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Proposal must be submitted by January 15, 2018.Bergamo (Italy) – June 6-9, 2018Organized by: University of BergamoEtnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa (ERQ) / Ethnography and Qualitative ResearchSince 2006, the Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference in Bergamo has become an increasingly recognised and established scientific meeting for social researchers. The Conference is organised bi-annually, and has grown positively both in terms of numbers (with the 2016 edition gathering almost 300 scholars) and in terms of its international impact (with nearly half the participants coming from outside Italy).The 2018 Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference aims to build on the rich intellectual discussion developed during the previous editions. Researchers from across a variety of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, political sciences, arts &#38; humanities, education, social work, geography, cultural studies, science and technology studies, and gender studies are able to present their research, discuss findings, theory and methodology in a lively and friendly environment.The core mission of the conference is to:•    foster scholarly exchange and facilitate research collaborations among senior and junior scholars based in different universities and research centres in Europe and further afield;•    support the dissemination of fresh, original research;•    encourage PhD students at different stages of their research to share and present preliminary findings and fieldwork experience;•    welcome graduate and undergraduate students as members of the audience and active participants in conference discussions.The conference embraces and endorses a broad, ambitious view of ethnographic research. Ethnography is understood as an inquiry into the processes, implications, and meanings of social life and culture in groups, organizations, and institutions across diverse social spaces and settings. Accordingly, contributions can be based on a variety of methods, including participant observation, in-depth interviews, focus groups, video-based field studies, auto-ethnography, visual ethnography, discourse studies, and other forms of inquiry inspired and informed by an ethnographic sensibility. The Conference welcomes empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically sound proposals that contribute to the substantive knowledge of the social world and contemporary emerging phenomena.The 7th edition features keynote talks and thematic sessions (see the full list below) addressing current key issues such as migration in its various aspect and the neoliberal turn in academic life and higher education. The format is based on 3-hour sessions with 5 to 6 paper presentations per session, leaving as much room as possible for debate and discussion.“This is not a conference, it’s a feast!”, said a participant during the 6th edition.Join us in celebrating the ethnographic passion!About the 2018 totemic person. Who is the person pictured in the banner above? For each Conference edition, we have selected an Italian intellectual who, while not being an ethnographer stricto sensu, has revealed a prominent ethnographic sensitivity in his/her work. By doing so, we want to both emphasise the many sources of ethnography and invite scholars to re-consider the work of certain Italian writers and artists whose attitude can be still quite inspirational nowadays. In 2014, we featured Antonio Gramsci, in 2016 Pier Paolo Pasolini. For the 2018 edition, we have chosen Tina Modotti.Scientific &#38; Organizing CommitteeµChiara Bassetti, University of Trento (chiara.bassetti@unitn.it)Elena Bougleux, University of Bergamo (elena.bougleux@unibg.it)Andrea Mubi Brighenti, University of Trento (andrea.brighenti@unitn.it)Sebastiano Citroni, University of Milano Bicocca (sebastiano.citroni@unimib.it)Nick Dines, European University Institute (nicholas.dines@eui.eu)Giolo Fele, University of Trento (giolo.fele@unitn.it)Elena Fontanari, University of Milano (elena.fontanari@unimi.it)Paola Gandolfi, University of Bergamo (paola.gandolfi@unibg.it)Pier Paolo Giglioli, University of Bologna (pierpaolo.giglioli@unibo.it)Alberta Giorgi, University of Bergamo (alberta.giorgi@unibg.it)Alessandra Gribaldo, University of Bologna (alessandra.gribaldo2@unibo.it)Marco Marzano, University of Bergamo (marco.marzano@unibg.it)Cristina Mattiucci, University of Trento (cristina.mattiucci@unitn.it)Gianmarco Navarini, University of Milano Bicocca (gianmarco.navarini@unimib.it)Francesca Pasquali, University of Bergamo (francesca.pasquali@unibg.it)Domenico Perrotta, University of Bergamo (domenico.perrotta@unibg.it)Federico Rahola, University of Genova (federico.rahola@unige.it)To learn more : http://www.etnografiaricercaqualitativa.it/&#160;