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Rwy'n Athro Cymdeithaseg yn Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol lle rwy'n dysgu ethnograffeg, cymdeithaseg drefol, theori rhyngweithiol, dulliau ymchwil ansoddol, ac ethnofethodoleg. Rwyf hefyd yn Athro Gwadd yn yr Ysgol Datblygu Dynol a Chymunedol, Prifysgol Witwatersrand.
Roeddwn i'n PI y DU ar brosiect rhyngwladol ORA7 "Visions of Policing" a ariennir gan ESRC. Gan weithio gyda chydweithwyr yng Nghanada, yr Almaen a Ffrainc, mae'r prosiect hwn yn ymchwilio i sut mae technolegau gweledol yn cynhyrchu ffurfiau sy'n dod i'r amlwg o oruchwyliaeth ac atebolrwydd yr heddlu mewn cyd-destunau cyhoeddus a chyfreithlon, yn ogystal â'u defnydd mewn hyfforddiant heddlu i gyflawni dealltwriaeth o 'ymddygiad swyddogion rhesymol'.
Yn fwy cyffredinol, mae fy ymchwil yn cael ei ddylanwadu gan waith Harold Garfinkel a Harvey Sacks ac mae wedi cynnwys: ethnograffeg o waith allgymorth trefol gyda'r digartref stryd; astudiaeth o resymu gwyddonol cymdeithasol a gweithdrefnau codio; ac astudiaethau o arferion rhyngweithio symudol a categoreiddio gofodol mewn beicio, cerdded a rhedeg. Yn fy amser hamdden, rwy'n dilyn rhai o'r diddordebau uchod trwy ethnomethodoleg barhaus o waith Achub Mynydd. Ac rwy'n, fel llawer o rai eraill, yn ceisio gweithio allan ffyrdd o ddisgrifio golygfeydd a gweithgareddau sy'n cynnwys robotiaid (cymdeithasol) a systemau "AI"/awtomataidd.
Rydw i bob amser yn hapus i siarad am unrhyw un o'r diddordebau uchod, ac rydw i ar gael i oruchwylio ymchwil doethurol mewn unrhyw faes sylweddol sy'n cynnwys ethnograffeg, astudiaethau fideo, ac EMCA.
Cyfrifoldebau cyfredol:
MSc Arweinydd Rhaglen Cymdeithaseg.
Cynullydd grŵp ymchwil Ethnomethodoleg, Rhyngweithio a Siarad Ethnograffeg Caerdydd (CEEIT).
Cynullydd Grŵp Ymchwil Ethnograffeg, Diwylliannol a Dadansoddi Dehongli Caerdydd.
Aelod o'r Bwrdd, Cymdeithas Ewropeaidd ar gyfer Astudio Rhyngweithio Symbolaidd.
Aelod cyfadran ac arweinydd academaidd Rhwydwaith Doethurol EMCA yng Nghymru
Aelod o Fwrdd GolygyddolDisgwrs, Cyd-destun, a'r Cyfryngau
Aelod o Fwrdd Golygyddol Qualitative Research
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- crossref, Housley, W. et al. 2026. New directions in membership categorisation analysis. Studies in Pragmatics Vol. 28Brill. (10.1163/9789004751095)
- Bassetti, C. et al., 2026. Simmel and ethnomethodology: foundational sociological issues from a nondualist perspective. American Sociologist (10.1007/s12108-026-09693-7)
- Mlynář, J. et al., 2026. “What the world is made up of”: The Chicago School’s alternates and laterals in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. American Sociologist 57 , pp.196-232. (10.1007/s12108-025-09659-1)
- Smith, R. J. 2026. Walking the line: search practices, environment, and the practice of care in mountain rescue work. In: Bates, C. and Jackson, E. eds. Walking: A Sociological Field Guide. Manchester: Manchester University Press. , pp.130-142. (10.7765/9781526184924.00021)
- Smith, R. , Smith, T. and Pehkonen, S. 2026. The senses-in-action: visual and haptic encounters with occasioned environments. In: Gibson, W. , Ruiz-Junco, N. and vom Lehn, D. eds. Sensing Life: the social organisation of the senses in interaction. Routledge(10.4324/9781003422471-9)
- Smith, R. 2026. Going non-categorial: the work of technically-accurate-category-neutral descriptions in responding to accusations. In: Fitzgerald, R. et al., New Directions in Membership Categorisation Analysis. BRILL. , pp.27-41.
