Dr Sara Delamont
Reader
- Sylwebydd y cyfryngau
Trosolwg
- Sociology of Education - especially classroom interaction, school ethnography, higher education and gender;
- Sociology of the Professions including science;
- Qualitative Methods;
- Capoeira and Savate: habitus and embodiment.
Current Research
- The Habitus of Diasporic Capoeira: An Ethnography
Editorial Activities
- Founding Editor (with P. Atkinson) Qualitative Research (2001 - )
- Joint Editor (with J. Fitz and L. Pugsley) Teaching and Teacher Education (Volumes 20-26, 2004 - 10)
Bywgraffiad
Sara Delamont graduated from Girton College Cambridge in 1968 with a First in social anthropology. She did a PhD at Edinburgh, and she worked there for 2 years as a Research Assistant for Dr J.A.M Howe, then moved to Leicester. Dr Delamont lectured at the School of Education at Leicester from 1973-76. She came to Cardiff in 1976, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1979 and Reader in 1989. She has been Dean of Social Sciences, and served on Senate, Council and Court.
Dr Delamont's autobiography was published in 2012 entitled 'Milkshakes and Convertibles' in N. K. Denzin (ed), Studies in Symbolic Interaction 39, Bingley: Emerald pp 51-70.
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
- DScEcon (Cardiff) July 2007
- Keynote Plenary Speaker at AARE and NZARE Annual Conference, Auckland, November 2003
- Elected to the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences, Nov 2000
- 1st Woman President of BERA (1984)
- 1st Woman Dean of Social Sciences at Cardiff (1983 - 85)
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Sara Delamont has been a member of:
- RAE Sub Panel 41 (Sociology) 2005-2008
- ESRC TDB Nov 2006-2010
She is currently a member of:
- REF Sub Panel 23 (Sociology) 2011-2014
- Social Science member of the QAA Steering Group on Benchmarking, 2003-
- BERA - British Educational Research Association
- BSA - The British Sociological Association
- AERA - The American Educational Research Association
- GEA - Gender and Education Association
Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus
Cyhoeddiadau
2023
- Jennings, G. and Delamont, S. 2023. Looking east and south: philosophical reflections on Taijiquan and Capoeira. Philosophies 8(6), article number: 101. (10.3390/philosophies8060101)
- Delamont, S. and Stephens, N. 2023. Two-handed ethnography. In: Miller, L. and Syring, D. eds. The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 175-188., (10.4324/b23216-14)
- Smith, R. and Delamont, S. eds. 2023. Leaving the field: Methodological insights from ethnographic exits. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
2021
- Delamont, S. and Stephens, N. 2021. The belts are set out: The batizado as a symbolic welcome to capoeira culture. Ethnography 22(3), pp. 351-371. (10.1177/14661381211035762)
- Delamont, S. and Atkinson, P. 2021. Ethnographic engagements: encounters with the familiar and the strange. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9780429056840)
- Kerpen, S. and Marston, K. 2021. Heteronormativity. In: Delamont, S. et al. eds. SAGE Research Methods Foundations. SAGE
- Delamont, S., Ribeiro Duarte, T., Lloyd, I. and Stephens, N. 2021. Os joelhos! Os joelhos! Protective embodiment and occasional injury in Capoeira. Frontiers in Sociology 5, article number: 584300. (10.3389/fsoc.2020.584300)
2019
- Smith, R. and Delamont, S. eds. 2019. The lost ethnographies: Methodological insights from projects that never were.. Studies in Qualitative Methodology. Bingley: Emerald.
- Smith, R. J. and Delamont, S. 2019. Editorial introduction. In: The Lost Ethnographies: Methodological Insights from Projects that Never Were., Vol. 17.Smith, R. J. and Delamont, S. Studies in Qualitative Methodology Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 1-15.
- Stephens, N. and Lewis, J. 2019. Laboratory ethnography. In: Atkinson, P., Delamont, S. and Williams, M. eds. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (online handbook). Los Angeles, CA.: Sage
- Delamont, S., Atkinson, P., Coffey, A. and Smith, R. 2019. Lo spirito esplorativo libero La scuola di Etnografia di Cardiff 1974 - 2017, Traduzione di Giuseppina Cersosimo, Chiuso in stampa nel mese di marzo 2019, Presso Creative 3.0 srl - Reggio Calabria. Documentation.
2018
- Southwood, J. and Delamont, S. 2018. ‘A very unstatic sport’: an ethnographic study of British Savate classes. Societies 8(4), article number: 122. (10.3390/soc8040122)
- 2018. An open exploratory spirit? The Cardiff School of Ethnography 1974-2017. Documentation. Cardiff University.
- Southwood, J. V. and Delamont, S. 2018. Tales of a tireur: being a savate teacher in contemporary Britain. Martial Arts Studies(5), pp. 72-83. (10.18573/mas.51)
2017
- Delamont, S., Stephens, N. and Campos, C. 2017. Embodying Brazil: an ethnography of diasporic capoeira. London and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315543345)
2016
- Delamont, S. 2016. COM MUITO AXE, Or "can a woman be an intellectual?". In: Sadovnik, A. R. and Coughlan, R. W. eds. Leaders in the Sociology of Education: Intellectual Self-Portraits. Sense Publishers, pp. 57-68.
