Introduction to the Special Issue. Qualitative Analysis Conference 2012: Cultures of Narrative and Narratives of Culture

Antony J. Puddephatt is an Associate Professor  in the Department of Sociology, Lakehead University,  Canada. His main research interest is in the philosophy  of George Herbert Mead, and its relevance for contem[1]porary debates in social theory. He has also studied the  competitive culture of amateur chess, as well as various  issues facing the discipline of sociology in Canada. With  Steven Kleinknecht and William Shaffir, he is the Editor  of the volume Ethnographies Revisited: Constructing Theory  in the Field (Routledge 2009), which centers on first-hand  reflections about ethnographic “theory-work” from top  qualitative researchers, including Norman Denzin, Loïc  Wacquant, Harry Collins, Kathy Charmaz, Trevor Pinch,  Donileen Loseke, Patricia and Peter Adler, and Laurel  Richardson, among many others.

Steven Kleinknecht is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Brescia University College in Canada. His research interests lie in the study of deviance, subcultures, online interaction, and cultural continuity. He has researched computer hackers and Old Order Mennonites. With Antony Puddephatt and William Shaffir, he has coedited Ethnographies Revisited: Constructing Theory in the Field.

Carrie B. Sanders is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her theoretical areas of interest are social constructionism, symbolic interactionism, social shaping of technology, and critical criminology. Her research interests include qualitative methodologies (specifically, the role of emotionality in the research process) and policing, with a specific interest in intelligence-led policing practices. Her ethnographic research on police information technologies and the shift toward intelligence-led policing in Canada is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Councils of Canada. Her research has appeared in journals such as Sociology, International Journal of Policing and Society, Canadian Review of Sociology, Social Science and Medicine, Qualitative Health Review, and Science and Public Policy.