2025
- Smith, R. 2025. Teaching ethnography. In: Foster, L. , Mason, W. and Nichols, K. eds. Teaching Research Methods in Sociology. Elgar Guides to Teaching Edward Elgar. , pp.129-144. (10.4337/9781035320226.00019)
- Smith, R. 2025. Categorizational asymmetries in context: Producing and resisting policeable scenes. Symbolic Interaction 48 (4), pp.657-680. (10.1002/symb.1246)
- Tam, C. L. and Smith, R. J. 2025. The (re)production, negotiation, and navigation of social asymmetries-in-action: an introduction to the special issue. Symbolic Interaction 48 (4), pp.517-533. (10.1002/symb.70029)
- Smith, R. 2025. Membership categorisation analysis. In: Carlin, A. et al., Routledge International Handbook of Ethnomethodology. Abingdon and New York: Routledge(10.4324/9780429323904-21)
- Au-Yeung, T. S. and Smith, R. 2025. ‘The video does look concerning, but it is only a snapshot’ Public accusations and counteraccusations of [racist] police conduct in the U.K.. In: Analysing Conversations in Forensic Settings. SpringerNature
2023
- Smith, R. et al. 2023. The coining of convivial public space: Homelessness, outreach work, and interaction order. Urban Planning 8 (4), pp.42-51. (10.17645/up.v8i4.6457)
- Smith, R. and Delamont, S. eds. 2023. Leaving the field: Methodological insights from ethnographic exits. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (10.7765/9781526157669)
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2023. Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta‐analysis and thematic synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 19 (2) e1329. (10.1002/cl2.1329)
2022
- Smith, R. 2022. Digital mobilities and digital society. In: Housley, W. et al., SAGE Handbook of Digital Society. London: SAGE. , pp.55-72.
- Smith, R. 2022. Fieldwork, participation, and unique-adequacy-in-action. Qualitative Research (10.1177/14687941221132955)
- Smith, R. J. , Atkinson, P. and Evans, R. 2022. Situating stigma: Accounting for deviancy, difference, and categorial relations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 28 (5), pp.890-896. (10.1111/jep.13749)
- Smith, R. J. 2022. Interaction in public places. In: Jacobsen, M. H. and Smith, G. eds. The Routledge International Handbook of Goffman Studies. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. , pp.97-107. (10.4324/9781003160861-10)
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2022. PROTOCOL: Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta-analysis and thematic synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 18 (1) e1220. (10.1002/cl2.1220)
- Pehkonen, S. , Smith, T. A. and Smith, R. J. 2022. Maps, mobility, and perspective: remarks on map use in producing an orienteering course. Mobilities 17 (1), pp.152-178. (10.1080/17450101.2021.1953945)
2021
- Smith, R. 2021. Space, mobility, and interaction. In: Vom Lehn, D. , Ruiz-Junco, N. and Gibson, W. eds. The Routledge International Handbook of Interactionism. Routledge International Handbooks Abingdon and New York: Routledge
- Jimenez, P. and Smith, R. 2021. Accomplishing the categorial landscape of the classroom: the case of group singing. Ethnographic Studies 18 , pp.173-194. (10.5281/zenodo.5805434)
- Smith, R. J. 2021. Categorisation practices, instructed actions, and teamwork as occasioned phenomena: structuring the ‘carry off’ in mountain rescue work. In: Cekaite, A. et al., Human‐Assisted Mobility in Social Interaction. Gesprächsforschung Online‐Zeitschrift zur verbalen Interaktion
2020
- Smith, R. , Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. eds. 2020. On Sacks: methdology, materials, and inspirations. Routledge.
- Smith, R. J. 2020. Categorisation practices, place, and perception: doing incongruities and the commonplace scene as ‘assembled activity’. In: Smith, R. J. , Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. eds. On Sacks: Methdology, Materials, and Inspirations. Directions in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Routledge. , pp.182-194.
- Stanley, S. et al. 2020. Making something out of nothing: breaching everyday life by standing still in a public place. The Sociological Review 68 (6), pp.1250-1272. (10.1177/0038026120940616)
- Smith, R. 2020. Seeing the trouble: a mountain rescue training scenario in its circumstantial and situated detail in three frames. Ethnographic Studies 17 , pp.41-59. (10.5281/zenodo.4050536)
- Smith, R. J. et al. 2020. Ethnography and the new normal. Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa 2020 (2), pp.195-205. (10.3240/97805)
2019
- Ablitt, J. and Smith, R. J. 2019. Working out Douglas’ aphorism: discarded objects, categorisation practices, and moral inquiries. The Sociological Review 67 (4), pp.866-885. (10.1177/0038026119854271)
- Smith, R. 2019. Visually available order, categorisation practices, and perception-in-action: a running commentary. Visual Studies 34 (1), pp.28-40. (10.1080/1472586X.2019.1622445)
- 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. 2019. Remarks from a lost engagement with the engaging ordinariness of parkour. In: Smith, R. J. and Delamont, S. eds. The Lost Ethnographies: Methodological Insights from Projects that Never Were. Vol. 17, Studies in Qualitative Methodology Emerald Publishing Limited. , pp.31-45.
