalelectronicmonitoringregimeinScotland.EM remains largely invisible to societywhile simultaneously rendering its subjects peculiarlyvisibletothestate.Usingmethodsofparticipantobservation,Ifollowtheflowofdataasitmovesfromaperson’sprivatespheretoanationaldatabaseandhowmeaningsareconstructedandacteduponalongthewaybytheprivatesectorofficersresponsibleforenforcingthisserviceandthosesubjectedtothisformof‘coerciveconnectivity’.Fromlisteninginonphonecallsbetweenmonitoringstaffandmonitoredpeople,toaccompanyingofficersinthenightastheyvisitthehomes of those being surveilled, this presentation will critically reflect on observing‘technosocial’relationsandprocesses.Ethnographiesofnet-working:studyingtransactionalsecurityspaces

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RhysMacholdUniversityofGlasgowTransnationalcirculationsofexpertiseandtechnologiesareagrowingfieldofscholarlyinterestinrelationtothestudyofpolicing,securityandbeyond.Intryingcometogripswithhowthesecirculations take place and their repercussions to policy-making, scholars have turned toethnographicandmobilemethods tostudycommercial securityspacessuchasweaponsandsecurityexpos,tradeshowsandpolicyconferences.DrawingonpreviousexperiencesofcarryingoutparticipantobservationsatsucheventsintheUKandIndia,Ireflectonthechallengesandpossibilitiesof thiskindofwork inrethinkingtheproductionandmobilityofknowledgesandtechnologies.Althoughsuchspacesmayatfirstsiteappearastransactionalspacesthroughwhichalready-existingactorsexchange ideasandtechnologies, I suggest thatethnographiesofsucheventsopenupfruitfulquestionsabouthowthevery‘essences’ofinvolvedactorsarerelationallyestablishedthroughinteraction.Getting‘stuck’andgetting‘free’inhomelessnessAndrewBurnsPhDResearcher,UrbanStudies,UniversityofGlasgowIf ‘home’ provides the background to journeys (in that each passage originates from, and isdirected towards it), then individualswhoarehomelessmaybe thoughtof ashighlymobile,alwayson themovebutwithnowhere togo. The ideasof the trampand thevagabondareexamplesofsuchaconceptualization.Thesameindividualscanalsobecharacterizedas‘stuck’,particularlybyservicesandpolicy-makerswhotarget‘entrenchedhomelessness’.Thispresentation,basedonethnographicresearchinGlasgow,focussesonhomelessindividuals’mobilitiesandjourneystoexploreissuesofstucknessandfreedom. Itwillspecifically lookatdifferent types of waiting (situational and existential). When the past is immanent in yourpresent, and the future is not imagined as good, the experience can be confining tiredness,exhaustion,andboredom.Inthefaceofthisconfinement,timemaybecontrolled,collapsed,orceased.7.EthnographyandStorytelling14June,11:45–13:00,VestibuleChair:KateHerrityFormulating a Collective Biography of Greater Pilton: Informing a Research MethodologySensitivetoLocalNeedLukeCampbellAssociateLecturerinCommunityEducation,UniversityoftheWestofScotland

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Serving as an immersive introduction to the researcher’s Ph.D. investigation, this symposiumpaper offers a twofold reflection on formulating a collective biography for Greater Pilton -understoodtobeanareaofseveremultipledeprivation(SIMD,2016)-whilstalsoaddressingthesocialharmscausedbypost-2010U.K.Governmentausteritytotheresearchedcommunity,loneparentfamilies.Throughsplicingtogetherthelimitedexistingreflectionsonthearea(seee.g.Greene,2006;Carlin,2017;andCampbell,2019),withlocalpress(NorthEdinburghNews,andNorth Edinburgh Community News), and forms of observational pedagogies, the researcherproducesafive-partconsiderationonGreaterPiltonasaplacetolive,aseconomic,political,andartisticcommunities,aswellasnotingsocialdevelopment.Thiscollectivebiography(informedbyMerrillandWest,2009)willenabletheresearchertoestablisharesearchmethodologythatissensitivetoneedinhisownlocalcommunity.ResearchingPrepperCulture–ANarrativeCriminologicalPerspectiveMichaelMillsUniversityofKentJenniferFleetwoodUniversityofLondon(Goldsmiths)Thispaperarguesthattheattentiontostoriesemphasisedwithinnarrativecriminologycanaddmuchtothepursuitof‘criminologicalverstehen’(Ferrell,1998)laudedbyculturalcriminologists.Indoingso,itfocussesonresearchgroundedwithintheUSA’s‘doomsday’preppingmovement.Weconsidertheimpactofethnographers’storytellinginasubculturalfield–drawingattentionto theways inwhichthenarratives researcherssharewithrespondentsabout theiraimscanshapetheiraccesstostigmatisedfieldsofactivity(suchasprepping).Wealsoexplorethewaysthatrespondents’perceptionsofanethnographer’spositioninpoliticalstrugglescanpotentiallyhinderethnographies–particularlywithinthehighly‘polarized’culturepreppingsitswithin,inwhich various forms and degrees of difference may close-down space for empatheticengagementbetweenresearchersandrespondents.Bringingattentiontothewaysthatthinkingabout narrative has served to enhance to ethnographic fieldwork around prepping, we alsoconsiderothercontextstowhichsuchconsiderationsmayprovevaluabletoresearchers.TalkingLines:DialectogramsandgraphicethnographyMitchMillerGlasgowSchoolofArtDialectogramsarecomplexillustrationsthattellcomplexstoriesbyusingplaceandspaceastheirnarrativeprinciple.Theyaremade throughadaptingethnographicandparticipatorymethodsandsince2009havebeenusedtopromptdebateonregeneration,documentsocialhistoriesofmodernistarchitecture,interveneindesignprocessesandasasociallyengaged/participatoryartform.MitchMillerwilltalkabouthisownexperiencesmakinghisfirstdialectogramsinGlasgow,

