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The 19th Annual
CHICAGO ETHNOGRAPHY CONFERENCEHosted by University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
April 8th, 2017
ON THE GROUND: ETHNOGRAPHY AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CRISESA CONFERENCE FOR GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
19thAnnualChicagoEthnographyConference
Welcome! The University of Illinois at Chicago Sociology Department, along with the Graduate Student Council, are excited to host this year’s Chicago Ethnography Conference. This graduate student conference brings together interdisciplinary ethnographic work. The conference theme, On the Ground: Ethnography and Contemporary Social Crises, has brought together ethnographic work on topics such as Youth & Migration, Bodies & Disabilities, Racialized Identities and Policing Boundaries. We hope you enjoy!
The 2017 Chicago Ethnography Conference Planning Committee Meghan Daniel & Herrica Telus, Co-Chairs, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Robin Bartram, Northwestern University Caleb Butler, UIC Deanna Christianson, UIC Max Cuddy, UIC Erin Eife, UIC Jerel Ezell, University of Chicago Philip Jun Fang, Northwestern University Emilie Glass, UIC Rachel Lovis, UIC Katherine McCabe, UIC Regina Pessagno, UIC Erica Ramos, Loyola University Sangeetha Ravichandran, UIC Alex Schackmuth, DePaul University The Planning Committee would like to thank UIC Sociology’s Business Manager Tara Gordon-Williams, conference faculty advisors Atef Said & Paul-Brian McInerney, and student workers Jasmine Maldonado & Warkaa Abdulhussain, without whom this would not have been possible.
Thank you to all of today’s panel discussants: Xochitl Bada, UIC Andy Clarno, UIC Elise Martel Cohen, Loyola University Claire Decoteau, UIC Judson G. Everett, Loyola University Stephanie Farmer, Roosevelt University Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern University Marco Garrido, University of Chicago Nilda Flores Gonzalez, UIC Paul-Brian McInerney, UIC Omar McRoberts, University of Chicago Radha Modi, UIC Zitlali Morales, UIC Michael Rodriquez, Northwestern University
Thankyoutothefollowingconferencesponsors:
TheSociologyDepartmentsatDePaulUniversity,LoyolaUniversityChicago,UniversityofChicago,NorthwesternUniversity,UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign,UniversityofNotreDame,andNorthernIllinoisUniversity.
UICInstitutefortheHumanities Dedoose,SocioCulturalResearchConsultantsUICInstituteforResearchonRaceandPublicPolicy
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KeynoteSpeaker:CelesteWatkins-Hayes,Ph.D
CelesteWatkins-HayesisanAssociateProfessorofSociologyandAfricanAmericanStudiesatNorthwesternUniversityandaFacultyFellowatNorthwestern'sInstituteforPolicyResearchandCellstoSociety(C2S):TheCenteronSocialDisparitiesandHealth.Herresearchfocusesonurbanpoverty;socialpolicy;HIV/AIDS;non-profitandgovernmentorganizations;andrace,class,andgender.Herfirstbook,TheNewWelfareBureaucrats:EntanglementsofRace,Class,andPolicyReform(UniversityofChicagoPress,2009),wasaFinalistforthe2009C.WrightMillsBookAwardfromtheSocietyfortheStudyofSocialProblemsandthe2011MaxWeberBookAwardfromtheAmericanSociologicalAssociation.Dr.Watkins-HayesiscurrentlyPrincipalInvestigatoroftheHealth,Hardship,andRenewalStudy,whichexplorestheeconomicandsocialsurvivalstrategiesofaracially,ethnically,andsocioeconomicallydiversegroupofwomenlivingwithHIV/AIDSintheChicagoarea.Watkins-HayesreceivedaRobertWoodJohnsonFoundationHealthInvestigatorAwardandaNationalScienceFoundationEarlyCAREER
Awardtoconductthisresearch.Herbook,RemakingaLife,ReversinganEpidemic:HIV/AIDSandthePoliticsofTransformation,willbepublishedbytheUniversityofCaliforniaPress.Inadditiontoheracademicarticlesandessays,Watkins-HayeshaspublishedpiecesinTheNewYorkTimes,TheAtlantic,AlJazeeraEnglish,andChicagoMagazine.SheholdsaPh.D.andM.A.inSociologyfromHarvardUniversityandaB.A.fromSpelmanCollege,whereshecurrentlyservesontheBoardofTrustees.Dr.Watkins-Hayes’intellectualcommitmentsaremotivatedbyadesiretoofferanalysesandprescriptions,basedonempirically-andconceptually-richresearch,thataddressthereal-worldissuesthatlimithumanpotential.Herscholarshipthereforespeaksdirectlytocurrentpolicydebates.