- Smith, R. J. and Delamont, S. 2019. Editorial introduction. In: The Lost Ethnographies: Methodological Insights from Projects that Never Were. Vol. 17, Translated from the original by R. J. Smith and S. Delamont Studies in Qualitative Methodology Emerald Publishing Limited. , pp.1-15.
- Delamont, S. et al. 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
- Smith, R. 2018. The lessons to be learned from a(Re)introduction to covert research: Ethics beyond informed consent [Book Review] Covert research: The art, politics and ethics of undercover fieldwork By David Calvey (SAGE, 2017)[Book Review]. Symbolic Interaction 41 (4), pp.571-573. (10.1002/SYMB.362)
- Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. 2018. Everyday territories: homelessness, outreach work and city space. British Journal of Sociology 69 (2), pp.372-390. (10.1111/1468-4446.12280)
- Smith, R. J. 2018. Doing it tidy: the open exploratory spirit and methodological engagement in recent Cardiff ethnographies. In: Delamont, S. ed. An Open Exploratory Spirit? The Cardiff School of Ethnography 1974-2017. Cardiff University. , pp.50-60.
2017
- Housley, W. et al. 2017. Qualitative methods and data in digital societies. Qualitative Research 17 (6), pp.607-609. (10.1177/1468794117730936)
- Smith, R. J. 2017. Membership categorisation, category-relevant spaces, and perception-in-action: the case of disputes between cyclists and drivers. Journal of Pragmatics 118 , pp.120-133. (10.1016/j.pragma.2017.05.007)
- Smith, R. J. 2017. The practical organisation of space, interaction, and communication in and as the work of crossing a shared space intersection. Sociologica 2017 (2)(10.2383/88200)
- Smith, R. 2017. Evrick Brown and Timothy Shortell (eds) (2016). Walking in Cities: Quotidian Mobility as Urban Theory, Method, and Practice. Philadelphia: Temple University Press [Book Review]. Urbanities - Journal of Urban Ethnography 7 (1), pp.140-143.
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2017. Interactionism and digital society. Qualitative Research 17 (2), pp.187-201. (10.1177/1468794116685142)
- Hall, T. and Smith, R. J. 2017. Seeing the need: urban outreach as sensory walking. In: Bates, C. and Rhys-Taylor, A. eds. Walking Through Social Research. New York: Routledge. , pp.39-53. (10.4324/9781315561547-4)
2016
- Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. 2016. Mobilities at work: care, repair, movement and a fourfold typology. Applied Mobilities 1 (2), pp.147-160. (10.1080/23800127.2016.1246897)
- Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. 2016. Pedestrian circulations: Urban ethnography, the mobilities paradigm and outreach work. Mobilities 11 (4), pp.498-508. (10.1080/17450101.2016.1211819)
- Wood, L. A. , Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. A. 2016. Work on the move: editors' introduction to the special issue. Applied Mobilities 1 (2), pp.139-146. (10.1080/23800127.2016.1250371)
- Smith, R. 2016. Book review: Dirk Vom Lehn, Harold Garfinkel: the creation and development of ethnomethodology. Qualitative Research 16 (3), pp.348-349. (10.1177/1468794115571435)
2015
- Smith, R. and Atkinson, P. 2015. Method and measurement in sociology, fifty years on. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 19 (1), pp.99-110. (10.1080/13645579.2015.1068010)
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. 2015. Membership categorisation and methodological reasoning in research team interaction. In: Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. eds. Advances in Membership Categorisation Analysis. SAGE
- Smith, R. 2015. Book review: Peter Tolmie and Mark Rouncefield (eds), Ethnomethodology at Play R Smith. Qualitative Research 15 (2), pp.269-270. (10.1177/1468794114535039)
- Hall, T. A. and Smith, R. J. 2015. Care and repair and the politics of urban kindness. Sociology 49 (1), pp.3-18. (10.1177/0038038514546662)
- Housley, W. et al. 2015. Editorial. Qualitative Research 15 (1), pp.3-3. (10.1177/1468794114567381)
2014
- Taylor, S. and Smith, R. J. 2014. The ethics of interviewing for discourse analysis: responses to Martyn Hammersley. Qualitative Research 14 (5), pp.542-548. (10.1177/1468794113503742)
- Hall, T. and Smith, R. J. 2014. Knowing the city: maps, mobility and urban outreach work. Qualitative Research 14 (3), pp.294-310. (10.1177/1468794112469623)
- Smith, R. J. 2014. Missed miracles and mystical connections: Qualitative research, digital social science and big data. In: Hand, M. and Hillyard, S. eds. Big Data? Qualitative Approaches to Digital Research. Vol. 13, Studies in Qualitative Methodology Emerald Group Publishing Limited. , pp.181-204. (10.1108/S1042-319220140000013011)
2013
- Smith, R. J. and Hetherington, K. eds. 2013. Urban rhythms: mobilities, space and interaction in the contemporary city. Sociological Review Monographs Chichester: Wiley.
