Ethnography
Episode Description
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Fernanda Pirie (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about using ethnography in Socio-Legal research.
Readings on Ethnography Recommended by Professor Fernanda Pirie
Hammersley, M. and Atkinson, P. (1995). Ethnography: Principles in Practice (2nd edn.) London: Tavistock.
Nader, L. (1986). ‘From Anguish to Exultation’, in P. Golde (ed.) Women in the Field: Anthropological Experiences. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company.
Pirie, F. (2013). ‘The Limits of the State: Coercion and Consent in Chinese Tibet’, Journal of Asian Studies 72: 69–89.
About the Speaker
Professor Fernanda Pirie
Professor of the Anthropology of Law, Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Fernanda is an anthropologist who specializes in Tibetan societies. Her most recent book, The Rule of Laws (Profile 2021) is a global history of law, which traces the rise and fall of the world’s major legal systems. She is currently conducting historical work on Tibetan legal texts.