PlenarySpeaker:NadineNaber,Ph.D
NadineNaberisanAssociateProfessorintheGenderandWomen'sStudiesProgramandtheAsianAmericanStudiesProgramandholdsanaffiliationwiththeDepartmentofAnthropologyattheUniversityofIllinois,Chicago.Dr.NaberisauthorofArabAmerica:Gender,CulturalPolitics,andActivism(NYUPress,2012).Sheisco-editorofthebooksRaceandArabAmericans(SyracuseUniversityPress,2008);ArabandArabAmericanFeminisms,winneroftheArabAmericanBookAward2012(SyracuseUniversityPress,2010);andTheColorofViolence(SouthEndPress,2006).Nadine’sresearchinterestslieattheintersectionsoftransnationalfeminisms;womenofcolorandqueerofcolortheory;de-colonizingfeminisms;empirestudies;criticalracestudies;andMiddleEastStudies;andArabAmericanStudies.Nadine’scurrentbookinprogress,EndingViolenceisatransnationalfeministethnographyfocusingonfeministand
queeractivisminBeirut,Cairo,Chicago,andDetroitandthewaysgenderedandsexualizedstateviolenceinArabhomelandsanddiasporasmagnifyoneanotherandtakeplacewithinasimilarspatial-temporalimperialcontext.
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ScheduleofEvents
8:30-9:00 Registration&Breakfast,SCW2ndFloorLobby9:00-9:15 Welcome,UICSociologyDGS,Dr.ClaireDecoteau,ThompsonA/B9:30-10:45 Sessions1-410:45-11:00 Break11:00-12:15 Sessions5-812:30-1:45 Lunch&PlenarySpeaker,Dr.NadineNaber,ThompsonA/B2:00-3:15 Sessions9-123:15-3:30 Break3:30-4:45 Sessions13-154:45-5:00 Break5:00-6:30 Reception&KeynoteSpeaker,Dr.CelesteWatkins-Hayes,ThompsonA/B
Session1:PoliticalPower&SocioeconomicStatus ThompsonCAtticusBallesteros,UniversityofChicago,“ThePoliticsGoverningHistoricalMemory:
FromSewingGroupstoDebtCrises”JenniferW.Bouek,BrownUniversity,“SitesofImmobilization”MinjeeKim,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,“EnduringInformality:Informal
CommunicationasaComplementandaNecessitytoFormalPublicParticipation”
XiaoyunShen,UniversityofChicago,“ASystemwithTwoFaces-ABureaucracyCaseStudy
ofChinesePetitioningSystem”Discussant:MarcoGarrido,UniversityofChicagoSession2:Youth&Migration 206A/BSevdaArslan,UniversityofNotreDame,“ImpactofMigrationonZazakiLanguageand
IdentityFormation”NicolePerez,UniversityofNotreDame,“ComingofAgeattheCrossroadsofAmerica:NewLatino
ImmigrantsinNorthernIndiana”EmilyRuehs,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,“BorderlandLegendry:TheParadoxesofIdeal
VictimhoodforUnaccompaniedImmigrantYouth”Discussant:XochitlBada,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
Sessions1-4:9:30a.m.-10:45a.m.