- Hall, T. A. and Smith, R. J. 2013. Stop and Go: A Field Study of Pedestrian Practice, Immobility and Urban Outreach Work. Mobilities 8 (2), pp.272-292. (10.1080/17450101.2012.659470)
- Maynard, T. et al., 2013. Evaluating the Foundation Phase: policy logic model and programme theory. Project Report.[Online].Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/130318-evaluating-foundation-phase-policy-logic-model-programme-theory-en.pdf.
- Smith, R. 2013. Book review: Sarah Pink, situating everyday life: practices and places. Qualitative Research 13 (5), pp.628-630.
- Smith, R. J. 2013. Accounting for the landscape of regeneration: Spatial membership, categorization practices, and the moral order of commonsense topographies. Space and Culture 16 (1), pp.43-59. (10.1177/1206331212451668)
- Smith, R. J. 2013. Symbolic interaction. In: McIntosh, S. et al., Key Concepts in Nursing and Healthcare Research.. SAGE. , pp.125-130.
- Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. A. 2013. No time out: mobility, rhythmicity and urban patrol in the twenty-four hour city. The Sociological Review 61 (S1), pp.89-108. (10.1111/1467-954X.12055)
2012
- Smith, R. 2012. Personal troubles and public Issues on the streets of Las Vegas: Homeless in Las Vegas: Stories From the Street By Kurt Borchard Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 2011 [Book Review]. Symbolic Interaction 35 (4), pp.510-512. (10.1002/symb.37)
- Smith, R. J. 2012. How far does mobility get us?. Sociology 46 (3), pp.555-561. (10.1177/0038038511419181)
2011
- Hall, T. A. and Smith, R. J. 2011. Walking, welfare and the good city. Anthropology in Action 18 (3), pp.33-44. (10.3167/aia.2011.180304)
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2011. Telling the CAQDAS code: Membership categorization and the accomplishment of ‘coding rules’ in research team talk. Discourse Studies 13 (4), pp.417-434. (10.1177/1461445611403258)
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2011. Mundane reason, membership categorization practices and the everyday ontology of space and place in interview talk. Qualitative Research 11 (6), pp.698-715. (10.1177/1468794111415960)
- Smith, R. J. 2011. Goffman's interaction order at the margins: stigma, role, and normalization in the outreach encounter. Symbolic Interaction 34 (3), pp.357-376. (10.1525/si.2011.34.3.357)
- Smith, R. J. , Heley, J. and Stafford, I. 2011. Woolworths and Wales: a multi-dimensional analysis of the loss of a local brand. Sociological Research Online 16 (1) 10. (10.5153/sro.2284)
2010
- Delamont, S. et al. 2010. Review symposium: Martyn Hammersley, Questioning Qualitative Inquiry. Qualitative Research 10 (6), pp.749-758. (10.1177/1468794110380578)
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2010. Innovation and reduction in contemporary qualitative methods: the case of conceptual coupling, activity-type pairs and auto-ethnography. Sociological Research Online 15 (4) 9. (10.5153/sro.2216)
- Smith, R. 2010. Whose method is it anyway? Researching space, setting, and practice. Cardiff University Working Paper Series 135 , pp.1-9.
- Smith, R. J. 2010. SALLY CAMPBELL GALMAN, Shane, The Lone Ethnographer: A Beginner’s Guide to Ethnography. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2007. 181 pp. ISBN 9780759103443 (pbk) £17.99 [Book review]. Qualitative Research 10 (2), pp.275-276. (10.1177/14687941100100020902)
2009
- Housley, W. , Moles, K. and Smith, R. 2009. Identity, brand or citizenship: the case of post-devolution Wales. Contemporary Wales 22 (1), pp.196-210.
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2009. Mundane reason and the politics of space. Presented at: Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference Manchester, UK August 2009.
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2009. Mundane reason, ontology and the politics of space. Presented at: Sociological Review Conference- The Politics of Imagination Stratford, UK May 2009.
- Smith, R. 2009. Outreach as sense walking. Presented at: Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference Manchester, UK August 2009.
- Smith, R. 2009. The negotiation of a pastless place. Presented at: British Sociological Association Annual Conference Cardiff, UK April 2009.
