Seminars
Introduction
Talking Methods
The Talking Methods seminar series, delivered in association with the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS), is designed to spark debate, discussion and dialogue around research methods. The seminars provide an opportunity to hear about the latest social science research alongside consideration of research methods. The recordings of our previous seminars can be found on our recordings page.
What should I expect?
Each seminar will –
- last one-hour and include a short research presentation followed by time to ask questions and discuss the methodological approach.
- be delivered by speakers drawn from a wide range of fields within academia and beyond.
- be delivered in a hybrid format and so open to all. Please spread the word, sign up and join the conversation as we ‘talk methods’.
Booking Information
Upcoming Seminar:
Distancing the Past: Racism as History in South African Schools, by Dr. Chana Teeger
1st October, 1-2pm (UK time)
Hybrid - CMB Practice Suite & Online via Teams (sign up by clicking the link above).
“How are histories of racial oppression dealt with in contexts of diversity? Chana Teeger tackles this question by examining how young South Africans, born into democracy, confront their country’s racist apartheid past in high school history lessons. Drawing on extensive observational, interview, and textual data, she discusses how students learn that racism is a thing of the past, even as they experience it in their everyday lives. Teeger shows how teachers’ desire to avoid conflict between students mirrors a national focus on racial reconciliation, leading to the historical distancing of the recent apartheid past. This historical distancing allows schools to present a façade of transformation. Beneath the surface, however, the lessons reproduce unequal power relations at school and legitimize inequality at the societal level. In documenting these processes, Teeger points to the subtle reconfiguration of racism in the era of civil liberties.”
About:
Chana Teeger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Methodology at the London School of Economics and a Senior Research Associate of the Department of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. Her research broadly examines how people understand the causes of—and potential remedies for—social inequality. Her work has appeared in journals such as the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, and Sociology of Education. Her book, Distancing the Past: Racism as History in South African Schools has recently been published with Columbia University Press.
The recordings of our previous seminars can be found on our recordings page. You can get in touch with any questions by emailing sps.rtc@ed.ac.uk