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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 contemporary 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.