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butwillalsotalkabouthowotherpractitionershaveadoptedthedialectogramfor theirownpurposesinBelfastandPortoinPortugal.TheHardmanintheCall-CentreAliFraserUniversityofGlasgowThe imageofthehardmanruns likeanelectriccurrentthroughGlasgow'shistory. Unafraid,unabashed,withoutlawswagger,hestalksthepagesofcountlesscrimenovelsandTVdramas.Theunpredictabletoughguy,schooledinbothfistandknife,asymbolofthecity'sindustrialpast.ButwhatdoesbeingahardmanmeanintheGlasgowoftoday,nowcall-centrecapitalofEurope?Andwhatlessonscanbedrawnfromhischangingfatesandfortunestounderstandmasculinityandviolenceelsewhere?This talkwillbebasedona forthcomingBBCradiobroadcastof thesamename,recordedlastweekattheYorkFestivalofIdeas.Itcombinesfieldnotesandculturalcommentarytoconvertethnographictextintospokenword.8.CollaborationandCoproduction14June,11:45–13:00,BoardRoomChair:RyanCasey“I’mneitherupnordown”;exploringthecoproductionofnarrativesoftransitionwiththosereintegratingintothecommunityafterpunishment.JulieParsonsAssociateProfessor,PlymouthUniversityIn thispaper Idrawonpreliminary findings fromapilotprojectentitled ‘Finishing time’ (FT),fundedbyadiscretionarygrantawardedbytheIndependentSocialResearchFoundation(ISRF).Theaimistogivevoicetothosewhohavegraduatedfromaresettlementscheme(RS)thatworkswith men released on temporary licence (ROTL) from prison and others referred to the RSthroughprobation, as they reintegrate into the community afterpunishment. The FTprojectutilisesamodifiedphoto-voicetechniqueandworkswithparticipantsinmapping/chartingtheirjourneyspostrelease,drawingtimelines,illustratedwithphotographsofsignificancetothem.TodateIhaveworkedwithsevengraduatesinresearchencountersinwhichwehaveengagedinprocessesofmakingandunmaking,organisingandarrangingakindoftemporalbricolagethatreveals alternative rehabilitative conceptualisations of wellbeing and meaning, beyond thenotionofreleasedsubjectsasriskyandpotentiallytransgressive.CoproductioninCriminalJusticeMaggieHallUniversityofWesternSydney

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presentingonbehalfof:DianaJohns,UniversityofMelbourneClareSpivakovsky,UniversityofMelbourneShelleyTurner,MonashUniversityCatherineFlynn,MonashUniversityA renewed appreciation for the benefits- human rights, prudential or economic, ofpatient/user/customer/citizeninvolvementinservicesandresearchhasbeenapparent.Serviceuserinvolvementorresearchforegroundingsubjectschallengetraditionalconceptionsofserviceprovisionandresearch.CriminaljusticeposesspecialchallengesforcoproductionandfocusesthetheoreticallensonpowerrelationsInthispaperIexploresomeofthepreliminarytheoreticalandmethodologicalquestionsweencounter.Throughthelensofgovernmentality,weaimtotheorise a continuumof varyingontologiesof ‘co-production’ using case studiesdrawn fromInternationalandAustraliansources.Thechallengewillbetoanalysethemultiplicityofpracticesandpowerrelationsinherentinanyattempttoutilise“serviceuser”perspectives,particularlyincriminaljustice.DistantVoicesintheTREEs:SongwritingforaNewCreativeResearchMethodinCollaborativeActionResearchJoCollinson-ScottUniversityoftheWestofScotlandDistantVoices:ComingHomeisa3yearESRC/AHRCfundedcollaborativeactionresearchprojectexploring coming home after punishment. The project uses songwriting (and other creativemethods) as a form of enactment of (re)integration, amethod for generating and capturingresearchdata, aswell as ameansof analysis andexpressionof research findings.As part ofdeveloping the collaborative aspects of the project (workingwith a core group of experts inexperience)wehavedevelopedanewpractice-basedmethodwhichwecallTREEs(TinyResearchExplorations andEnquiries). Thispresentationdescribes thosemethods in the contextof theproject,explorestheirimplicationsandpresentssomeofthesongsthathavebeenproducedaspartoftheresearchprocess.