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Dmitri Shalin Interview With Dean Maccannell About Erving Goffman Entitled "Some Of Goffman’S Guardedness And Verbal Toughness Was Simply A Way Of Giving Himself The Space And Time That He Needed To Do The Work That He Really Loved", Dean Maccannell
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Dean MacCannell, Professor of Environmental Design at the University of California Davis, was recorded over the phone on July 7, 2009. The initial exchange lasting a minute or so is reconstructed from memory. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
When Dad Told Him About The Award, Goffman Replied, "Make Sure The Presentation Is In A Small Room So It Will Look Like A Lot Of People Are There", Carl B. Backman
When Dad Told Him About The Award, Goffman Replied, "Make Sure The Presentation Is In A Small Room So It Will Look Like A Lot Of People Are There", Carl B. Backman
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. Carl Backman, professor of sociology at Auburn University, wrote these memoir and gave his permission to post it in the Erving Goffman Archives.
Goffman Turns To Me And Says, “Only A Schmuck Studies His Own Life”, Gary Alan Fine
Goffman Turns To Me And Says, “Only A Schmuck Studies His Own Life”, Gary Alan Fine
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Gary Alan Fine, John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, was recorded over the phone on August 21, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Fine edited the transcript and approved posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Erving And Ira Were Counting Cards When A Couple Of Biggest Men They Ever Saw Walked Up Behind Them And Said, “We Don’T Want Your Play, Partner”, Walter Clark
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Walter Clark, former researcher at the Alcohol Research Group, was recorded over the phone on July 17, 2009.Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Robin Room About Erving Goffman Entitled "Only Someone Who Had Trouble With Sociability Would Be So Keen An Observer", Robin Room
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Robin Room was recorded over the phone on July 16, 2009. Robin Room is a Professor in the School of Population Health of the University of Melbourne and the Director of the AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research at Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the conversation, Dr. Room edited the transcript and approved posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear …
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Saul Mendlovitz About Erving Goffman Entitled "Erving Was A Jew Acting Like A Canadian Acting Like A Britisher", Saul Mendlovitz
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Saul Mendlovitz About Erving Goffman Entitled "Erving Was A Jew Acting Like A Canadian Acting Like A Britisher", Saul Mendlovitz
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Saul Mendlovitz, Dag Hammarskjöld professor at the School of Law, Rutgers University, was recorded over the phone on December 29, 2008, and January 7, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Professor Mendlovitz read the transcript and gave his approval for adding the present version to the Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Sherri Cavan About Erving Goffman Entitled "Goffman’S “The Insanity Of Place” As An Exercise In Self-Ethnography", Sherri Cavan, Dmitri N. Shalin
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Sherri Cavan About Erving Goffman Entitled "Goffman’S “The Insanity Of Place” As An Exercise In Self-Ethnography", Sherri Cavan, Dmitri N. Shalin
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Interview between Sherri Cavan and Dmitri Shalin
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Jordan Scher About Erving Goffman Entitled "Erving Disavowed Psychiatric Functioning At St. Elizabeth’S, And I Explored Role-Playing And The Presentation Of Self In Schizophrenia", Jordan Scher
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Jordan Scher, M.D., Ph.D., Honorary Member of Vienna Psychiatric Society, was recorded over the phone on March 17, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Scher edited the transcript, added a historical note on N.I.M.H., and approved posting the present text in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Goffman Converted His Personal Neurosis Or Inferiority Complex Into A Very Productive And Creative Solution, Kurt Lang, Gladys Lang
Goffman Converted His Personal Neurosis Or Inferiority Complex Into A Very Productive And Creative Solution, Kurt Lang, Gladys Lang
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Kurt Lang, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and Gladys Lang, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, was recorded over the phone on January 6, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Drs. Kurt Lang and Gladys Lang edited the transcript and gave their approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Erving Got The Keys For His Office And Handed Over Them To Me, Saying, “Use My Office, I Can Work At Home”, Kurt Lang, Gladys Lang
Erving Got The Keys For His Office And Handed Over Them To Me, Saying, “Use My Office, I Can Work At Home”, Kurt Lang, Gladys Lang
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Kurt Lang, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and Gladys Lang, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, was recorded over the phone on January 6, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Drs. Kurt Lang and Gladys Lang edited the transcript and gave their approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Jacqueline Wiseman About Erving Goffman Entitled "Having A Genius For A Friend", Jacqueline Wiseman
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Jacqueline Wiseman About Erving Goffman Entitled "Having A Genius For A Friend", Jacqueline Wiseman
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Jacqueline Wiseman, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, was recorded over the phone on December 15, 2008. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Wiseman corrected the transcript and gave her approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]” The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
Goffman Was Always Ready To Explain, And He Did That Without Condescension, With Patience, And With Grace, Richard Daniels
Goffman Was Always Ready To Explain, And He Did That Without Condescension, With Patience, And With Grace, Richard Daniels
