History

The network began operating from 2000 in Edinburgh after a founding  meeting in 1999 in Lathi. Geoff Troman, Bob Jeffrey and Francesca Gobbo  initiated this meeting in conjunction with members of the then newly  founded Nordic (nordforsk research network: ethnoped). Bob Jeffrey wrote the proposal that was presented to the Council and accepted later that year. Full details of the network history have been submitted to the  network history archives being assembled by Martin Lawn. The aims and focus of the network have changed only slightly since being  originally conceived. We have broadened slightly to include life-history  research for example and there has been some clarification of our  specific understanding of ethnography.