Celebrating Classic Sociology: Pioneers of British Qualitative Research
A symposium organised by Qualidata and held on 5-6 July 2001 at the University of Essex
Brief Report
Selected Abstracts
Original Programme (includes full list of speakers)
Original Programme
Thursday 5 July
Welcome and Introduction - Quality Hotel, Colchester
Introduction to the conference
Paul Thompson, University of Essex
Nicholas Deakin, London School of Economics
SESSION 1: Depositors and Archivists Speak
Chair: John Scott, University of Essex
Preserving the social scientific heritage: the role of Qualidata
Louise Corti, University of Essex
Making Quality Count: Putting Reliability into Number-Crunching
Peter Townsend, University of Bristol
Qualidata and the Preservation of Meaning
George Brown, St. Thomas's Hospital
SESSION 2: Panel on Preservation and Re-use
Chair: Kevin Schürer, University of Essex
LSE Archives: Visiting and revisiting the social sciences
Sue Donnelly, The British Library
Reflections on Mass Observation: the Archive's perspective
Dorothy Sheridan, University of Sussex
The National Sound Archive Oral History Collection
Robert Perks, The British Library
The Social Policy and Social Change Archive at Essex
Gill Backhouse, University of Essex
SESSION 3: Qualitative Research: Developing Field Methods
Chair: Ken Plummer, University of Essex
Understanding Juvenile Delinquency
Terence Morris, LSE
From biography to social structure
Liz Stanley, University of Manchester
Automating the ineffable: getting the maximum from existing data
Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey
SESSION 4: Plenary Panel on Classic Sociological Research: Behind the scenes
Chair: Paul Thompson, University of Essex
Problems of updating an earlier book: family and kinship in East London
Michael Young, Institute of Community Studies
Doing sociological research - 'owning up'
Colin Bell, Bradford University
Feminism and qualitative research
Janet Finch, Keele University
Developments in the sociology of place: a sceptical view of the concept of qualitative data
Ronald Frankenburg, Keele University
Qualitative data and the affluent worker study: a missed opportunity?
Frank Bechhofer , University of Edinburgh
Plus open discussion
Friday 6 July - Quality Hotel, Colchester
SESSION 5: Social Policy and Social Exclusion
Chair: Peter Townsend, University of Bristol
Understanding inequality in health
Mildred Blaxter, University of East Anglia
Revisiting Bethnal Green: social change and the family life of older people
Jim Ogg, Keele University
Scanning the horizon: will post-modern, post-scientific, politically oriented approaches be the death of policy relevant research?
Elizabeth Murphy, University of Nottingham
Speaking Sex: qualitative research on sex and sexuality
Sue Scott, University of Durham
SESSION 6: Generational and Family Research
Chair: Janet Finch, Keele University
Pioneering the life story method: The Edwardians
Paul Thompson, University of Essex
Working class autobiographies
David Vincent, Keele University
The changing experience of researching family and intimate relationships
Dennis Marsden, University of Essex
Friends and personal communities: methodological issues:
Ray Pahl and Liz Spencer, University of Essex
End note
Pasts, Presents, and Futures for Qualitative Research
Martyn Hammersley, Open University
Conference round-up and closing note
Paul Thompson, University of Essex
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