Articles
- Bassetti, C. et al., 2026. Simmel and ethnomethodology: foundational sociological issues from a nondualist perspective. American Sociologist (10.1007/s12108-026-09693-7)
- Mlynář, J. et al., 2026. “What the world is made up of”: The Chicago School’s alternates and laterals in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. American Sociologist 57 , pp.196-232. (10.1007/s12108-025-09659-1)
- Smith, R. 2025. Categorizational asymmetries in context: Producing and resisting policeable scenes. Symbolic Interaction 48 (4), pp.657-680. (10.1002/symb.1246)
- Tam, C. L. and Smith, R. J. 2025. The (re)production, negotiation, and navigation of social asymmetries-in-action: an introduction to the special issue. Symbolic Interaction 48 (4), pp.517-533. (10.1002/symb.70029)
- Smith, R. et al. 2023. The coining of convivial public space: Homelessness, outreach work, and interaction order. Urban Planning 8 (4), pp.42-51. (10.17645/up.v8i4.6457)
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2023. Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta‐analysis and thematic synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 19 (2) e1329. (10.1002/cl2.1329)
- Smith, R. 2022. Fieldwork, participation, and unique-adequacy-in-action. Qualitative Research (10.1177/14687941221132955)
- Smith, R. J. , Atkinson, P. and Evans, R. 2022. Situating stigma: Accounting for deviancy, difference, and categorial relations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 28 (5), pp.890-896. (10.1111/jep.13749)
- Weightman, A. L. et al. 2022. PROTOCOL: Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta-analysis and thematic synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews 18 (1) e1220. (10.1002/cl2.1220)
- Pehkonen, S. , Smith, T. A. and Smith, R. J. 2022. Maps, mobility, and perspective: remarks on map use in producing an orienteering course. Mobilities 17 (1), pp.152-178. (10.1080/17450101.2021.1953945)
- Jimenez, P. and Smith, R. 2021. Accomplishing the categorial landscape of the classroom: the case of group singing. Ethnographic Studies 18 , pp.173-194. (10.5281/zenodo.5805434)
- Stanley, S. et al. 2020. Making something out of nothing: breaching everyday life by standing still in a public place. The Sociological Review 68 (6), pp.1250-1272. (10.1177/0038026120940616)
- Smith, R. 2020. Seeing the trouble: a mountain rescue training scenario in its circumstantial and situated detail in three frames. Ethnographic Studies 17 , pp.41-59. (10.5281/zenodo.4050536)
- Smith, R. J. et al. 2020. Ethnography and the new normal. Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa 2020 (2), pp.195-205. (10.3240/97805)
- Ablitt, J. and Smith, R. J. 2019. Working out Douglas’ aphorism: discarded objects, categorisation practices, and moral inquiries. The Sociological Review 67 (4), pp.866-885. (10.1177/0038026119854271)
- Smith, R. 2019. Visually available order, categorisation practices, and perception-in-action: a running commentary. Visual Studies 34 (1), pp.28-40. (10.1080/1472586X.2019.1622445)
- Smith, R. 2018. The lessons to be learned from a(Re)introduction to covert research: Ethics beyond informed consent [Book Review] Covert research: The art, politics and ethics of undercover fieldwork By David Calvey (SAGE, 2017)[Book Review]. Symbolic Interaction 41 (4), pp.571-573. (10.1002/SYMB.362)
- Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. 2018. Everyday territories: homelessness, outreach work and city space. British Journal of Sociology 69 (2), pp.372-390. (10.1111/1468-4446.12280)
- Housley, W. et al. 2017. Qualitative methods and data in digital societies. Qualitative Research 17 (6), pp.607-609. (10.1177/1468794117730936)
- Smith, R. J. 2017. Membership categorisation, category-relevant spaces, and perception-in-action: the case of disputes between cyclists and drivers. Journal of Pragmatics 118 , pp.120-133. (10.1016/j.pragma.2017.05.007)
- Smith, R. J. 2017. The practical organisation of space, interaction, and communication in and as the work of crossing a shared space intersection. Sociologica 2017 (2)(10.2383/88200)
- Smith, R. 2017. Evrick Brown and Timothy Shortell (eds) (2016). Walking in Cities: Quotidian Mobility as Urban Theory, Method, and Practice. Philadelphia: Temple University Press [Book Review]. Urbanities - Journal of Urban Ethnography 7 (1), pp.140-143.