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Session3:Organizations&Networks 213A/BFrancoBavoni,UniversityofChicago,“SoccerandTranslocalNetworksofMexican
ImmigrantsinChicago:TheCaseofSanRafael”JunFang,NorthwesternUniversity,“TheConvergenceofTightandLooseCouplinginPrivate
EducationOrganizations:TheCaseofChineseArtTestPrepSchools”SarahBethNelsonandSamanthaKaplan,UniversityofNorthCarolina,“That’sNotFunny!:
UnderstandingAskRedditUsersbytheJokesTheyTell”
MelissaOsborne,UniversityofChicago,“WhoGets‘HousingFirst’?:Determining EligibilityinanEraofHousingFirstHomelessness”Discussant:Paul-BrianMcInerney,UniversityofIllinoisatChicagoSession4:PolicingBoundaries 218&219SRHElizabethDerderian,NorthwesternUniversity,“Floatingandfixedhudood:citizenship,
belonging,andexhibitionarypracticeintheUAE”StefanieIsrael,UniversityofNotreDame,“PacificationofRio’sFavelasandthe‘Pacification
ofthePacifyingPolice:’TheImportanceofMediationinCommunityPolicing”
Discussant:AndyClarno,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
*****Break:10:45am-11:00am*****
Session5:RacializedIdentities 206A/BAhmedAlansari,SouthernIllinoisUniversity,“TheIdentitiesofIraqi-AmericansinDearborn,
Michigan”MonicaMurillo&BrianaGalvan,LittleVillageHighSchool,“‘TheySayI’mTooWhite,
Don’tLookMexican’:Ethnic-IdentityConflictforFemaleHighSchoolStudents”
AnjanetteChanTack,UniversityofChicago,“UsingRacetoNegotiateGenderEquality:
Immigration,GenderViolence,andRacialIdentityamongCaribbeanIndiansinNewYork”
Discussant:RadhaModi,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago
Sessions5-8:11:00a.m.-12:15p.m.
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Session6:Bodies&Disabilities ThompsonCniliR.Broyer&HaileeM.YoshizakiGibbons,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,“TheRampIs
forWheelchairsOnly!:Disability,PublicTransportation,andthePoliticsof(In)Visibility”
LisaBuchter,NorthwesternUniversity,“Tellmeyourstory!”WhenCorporationsWorkwith
ActiviststoCircumventLegalandMarketAmbiguities”EdgardoRodea&JohuanHernandez,LittleVillageHighSchool,“ResilienceinDisabled
MinorityHighSchoolStudentsinChicago:Student’sExperienceandTeacher’sPerceptions”
Discussant:ClaireDecoteau,UniversityofIllinoisatChicagoSession7:Gender&Space 213A/BAditiAggarwal,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,“TheLadiesCompartment:Producing
SpaceandNegotiatingMobilityinaWomen-onlyCrowd”
SarahBrothers,YaleUniversity,“DegenderingVulnerability:PowerandEmotioninAssistedInjectionInteractions”
SarahOutland,UniversityofChicago,“Women’sDoubleHurdle:GainingtheSkills,and
AdaptingtotheSocialExpectations,ofMasculineSpaces”MorganPurrier,UniversityofMichigan,“LadyGazingattheGayBar:HowWomenUseGay
BarsasSitesofSexualPresentation”
Discussant:JudsonG.Everett,LoyolaUniversitySession8:Labor&WorkerIdentities 218&219SRHAmandaMcMillanLequieu,UniversityofWisconsin-Madison,“FromPaternalismto
Precarity:LivingtheEndoftheBlue-Collar,MiddleClass”LisaM.Lipscomb,TheNewSchoolforSocialResearch,“‘You’reaWhat?’:Becomingan
Astrologer”HannahWohl,NorthwesternUniversity,“TheSoftPowerofCreativeVisions:Authority
andAutonomyintheArtMarket”Discussant:GaryAlanFine,NorthwesternUniversity
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BreakforLunch,ThompsonA/BPlenary:Dr.NadineNaber:12:30-1:45
*****Break:1:45-2:00*****
Session9:EducationI ThompsonCHeidiGansen,UniversityofMichigan,“Push-upsversusCleanUp:PreschoolTeachers’
GenderIdeologiesandGenderedDisciplinaryPractices”GiovanniHernandez,JanetAleman&MagaliGarcia,LittleVillageHighSchool,“‘MyBaby
MotivatesMe’:LatinaTeenageMothers’ResilienceinGraduatingHighSchoolinChicago”
EgleSalgado,GuadalupeRangel&CristalAngel,LittleVillageHighSchool,“Perceptionsof
MentalHealthIssuesandAvailableResourcesinaHispanicHighSchoolinChicago”
SerenaKoissaba,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,“TheNexusofGenderJustice
andEducationRightsDiscourse:MassaiGirls’Subjectivities.”Discussant:NildaFloresGonzalez,UniversityofIllinoisatChicagoSession10:SocialandEconomicInequalityReproduction 206A/BPaigeAmbord,UniversityofNotreDame,“TheMakingofaChangeMaker:Mobilization
inaRustBeltCity”CharityHoffman,UniversityofMichigan,“IGotLucky":ClassReproductionandthe
TransitiontoMotherhoodBeccaWilliams,UniversityofNotreDame,“VisionsofPeaceintheColombian Countryside”Discussant:EliseMartelCohen,LoyolaUniversity
Sessions9-12:2:00p.m.-3:15p.m.