2014
- Stephens, N. J. and Delamont, S. 2014. 'I can see it in the nightclub': dance, capoeira and male bodies. The Sociological Review 62(1), pp. 149-166. (10.1111/1467-954X.12062)
2013
- Atkinson, P. A., Watermeyer, R. and Delamont, S. 2013. Expertise, authority and embodied pedagogy: operatic masterclasses. British Journal of Sociology of Education 34(4), pp. 487-503. (10.1080/01425692.2012.723868)
2012
- Atkinson, P. A. and Delamont, S. 2012. From classification to integration: Bernstein and the sociology of medical education. In: Brosnan, C. and Turner, B. S. eds. Handbook of Sociology of Medical Education. London: Routledge, pp. 36-50.
- Housley, W. 2012. Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and educational settings. In: Delamont, S. ed. Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 446-449.
2010
- Delamont, S., Atkinson, P. A., Smith, R. J., Da Costa, L., Hillyard, S. and Pilgrim, A. 2010. Review symposium: Martyn Hammersley, Questioning Qualitative Inquiry. Qualitative Research 10(6), pp. 749-758. (10.1177/1468794110380578)
- Atkinson, P. A. and Delamont, S. 2010. Can the silenced speak? A dialogue for two unvoiced actors. International Review of Qualitative Research 3(1), pp. 11-15.
- de Campos Rosario, C., Stephens, N. J. and Delamont, S. 2010. 'I'm your teacher, I'm Brazilian!' authenticity and authority in European capoeira. Sport, Education and Society 15(1), pp. 103-120. (10.1080/13573320903461061)
- Stephens, N. J. and Delamont, S. 2010. Roda Boa, Roda Boa: legitimate peripheral participation in diasporic capoeira. Teaching and Teacher Education 26(1), pp. 113-118. (10.1016/j.tate.2009.09.003)
- Delamont, S., Atkinson, P. A. and Pugsley, L. A. 2010. The concept smacks of magic: fighting familiarity today. Teaching and Teacher Education 26(1), pp. 3-10. (10.1016/j.tate.2009.09.002)
- Delamont, S. 2010. Editorial preface. Teaching and Teacher Education 26(1), pp. 1-2. (10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.030)
2009
- Stephens, N. J. and Delamont, S. 2009. ‘Vim de Bahia pra lhe ver’: Multiple movements in the Capoeira Batizado. In: Fincham, B., McGuinness, M. and Murray, L. eds. Mobile Methodologies. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 85-103.
- Delamont, S. 2009. Neopagan narratives: knowledge claims and other world 'realities'. Sociological Research Online 14(5), article number: 18. (10.5153/sro.2064)
- Delamont, S. 2009. The only honest thing: autoethnography, reflexivity and small crises in fieldwork. Ethnography and Education 4(1), pp. 51-63. (10.1080/17457820802703507)
- Delamont, S. and Atkinson, P. A. eds. 2009. Gender and research. 4 vols.. Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods. London: SAGE Publications.
- Stephens, N. J. and Delamont, S. 2009. 'They start to get malicia': teaching tacit and technical knowledge. British Journal of Sociology of Education 30(5), pp. 537-548. (10.1080/01425690903101031)
- Delamont, S. 2009. Familiar screams: a brief comment on “Field of screams”. Anthropology Matters 11(2), pp. 1-2.
2008
- Delamont, S. 2008. No such thing as a consensus: Olive Banks and the sociology of education. British Journal of Sociology of Education 29(4), pp. 391-402. (10.1080/01425690802160302)
- Delamont, S. and Stephens, N. J. 2008. Up on the roof: the embodied habitus of diasporic capoeira. Cultural Sociology 2(1), pp. 57-74. (10.1177/1749975507086274)
- Atkinson, P. A. and Delamont, S. eds. 2008. Gender and research. London: Sage.
- Atkinson, P. A., Delamont, S. and Housley, W. 2008. Contours of culture : complex ethnography and the ethnography of complexity. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press.
- Delamont, S. 2008. For lust of knowing—observation in educational ethnography. In: Walford, G. ed. How to do Educational Ethnography. Tufnell Press, pp. 39-56.
- Atkinson, P. A. and Delamont, S. eds. 2008. Representing ethnography: Reading, writing and rhetoric in qualitative research. 4 vols.. Sage benchmarks in social research methods. London: Sage.
2006
- Delamont, S. 2006. The smell of sweat and rum: teacher authority in capoeira classes. Ethnography and Education 1(2), pp. 161-175. (10.1080/17457820600715380)
- Stephens, N. J. and Delamont, S. 2006. Balancing the Berimbau: Embodied Ethnographic Understanding. Qualitative Inquiry 12(2), pp. 316-339. (10.1177/1077800405284370)
2003
- Atkinson, P. A., Coffey, A. J. and Delamont, S. 2003. Key themes in qualitative research: continuities and changes. Walnut Creek, CA, USA: AltaMira Press.
- Delamont, S. 2003. Feminist sociology. BSA New Horizons in Sociology. London: Sage.
2001
- Delamont, S., Atkinson, P., Coffey, A. and Burgess, R. 2001. An open exploratory spirit? Ethnography at Cardiff 1974 - 2001. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Delamont, S. and Atkinson, P. A. 2001. Doctoring uncertainty: mastering craft knowledge. Social Studies of Science 31(1), pp. 87-107. (10.1177/030631201031001005)
2000
- Delamont, S., Atkinson, P. A. and Odette, P. 2000. The doctoral experience: success and failure in graduate school. New York ; London: Falmer.
Addysgu
- Mediterranean Anthropology,
- Sociology of Education,
- Qualitative Methods,
- Gender,
- The Anthropology of Brazil.
- Sociology of Education - especially classroom interaction, school ethnography, higher education and gender;
- Sociology of the Professions including science;
- Qualitative Methods;
- Capoeira and Savate: habitus and embodiment.
Current Research
- The Habitus of Diasporic Capoeira: An Ethnography
