Ethnography and Theory with Didier Fassin - Conversations with History

(Visit: www.uctv.tv/) Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Didier Fassin, James D. Wolfensohn Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, for a discussion of the interplay between ethnography and theory in understanding public institutions such as policing and prisons and international engagement such as humanitarianism. Fassin explains how immersion in these public institutions and endeavors when combined with sociological theory and history, highlights the disjunction between reality and avowed purpose and intention of participants. Emphasizing the importance of social inequality, the impact of history, and the displacement of goals, Fassin explores: What is police conduct like in a banlieue of Paris? What is the relationship between the judicial system and the penal system? What is the impact of an emphasis on compassion and suffering in humanitarian reasoning and governance? Series: "Conversations with History" [5/2016] [Humanities] [Show ID: 30563]

[@jubabiee22]

Thank you so much Fassin. I am an Anthropologist student and i am proud of you.

[@cricobs]

can they sit any closer, please

[@follonica1]

Very clear and exhaustive. Thanks.

[@hasnaebelaid4103]

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[@carolinemurgue8170]

Harry Kreisler has such a nice & wise mustache directing the interview to the ethics of ethnography. Should the ethics of ethnography be standardized or criticized, even if they have been normalized by Pr. Fassin's followers? I wish he could answer this question to advance social sciences' practices and theory!

[@Brigittexbx09]

We must use common sense and keep it simple too many words cloud the issue ...

[@carolinemurgue8170]

+BRIGITTE B. what's the issue for you?

[@cobbieism]

the same host, the same pattern, the same interview questions. oh mind