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2017. Interactionism and digital society. Qualitative Research 17 (2), pp.187-201. (10.1177/1468794116685142)
- Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. 2016. Mobilities at work: care, repair, movement and a fourfold typology. Applied Mobilities 1 (2), pp.147-160. (10.1080/23800127.2016.1246897)
- Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. 2016. Pedestrian circulations: Urban ethnography, the mobilities paradigm and outreach work. Mobilities 11 (4), pp.498-508. (10.1080/17450101.2016.1211819)
- Wood, L. A. , Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. A. 2016. Work on the move: editors' introduction to the special issue. Applied Mobilities 1 (2), pp.139-146. (10.1080/23800127.2016.1250371)
- Smith, R. 2016. Book review: Dirk Vom Lehn, Harold Garfinkel: the creation and development of ethnomethodology. Qualitative Research 16 (3), pp.348-349. (10.1177/1468794115571435)
- Smith, R. and Atkinson, P. 2015. Method and measurement in sociology, fifty years on. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 19 (1), pp.99-110. (10.1080/13645579.2015.1068010)
- Smith, R. 2015. Book review: Peter Tolmie and Mark Rouncefield (eds), Ethnomethodology at Play R Smith. Qualitative Research 15 (2), pp.269-270. (10.1177/1468794114535039)
- Hall, T. A. and Smith, R. J. 2015. Care and repair and the politics of urban kindness. Sociology 49 (1), pp.3-18. (10.1177/0038038514546662)
- Housley, W. et al. 2015. Editorial. Qualitative Research 15 (1), pp.3-3. (10.1177/1468794114567381)
- Taylor, S. and Smith, R. J. 2014. The ethics of interviewing for discourse analysis: responses to Martyn Hammersley. Qualitative Research 14 (5), pp.542-548. (10.1177/1468794113503742)
- Hall, T. and Smith, R. J. 2014. Knowing the city: maps, mobility and urban outreach work. Qualitative Research 14 (3), pp.294-310. (10.1177/1468794112469623)
- Hall, T. A. and Smith, R. J. 2013. Stop and Go: A Field Study of Pedestrian Practice, Immobility and Urban Outreach Work. Mobilities 8 (2), pp.272-292. (10.1080/17450101.2012.659470)
- Smith, R. 2013. Book review: Sarah Pink, situating everyday life: practices and places. Qualitative Research 13 (5), pp.628-630.
- Smith, R. J. 2013. Accounting for the landscape of regeneration: Spatial membership, categorization practices, and the moral order of commonsense topographies. Space and Culture 16 (1), pp.43-59. (10.1177/1206331212451668)
- Smith, R. J. and Hall, T. A. 2013. No time out: mobility, rhythmicity and urban patrol in the twenty-four hour city. The Sociological Review 61 (S1), pp.89-108. (10.1111/1467-954X.12055)
- Smith, R. 2012. Personal troubles and public Issues on the streets of Las Vegas: Homeless in Las Vegas: Stories From the Street By Kurt Borchard Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 2011 [Book Review]. Symbolic Interaction 35 (4), pp.510-512. (10.1002/symb.37)
- Smith, R. J. 2012. How far does mobility get us?. Sociology 46 (3), pp.555-561. (10.1177/0038038511419181)
- Hall, T. A. and Smith, R. J. 2011. Walking, welfare and the good city. Anthropology in Action 18 (3), pp.33-44. (10.3167/aia.2011.180304)
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2011. Telling the CAQDAS code: Membership categorization and the accomplishment of ‘coding rules’ in research team talk. Discourse Studies 13 (4), pp.417-434. (10.1177/1461445611403258)
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2011. Mundane reason, membership categorization practices and the everyday ontology of space and place in interview talk. Qualitative Research 11 (6), pp.698-715. (10.1177/1468794111415960)
- Smith, R. J. 2011. Goffman's interaction order at the margins: stigma, role, and normalization in the outreach encounter. Symbolic Interaction 34 (3), pp.357-376. (10.1525/si.2011.34.3.357)
- Smith, R. J. , Heley, J. and Stafford, I. 2011. Woolworths and Wales: a multi-dimensional analysis of the loss of a local brand. Sociological Research Online 16 (1) 10. (10.5153/sro.2284)
- Delamont, S. et al. 2010. Review symposium: Martyn Hammersley, Questioning Qualitative Inquiry. Qualitative Research 10 (6), pp.749-758. (10.1177/1468794110380578)
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2010. Innovation and reduction in contemporary qualitative methods: the case of conceptual coupling, activity-type pairs and auto-ethnography. Sociological Research Online 15 (4) 9. (10.5153/sro.2216)
- Smith, R. 2010. Whose method is it anyway? Researching space, setting, and practice. Cardiff University Working Paper Series 135 , pp.1-9.
- Smith, R. J. 2010. SALLY CAMPBELL GALMAN, Shane, The Lone Ethnographer: A Beginner’s Guide to Ethnography. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2007. 181 pp. ISBN 9780759103443 (pbk) £17.99 [Book review]. Qualitative Research 10 (2), pp.275-276. (10.1177/14687941100100020902)
- Housley, W. , Moles, K. and Smith, R. 2009. Identity, brand or citizenship: the case of post-devolution Wales. Contemporary Wales 22 (1), pp.196-210.