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Session11:Neighborhoods 213A/BJoyKadowaki,PurdueUniversity,“TheContemporaryDefendedNeighborhood:Collective
Efficacy,SocialCapital,andCommunityDefenseMechanisms”SharonCornelissen,PrincetonUniversity,“ChangingtheAtmosphere,Changingthe
Neighborhood:PublicLifeAsPlace-MakinginNorthwestDetroit”StevenTuttle,LoyolaUniversity,“LocatingtheExtra-Local:AComparativeCaseStudyof
CommercialGentrificationinTwoChicagoNeighborhoods”AlanGrigsby,UniversityofCincinnati,“DoesDiversityinaNeighborhoodLeadtoaDiverse
SocialLife”Discussant:StephanieFarmer,RooseveltUniversitySession12:SocialMovements 218&219SRHMariacarmenHernandez,UniversityofTexasatAustin,“LivingintheVicinityofOil:An
InformalSettlementandEnvironmentalInequalityinEcuador”
JenniferCossyleon,LoyolaUniversity,“ComingOutoftheShell:”ConqueringFear,Vulnerability,andDespairthroughFamily-FocusedCommunityOrganizing”
PriscaGayles,UniversityofTexasatAustin,“Let’sTango:BlackWomenandtheStrugglefor
SocialTransformationinArgentina”GamzeEvicmen,BinghamtonUniversity,“BetweentheLocalandtheGlobal:TheSubjectivity
andPoliticsofProfessionalsinIstanbul”Discussant:MichaelRodriquez,NorthwesternUniversity
*****Break:3:15-3:30*****
Session13:EducationII ThompsonCAugustAbitang,NayeliCastro&KamariaCrowley,LittleVillageHighSchool,“Academic
ResilienceinGangMembersinChicagoPublicHighSchools”CalebButler,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,“UnseenandUncheckedAdvantage:Using
CriticalRaceTheorytoStudyWhiteTeachersandthePersistenceofWhitenessinEducation”
Sessions13-15:3:30p.m.-4:45p.m.
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AlainaJohnsonandCallistaRegis,UniversityofPennsylvaniaGraduateSchoolofEducation,
“SupportingBlackCaribbeanImmigrantFamiliesthroughEducationalThirdSpaces”
Discussant:ZitlaliMorales,UniversityofIllinoisatChicagoSession14:Religion 206A/BJustinVanNess,UniversityofNotreDame,“InteractionRituals,Materiality,and
CommitmentinanActivistReligiousMovement”MuneezaRizvi,UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,“OnFitna:TheMajilis-e-UlamaShiaand
theSecularityofCrisisDiscourse”Discussant:OmarMcRoberts,UniversityofChicagoSession15:State,EconomyandOrganizationalSystems 213A/BTinaLee,PrincetonUniversity,“CollusionwithoutCorruption:ShiftingFramesand ConflictingRationalitiesinthePrivateandPublicSectorsinChina”SarahM.Neitz,UniversityofNotreDame,“StonehengeLives:PlayandtheEmergenceof
Meaning”AshleySanchez,AlondraCarmona&ElverMondragon,LittleVillageHighSchool,
“DifferentAssimilation,DifferentExploitation:ComparingOlderandYoungerMexicanUndocumentedFactoryWorkersinChicago”
NeslihanSen,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,““IbelieveinVaginismus”:How
toDomesticateMedicalKnowledgeonSexualityinTurkey”Discussant:TBD
*****Break: 4:45-5:00****
Reception, Thompson A/B Keynote: Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes
5:00-6:30
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