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Richard Daniels, retired hospital administrator, was recorded over the phone on May 31, 2009. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Erving Always Behaved Like A Guttersnipe, Teasing And Mocking With His Back Against The Wall, Arlene Daniels
Erving Always Behaved Like A Guttersnipe, Teasing And Mocking With His Back Against The Wall, Arlene Daniels
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Dr. Arlene Daniels, professor emeritus of sociology at the Northwestern University, was recorded over the phone on February 5, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Daniels edited the transcript and gave her permission to post the present version in the Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Remembering Chicago Sociologists, Leo Goodman
Remembering Chicago Sociologists, Leo Goodman
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Leo Goodman, Professor Emeritus of sociology at the University of Chicago, was recorded over the phone on May 28, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Goodman approved posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Had The New President, So I Said, "Ok, Erving, I Am Sending Over A Reporter", Russell Dynes
Had The New President, So I Said, "Ok, Erving, I Am Sending Over A Reporter", Russell Dynes
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Russell Dynes, professor emeritus at the Universityof Delaware, was recorded over the phone on February 4, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Dynes edited the transcript and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Erving Turned To Me And Said, "You Know, Elijah Anderson Is Really A Professional Sociologist, He Is Not A Professional Black", Harold Bershady
Erving Turned To Me And Said, "You Know, Elijah Anderson Is Really A Professional Sociologist, He Is Not A Professional Black", Harold Bershady
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Professor Harold Bershady, professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, was recorded over the phone on January 22, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Bershady edited the transcript and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
A Stranger Determined To Remain One, William Gamson
A Stranger Determined To Remain One, William Gamson
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with William Gamson, Professor of Sociology at Boston College, was recorded over the phone on January 8, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Gamson edited the transcript.Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
As Goffman Was Talking About Remedial Interchanges, He Took A Glass Of Water And Spilled It On Rosenberg’S Lap, Samuel Heilman
As Goffman Was Talking About Remedial Interchanges, He Took A Glass Of Water And Spilled It On Rosenberg’S Lap, Samuel Heilman
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Samuel Heilman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, was recorded over the phone on December 1, 2008. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Heilman edited the transcript and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Supplementary information appears in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
Erving Was A Brilliant Scholar And A Mensch, Joseph Gusfield
Erving Was A Brilliant Scholar And A Mensch, Joseph Gusfield
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Joseph Gusfield, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the the University of California, San Diego, was recorded over the phone on December 19, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Gusfield edited the transcript and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Jack Whalen About Erving Goffman Entitled "I Read Presentation Of Self, And It Was Like Nothing I Ever Read – “Oh, My God, That Is Sociology?”", Jack Whalen
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Jack Whalen, Principal Scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), in their Computing Science Laboratory, was recorded on August 1, 2008, during the ASA meeting in Boston. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the conversation, Jack Whalen corrected the transcript and gave his permission to post the present version of the exchange in the Goffman archves. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several …
He Was A Heck Of A Nice Guy, Kind Of Shy, And The Kids Liked Him, Robert Habenstein
He Was A Heck Of A Nice Guy, Kind Of Shy, And The Kids Liked Him, Robert Habenstein
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Robert Habenstein, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Missouri, was recorded over the phone on December 23 and December 29, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Habenstein and Dr. Patricia Morrow Habenstein approved posting the present version on the web. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Victor Lidz About Erving Goffman Entitled "Remembering Erving Goffman", Victor Lidz
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Victor Lidz About Erving Goffman Entitled "Remembering Erving Goffman", Victor Lidz
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. Victor Lidz has given his permission to post this communication on the EGA site.
Erving Goffman Was A Brilliantly Imaginative, Original Sociologist And A Pathmaking Ethnographer, Who Had A Deep And Lasting Influence On The Students Who He Mentored In His Distinctively Challenging Way, And On The Discipline Of Sociology To Whose Development He Was Fervently Committed, Renee C. Fox
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Renée Fox, Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, was recorded over the phone on November 28, 2008. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Fox edited the transcript and approved posting the present version on the web. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
At His Bar Mitzvah Erving Gave A Little Speech That He Wrote Himself And That He Called “Ode To Mother”, Frances Goffman Bay
At His Bar Mitzvah Erving Gave A Little Speech That He Wrote Himself And That He Called “Ode To Mother”, Frances Goffman Bay
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This conversation with Frances Goffman Bay was recorded over the phone on January 1, 2009. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the conversation, Frances Goffman Bay read the text and approved posting the present version in the Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.