POST-PTRS

Dear Colleague,

It was a great pleasure having you at the International Workshop "Paths Towards Reflexive Sociology: Ethnography Matters" that was held by the Institute of Sociology at the Faculty of Arts, Porto, Portugal the past 10th and 11th December. We had two days of wonderful debate on some decisive epistemological, theoretical and methodological issues concerning the research in social sciences, brought to us by the insights of some fantastic studies from all around the world that are being carried on or were recently finished.

As we said in the workshop closure, we now have three purposes: to publish the presented papers and the discussant’s comments on the papers; to try to create a discussion forum on the matters raised by the workshop; to try to arrange for other meetings of the same kind to happen – once again in Porto or in other location. We hope that more and more colleagues join us in this effort.

To keep in touch with the latest news regarding PTRS, don't forget to pass by: http://ptrs-porto.blogspot.com.

Thank you very much and Happy 2010!
PTRS Executive Committee,

Bruno Monteiro

João Queirós

Tiago Teles Santos

ptrs.porto@gmail.com

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Caro/a Colega,

Foi um prazer ter podido contar com a sua presença na Workshop International "Paths Towards Reflexive Sociology: Ethnography Matters", que o Instituto de Sociologia organizou na Faculdade de Letras do Porto nos passados dias 10 e 11 de Dezembro de 2009. Foram dois dias de intensa reflexão e debate em torno de algumas questões epistemológicas e teórico-metodológicas absolutamente decisivas no que toca à investigação em ciências sociais, a partir dos resultados de algumas excelentes pesquisas em curso ou recentemente concluídas um pouco por todo o mundo.

Como pudemos sublinhar no encerramento da iniciativa, três propósitos serão agora alvo da nossa atenção: por um lado, avançar no sentido da publicação de um volume com as comunicações apresentadas; por outro lado, constituir um fórum de discussão em torno dos aspectos relativos à "prática da razão sociológica"; por outro lado ainda, permitir que se criem as condições para a realização de novas iniciativas do mesmo tipo. Oxalá possamos juntar neste esforço mais e mais colegas.
Para ir acompanhando as novidades, não deixe de passar regularmente por: http://ptrs-porto.blogspot.com.

Obrigado e Feliz 2010!
A Comissão Executiva do PTRS,

Bruno Monteiro

João Queirós

Tiago Teles Santos

ptrs.porto@gmail.com

Note for PTRS Participants

Below you can find some general information on the event.

For additional info, contact us by sending an e-mail to ptrs.porto@gmail.com.

General info

The PTRS discussion-oriented International Workhsop is organised by the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto. You can find a description of our main purposes, as well as info concerning the Scientific and Executive Committees of the Workshop, here.

English will be the official language of the workshop. All presentations and discussions will be in English.

Participation is totally free of charges.

Venues

The PTRS discussion-oriented International Workhsop that the Institute of Sociology at the University of Porto is organising will take place in Porto, Portugal next December (the 10th and 11th). Porto is the second most important city in Portugal. Although it is a "shrinking city", it's the centre of a metropolitan area with over 1,2 million people and a very beautiful location. For general info, see: http://www.portoturismo.pt/.

Day 1 (December the 10th) will consist of three open debate sessions (1. "Grounded approaches to social change"; 2. "Inside the State"; 3. "The sociological craft: practical sense and reflexivity"). Check the Final Programme attached to this e-mail. Presenters will have about 20 to 25 minutes each one to pose their arguments. Sessions will occur at the Institute of Sociology facilities in Palacete Burmester (click here to check it out; to see and how you can find your way to this venue by car or public transportation, coming from Porto's airport, click here and here; to see and how you can find your way to this venue by car, coming from Porto's city centre, clickhere; to see how you can find your way to this venue walking from Metro Station Casa da Música, click here - the map says the location is "Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação", but that's just Google failing to proper update its info; if you search Rua do Campo Alegre, 1055, Porto, Portugal" in Google Earth or Google's Streetview you can also see the place where the workshop's Day 1 is going to happen).

In the evening there will be some cultural activities in Espaços UP (click here and here to see how you can get there from Palacete Burmester). We will show the documentary by Haroun Farocki "Workers Leaving the Factory" (1995, in English with Portuguese subtitles), followed by a debate with two guests.

Day 2 (December the 11th) will have an open session on innovative ways of doing and thinking ethnography and the Final Session with Simon Charlesworth and Ariel Sevilla. The discussant of the Final Session will be our own Professor José Madureira Pinto. It's going to be just great. Sessions will take place at the Main Room (Anfiteatro Nobre) of the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto (click here to see some photos; the main building of the Faculty of Arts is not far away from Palacete Burmester, as you can see if you click here).

For additional info, check the University of Porto, the Faculty of Arts and the Institute of Sociology websites here, here and here. There are also some other interesting locations near our venues. See, for example, the Botanic Garden (it's the building next to Palacete Burmester), the Serralves Museum or the Music Hall by award-winning architect Rem Koolhas.

Lunch

Lunches - both Thursday and Friday - will be at "Restaurante do Clube", a place very close to the Workshop venues (see here and here). For 8,50€ (all included: soup, meat and/or fish dishes, drinks, dessert and coffee), you can eat a nice meal and also get to know everybody a little bit better. Conference participants, discussants and other guests will be there too, so you'll be able to discuss further with them after or before the Workshop Sessions.

If you wish to have lunch with us, please let us know by e-mail or Thursday morning at the Welcome Desk of the Workshop in Palacete Burmester. You don't have to pay in advance; you'll pay there after having eaten.

These are the menus for Thursday and Friday:

Thursday

Fish sticks with yogurt sauce (filetes de pescada com molho de iogurte) and rice (arroz branco)

AND/OR
Lasagna (lasanha de carne) and salad (salada)

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"Mexidos" (a typical Christmas dessert) / Jelly (gelatina) / Fruit (fruta)

Friday

Tuna "au gratin" with fusilli pasta (gratinado de atum com fusili) / Salad (salada)

AND/OR

"Pepper wrappers" (meat and ham wrappers) (embrulhos de pimenta = queque de carne com pimenta e presunto) and rice (arroz branco)

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Chocolate mousse (mousse de chocolate) / Jelly (gelatina) / Fruit (fruta)

If you don't like any of the proposed dishes, maybe we can arrange for you to have something else. But please let us know in advance.

Registration!

Register now in the PTRS Workshop by sending and e-mail with your contact details to: ptrs.porto@gmail.com.

Day 1 will take place in the Burmester Building (Room 103) of the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto. Day 2 will take place in the Main Room of the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto (main building).

English will be the official language of the workshop.

Participation is totally free of charges (LAST PLACES TO ATTEND DAY 1 SESSIONS; REGISTER NOW!).

Organisation: Institute of Sociology - Faculty of Arts, University of Porto.