Book sections
- Smith, R. J. 2026. Walking the line: search practices, environment, and the practice of care in mountain rescue work. In: Bates, C. and Jackson, E. eds. Walking: A Sociological Field Guide. Manchester: Manchester University Press. , pp.130-142. (10.7765/9781526184924.00021)
- Smith, R. , Smith, T. and Pehkonen, S. 2026. The senses-in-action: visual and haptic encounters with occasioned environments. In: Gibson, W. , Ruiz-Junco, N. and vom Lehn, D. eds. Sensing Life: the social organisation of the senses in interaction. Routledge(10.4324/9781003422471-9)
- Smith, R. 2026. Going non-categorial: the work of technically-accurate-category-neutral descriptions in responding to accusations. In: Fitzgerald, R. et al., New Directions in Membership Categorisation Analysis. BRILL. , pp.27-41.
- Smith, R. 2025. Teaching ethnography. In: Foster, L. , Mason, W. and Nichols, K. eds. Teaching Research Methods in Sociology. Elgar Guides to Teaching Edward Elgar. , pp.129-144. (10.4337/9781035320226.00019)
- Smith, R. 2025. Membership categorisation analysis. In: Carlin, A. et al., Routledge International Handbook of Ethnomethodology. Abingdon and New York: Routledge(10.4324/9780429323904-21)
- Au-Yeung, T. S. and Smith, R. 2025. ‘The video does look concerning, but it is only a snapshot’ Public accusations and counteraccusations of [racist] police conduct in the U.K.. In: Analysing Conversations in Forensic Settings. SpringerNature
- Smith, R. 2022. Digital mobilities and digital society. In: Housley, W. et al., SAGE Handbook of Digital Society. London: SAGE. , pp.55-72.
- Smith, R. J. 2022. Interaction in public places. In: Jacobsen, M. H. and Smith, G. eds. The Routledge International Handbook of Goffman Studies. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. , pp.97-107. (10.4324/9781003160861-10)
- Smith, R. 2021. Space, mobility, and interaction. In: Vom Lehn, D. , Ruiz-Junco, N. and Gibson, W. eds. The Routledge International Handbook of Interactionism. Routledge International Handbooks Abingdon and New York: Routledge
- Smith, R. J. 2021. Categorisation practices, instructed actions, and teamwork as occasioned phenomena: structuring the ‘carry off’ in mountain rescue work. In: Cekaite, A. et al., Human‐Assisted Mobility in Social Interaction. Gesprächsforschung Online‐Zeitschrift zur verbalen Interaktion
- Smith, R. J. 2020. Categorisation practices, place, and perception: doing incongruities and the commonplace scene as ‘assembled activity’. In: Smith, R. J. , Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. eds. On Sacks: Methdology, Materials, and Inspirations. Directions in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Routledge. , pp.182-194.
- Smith, R. 2019. Remarks from a lost engagement with the engaging ordinariness of parkour. In: Smith, R. J. and Delamont, S. eds. The Lost Ethnographies: Methodological Insights from Projects that Never Were. Vol. 17, Studies in Qualitative Methodology Emerald Publishing Limited. , pp.31-45.
- Smith, R. J. and Delamont, S. 2019. Editorial introduction. In: The Lost Ethnographies: Methodological Insights from Projects that Never Were. Vol. 17, Translated from the original by R. J. Smith and S. Delamont Studies in Qualitative Methodology Emerald Publishing Limited. , pp.1-15.
- Smith, R. J. 2018. Doing it tidy: the open exploratory spirit and methodological engagement in recent Cardiff ethnographies. In: Delamont, S. ed. An Open Exploratory Spirit? The Cardiff School of Ethnography 1974-2017. Cardiff University. , pp.50-60.
- Hall, T. and Smith, R. J. 2017. Seeing the need: urban outreach as sensory walking. In: Bates, C. and Rhys-Taylor, A. eds. Walking Through Social Research. New York: Routledge. , pp.39-53. (10.4324/9781315561547-4)
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. 2015. Membership categorisation and methodological reasoning in research team interaction. In: Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. eds. Advances in Membership Categorisation Analysis. SAGE
- Smith, R. J. 2014. Missed miracles and mystical connections: Qualitative research, digital social science and big data. In: Hand, M. and Hillyard, S. eds. Big Data? Qualitative Approaches to Digital Research. Vol. 13, Studies in Qualitative Methodology Emerald Group Publishing Limited. , pp.181-204. (10.1108/S1042-319220140000013011)
- Smith, R. J. 2013. Symbolic interaction. In: McIntosh, S. et al., Key Concepts in Nursing and Healthcare Research.. SAGE. , pp.125-130.
Books
- crossref, Housley, W. et al. 2026. New directions in membership categorisation analysis. Studies in Pragmatics Vol. 28Brill. (10.1163/9789004751095)
- Smith, R. and Delamont, S. eds. 2023. Leaving the field: Methodological insights from ethnographic exits. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (10.7765/9781526157669)
- Smith, R. , Fitzgerald, R. and Housley, W. eds. 2020. On Sacks: methdology, materials, and inspirations. Routledge.
