Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Books

Media, Interaction, Policy and Debate (with Fitzgerald, R.) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008

Contours of Culture: Complex Ethnography and the Ethnography of Complexity (with Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont) Alta Mira Press, 2008

"Atkinson, Delamont and Housley's richly detailed and elegantly written plea challenges ethnographers to overcome what they see as the fragmentation of qualitative research to interpret the complexities of ordered social life. The authors call for attention to talk; narrative; physical and material things; places; space and time; and the visual and sensory aspects of social life--not as separate analytic enterprises, but as a fully sustained engagement with and examination of everyday social life in a given social world." - Virginia Olesen, University of California, San Francisco

"This is a powerful book, compelling in detail, vision, and grasp of the contemporary landscape in ethnographic research. The authors steer the field back to foundational moorings, to the careful ethnographic study of the multiple forms of daily life, including discourse, social interaction, narratives, stories, places, and spaces. We've long needed a book like this. In its passionate call for a return to foundations, it represents cutting-edge new directions in qualitative inquiry." - Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois

"In Contours of Culture, Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, and William Housley provide a ringing defense of the traditions and justifications of classic ethnography. In their persuasive argument, even complex societies can be uncovered and interpreted through a realist perspective, recognizing the power of the involved and thoughtful observer. By examining discourse, narrative, objects, space, time, and sensory stimuli, the distinguished authors demonstrate that the complexity of social scenes deserves an ethnographic treatment of equal subtlety and depth." - Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern University

Interactionism, British Sociological Association, Millennial Series (with Paul Atkinson), London, Sage, 2003

Interaction in Multidisciplinary Teams, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2003

Language, Interaction and National Identity, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002

Peer Reviewed Papers

Omni-Relevance, Interaction and Context, Media International Australia, Vol.  (to be ascribed), Fitzgerald, R.  Housley, W.  and Butler, C.(2010)

Mundane Reason, Categorization Practices and the Ontology of Space and Place, submitted to Sociological Review, Housley, W and Smith, R. (2010)

Interaction, Discourse and Subjectivity, Subjectivity, Issue 26, Housley, W. (2009)

Visions of Wales: Visual Artists and Cultural Futures, Cultural Sociology, Vol. 3 (1), Housley, W.  (2009)

Membership Categorization, Culture and Norms-in-Action, Discourse and Society, Vol. 20 (3), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. (2009)

Brand, Identity or Citizenship? The case of post-devolution Wales, Contemporary Wales, Volume 22, Housley, W, Smith, R. and Moles, K. (2009)

Beyond the discursive: the case of social organisation. A reply to Edwards, Hepburn and Potter, Qualitative Research, Vol. 9 (1), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2009

Theorising the Democratic Gaze: Visitors' Experiences of the New Welsh Assembly, Sociology, Vo.42 (4), Housley, W. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008

Motives and Social Organisation: Sociological Amnesia, Psychological Description and the Analysis of Accounts, Qualitative Research Vol.8(2), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2008

Talkback, Community and the Public Sphere, Media International Australia, Special Issue on Talkback Radio in Australia. No.122,  Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. 2007

Categorisation, Interaction, Policy and Debate, Critical Discourse Studies,  Vol. 2 (1), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2007

Navigation, Interaction and Bridge Team Work, Sociological Review, Vol.54(2), Bailey, N. Blecher, P. and Housley, W.  2006

Wales, Artists, Narrative and Devolution, Contemporary Wales, Volume 16, Housley, W. 2006

Interactionism, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Elsevier, Housley, W. 2006

Wales, Identity and Cultural Modernisation, Contemporary Wales, Volume 15, Housley, W. 2006

Cultural Modernisation and Art in Wales, Welsh Journal of Education, Volume 13(2), Housley, W. 2005

Moral Discrepancy and Political Discourse: Accountability and the Allocation of Blame in a Political News Interview, Sociological Research Online, Volume 8(2), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2003

Identity, Categorisation and Sequential Organization, Discourse and Society, Volume 13(5), Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. 2002

The Reconsidered Model of Membership Categorisation Analysis,Qualitative Research, Vol.2(1), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2002

The Moral Discrepancy Device and ‘fudging the issue’ in a Political Radio News Interview, Sociology, Vol.34(3), Housley, W. 2002

Categorization, Narrative and Devolution in Wales, Sociological Research Online, Volume 6(2), Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2001 

Interaction in the Community Pharmacy Setting. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice  Vol. 9, John, N. and Housley, W.  2001 

Conversation Analysis, Reflexive Practice and Practitioner Based Research, Ethnographic Studies, Nos.5. Housley, W. and Fitzgerald, R. 2000 

Story, Narrative and Teamwork, The Sociological Review, Vol.48(3), Housley, W. 2000

Category Work and Knowledgeability within Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, TEXT, Vol.20(1), Housley, W. 2000

Role as an Interactional Device and Resource in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, Sociological Research Online, Vol.4(3), Housley, W. 1999

Book Chapters

Media, policy and interaction: introduction, (with R. Fitzgerald) in Media, Policy and Interaction (Eds. Richard Fitzgerald and William Housley) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2009

Membership category work in policy debate, (with R. Fitzgerald) in Media, Policy and Interaction (Eds. Richard Fitzgerald and William Housley) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2009

Generating News: Agenda Setting in Radio Broadcast News. In Marcel Burger (ed.), L'analyse linguistique des discours des médias : théories, méthodes et enjeux. Entre sciences du langage et sciences de la communication et des médias, Québec, Nota Bene. Fitzgerald, R, Jaworski A. and Housley W. 2007

Categorisation, Accounts and Motives: 'Letters-to-the-editor' and Devolution in Wales (with R.Fitzgerald) in Discourse, Identity and Devolution (Eds. Karyn Stapleton and John Wilson) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2006

Artists, Narrative, Wales and Devolution in Discourse, Identity and Devolution (Eds.Karyn Stapleton and John Wilson) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2006

Categorisation, Discourse and Devolution (with R.Fitzgerald) in Language, Interaction and National Identity (Eds. Stephen Hester and William Housley) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002

Ethnomethodology and National Identity (with S. Hester) in Language, Interaction and National Identity (Eds. Stephen Hester and William Housley) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002

Review Articles

Review Article: Global Complexity by John Urry. Time & Society, Vol. 12, No. 2-3, (2003)

Review Article: Doing Qualitative Research by David Silverman. Sociological Review.  Vol.50:1 (with Latimer, J.)  (2002)

Review Article: Hypercapitalism, New Media, Language and Social Perceptions by Phil Graham. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Vol.3:3 (2007)

Review Article: Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism by Larry T. Reynolds and Nancy J. Herman-Kinney. Qualitative Research, Vol. 8:2 (2008)