Drawing the Line: Learning Ethnography with Michael Burawoy
This is a story about my first real encounter with ethnography—and, not coincidentally, with Michael Burawoy. We met during visiting week at Berkeley in 2006. I thought, “I’m a Marxist. He’s a Marxist. We’ll hit it off.” He took me to a Thai restaurant. I arrived ready for a spirited political discussion over noodles. Instead, […]