The Interpretation, Method and Critique (IMC) Seminar Series promotes and celebrates work in interpretive and critical methodologies and methods in the social sciences. It is interdisciplinary and welcoming of all research that places intersubjective meaning-making at the centre of social scientific inquiry, or that identifies with one or more traditions in critical theory and praxis.
Seminars are on Fridays, 12 - 1pm, Australian Eastern Time (Standard/Daylight) unless otherwise indicated.
Some past IMC seminars videos are available online.
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Upcoming Events
How Cases Speak to One Another: Using Translation to Rethink Generalization in Political Science Research (Nicholas Rush Smith, CUNY)
Nicholas Rush Smith (City University of New York - City College)
Regardless of method, political scientists often seek to develop arguments that can be generalized to a population of cases. But is this the…
Out of Harm’s Way: How Australian Music Venues and DIY Events Make Safe Spaces (Emma Crocker, ANU)
Emma Crocker (Australian National University)
Australian music venues, bars, and DIY (do-it-yourself) music events post ‘safe space’ policies to walls, Instagram pages, and bathroom doors. These…
Historical ethnography and the study of elites (Rod Rhodes, Southampton)
Professor Rod Rhodes (Southampton University)
In principle, it is possible to observe British elites in action, but such access is rare. Therefore, Rhodes’s study of court politics is not…
Past Events
Statehood à la Carte in the Caribbean and the Pacific: Secession, Regionalism, and Postcolonial Politics (Jack Corbett, Monash University)
(Jack Corbett, Monash University)
This talk considers the role of comparison in interpretive research by applying Boswell et al’s (2019) approach to how leaders in the Caribbean and…
Beyond the Lines: An Ethnohistorical Approach to Studying Violence and Collective Meaning in Social Networks (Sarah Parkinson, John Hopkins University)
Sarah Parkinson (John Hopkins University)
Beyond the Lines explores the social underpinnings of rebel adaptation and resilience. How do rebel groups cope with crises such as repression,…
Book Discussion — Mobilizing in Uncertainty: Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia (Anastasia Shesterinina)
Anastasia Shesterinina
Drawing on nearly two hundred in-depth interviews with participants and nonparticipants in the war in Abkhazia collected over eight months of…