Network Activities

The Ethnography Zoom Sessions continued to offer low-threshold exchange between conferences. The autumn 2025 session with Mindy Blaise and Cat Aniere addressed methodological questions around “Counter-mapping with water stories, the Great Western Woodlands, Elders and young people”. The spring 2026 session with Spyros Spyrou explored relational ontologies in ethnographic childhood studies and beyond. Members are invited to propose and organise future sessions. 

The network also continued its series of smaller, specialised conferences on educational ethnography. In 2026 these were: 

• The 12th Rethinking Educational Ethnography (REE) conference in Bangor, Wales (9–11 June 2026: “Ethnography and Policy Advocacy”) 

• The 9th International Conference on Educational Ethnography in Münster, Germany (3–5 September 2026) 

• The Ethnography & Education Conference in Oxford, UK (7–9 September 2026) The convenors continue to encourage members to initiate symposia, workshops and other collaborative formats.

Network 19 continues to maintain close ties with the journal Ethnography and Education, and presenters are encouraged to develop their work into full papers for the journal. 

Two special issues appeared in 2026: “Ethnography and Emotions: Methodological reflections on the exploration of emotions in education research” (based on REE 2023 in Freiburg; edited by F. Weitkämper et al., Q1 2026), and “Investigating Language(s) and Power in Educational Settings” (edited by M. Knappik, N. Thoma and A. Schnitzer, Q2 2026). 

Two further publications are in preparation: a special issue on “Transformative Research for Education and Social Justice” (based on REE 2024 in Zaragoza; edited by B. Vigo and D. Poveda), and the anthology “Re-Writing (against) Culture” (based on the 2024 International Conference on Educational Ethnography in Zürich, expected in spring 2027).

Network 19 aims to consolidate its growing community at ECER and to strengthen exchange between annual conferences. We will continue the Ethnography Zoom Sessions, encourage member-led symposia and workshops, and support publication in Ethnography and Education. 

Forthcoming activities: 

• The 13th Rethinking Educational Ethnography (REE) Conference in Málaga, Spain, 2027 - 

• ECER 2027 in Debrecen, Hungary (theme: “Learning Communities and Shared Futures in Education”)