[IMCnetwork] Fw: Interpretivist ethnography - The absurdity of bureaucracy

[Heba Al Adawy]

Dear All,

Please see a good recommendation below by Keryn Hassel - for those interested in ethnographies in general, and/or ethnography of bureaucracies.

Thank you Keryn!


Heba Al-Adawy
Doctoral Researcher
Department of Political & Social Change
Coral Bell School of Asia & the Pacific
Australian National University
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From: Keryn Hassall <keryn at aptavit.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 10:07 PM
To: Heba Al Adawy <heba.aladawy at anu.edu.au>
Subject: Interpretivist ethnography - The absurdity of bureaucracy

Hello Heba,

I saw your email on the IMC network list asking for suggestions of
ethnographies.

One that may interest your colleagues, if they are working in public
administration research, or want to think about how to structure an
ethnographic text, is 'The Absurdity of Bureaucracy: How Implementation
Works', by Nina Holm Vohnsen
(https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doi.org%2F10.7228%2Fmanchester%2F9781526101341.001.0001&data=04%7C01%7Cheba.aladawy%40anu.edu.au%7C4e96521d76b34b19339408d9f0735a40%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637805200641062255%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=k3W3eAN5RY0PLnAEFOvLNeU9LH2y35Vm%2BlcYv7ep%2FVU%3D&reserved=0)

I've come to interpretive research after 20+ years working on policy
implementation with government agencies. I really like this ethnography
because it manages to convey the feeling of confusion for frontline
staff working amid complex policy reform where the changes are not well
explained, decisions seem arbitrary and staff are unsure how to act. She
does this through both her descriptions of the experiences of the
frontline staff in a government agency, but also through the way she
structured the book.

Regards,
Keryn

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Keryn Hassall
phone +61(0)438 295550
keryn at aptavit.com.au
PO Box 734, Toowong 4066
Queensland, Australia
Aptavit - evaluation and implementation advice

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