- 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 Hetherington, K. eds. 2013. Urban rhythms: mobilities, space and interaction in the contemporary city. Sociological Review Monographs Chichester: Wiley.
Conferences
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2009. Mundane reason and the politics of space. Presented at: Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference Manchester, UK August 2009.
- Housley, W. and Smith, R. J. 2009. Mundane reason, ontology and the politics of space. Presented at: Sociological Review Conference- The Politics of Imagination Stratford, UK May 2009.
- Smith, R. 2009. Outreach as sense walking. Presented at: Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference Manchester, UK August 2009.
- Smith, R. 2009. The negotiation of a pastless place. Presented at: British Sociological Association Annual Conference Cardiff, UK April 2009.
Monographs
- Delamont, S. et al. 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.
- Maynard, T. et al., 2013. Evaluating the Foundation Phase: policy logic model and programme theory. Project Report.[Online].Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/130318-evaluating-foundation-phase-policy-logic-model-programme-theory-en.pdf.
Ymchwil
Rwy'n un o sylfaenwyr grŵp ymchwil Rhyngweithio a Sgwrs Ethnograffeg Ethnomethodoleg Caerdydd (CEEIT) lle rydym yn cyfarfod yn rheolaidd i geisio gweithio allan rhai "problemau anghyffredin".
Fi oedd PI y DU ar gyfer prosiect rhyngwladol ORA7 gwerth £1.7m "Visions of Policing". Gan weithio gyda chydweithwyr yng Nghanada, yr Almaen a Ffrainc, mae prosiect ESRC y DU yn ymchwilio i sut mae technolegau gweledol yn cynhyrchu ffurfiau sy'n dod i'r amlwg o oruchwyliaeth ac atebolrwydd yr heddlu mewn cyd-destunau cyhoeddus, cyfryngau cymdeithasol a chyfreithiol, yn ogystal â'u defnydd mewn hyfforddiant heddlu i gyflawni dealltwriaeth o 'ymddygiad swyddogion rhesymol'. Bydd y prosiect yn rhedeg tan fis Mai 2026. (ES/X010775/1)
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2726885-impact-of-visual-technologies-on-policing-subject-of-new-research
Rwy'n bartner prosiect ac ar y paneli cynghori ar gyfer dau brosiect:
- Gardd y Galar: Cymunedau galar ar sail lleoliad a gweithgareddau ar gyfer dynion 50+ oed (Prifysgol Copenhagen - PI Yr Athro Brian Due) https://circd.ku.dk/research/projects/the-garden-of-grief/
- Tuag at Newid Trawsnewidiol: Rhymegol Arferion Trafnidiaeth Gyhoeddus (Prifysgol Aalborg - PI Dr Laura Bang Lindegaard) https://vbn.aau.dk/en/projects/towards-transformative-change-rationalities-of-public-transport-p/
Yn fy amser hamdden, rwy'n cynnal astudiaeth heb ei ariannu o waith tîm Achub Mynydd . Ar ôl ymuno â MRT Central Beacons yn 2017, rwy'n gweithio ar gynhyrchu disgrifiadau ethnomethodolegol o'u harferion sy'n benodol i'r safle gwaith.
Rwyf wedi cynnal ystod o astudiaethau heb eu hariannu - gan ddefnyddio data fideo hunan-gynhyrchu a deunyddiau cyfryngau cymdeithasol - ar ryngweithio a symudedd mewn gofod cyhoeddus. Mae'r astudiaethau hyn wedi bod yn sail i nifer o gyhoeddiadau, ac yn sefydlu diddordeb parhaus mewn trefnu lleoliadau cyhoeddus trefol. Yn fwyaf diweddar, mae hyn wedi cynnwys cydweithio â chydweithwyr yn y DU, Sgandinafia, a Hong Kong i ddadansoddi llety ymarferol robotiaid a 'AI ymgorfforedig' o fewn trefn foesol gofod cyhoeddus.
Cyn hynny, roeddwn yn gydymaith ymchwil ar brosiect WISERD "Urban Patrols" a ariennir gan ESRC (2010-2014). Roedd y prosiect yn ethnograffig o ran cymeriad a ffocws ac yn disgrifio arferion symudedd amrywiaeth o "waith traed" gan gynnwys criwiau glanhau'r cyngor, Swyddogion Cymorth Cymunedol yr Heddlu, ac, yn bennaf, gweithwyr allgymorth sy'n rhoi 'cymorth cyntaf' (o wahanol fath) i'r digartref stryd, ble bynnag y maent yn eu cyfrif.
Geiriau allweddol: rhyngweithiaeth; ethnofethodoleg; dadansoddiad sgwrs; dadansoddiad categoreiddio aelodaeth; symudedd, gofod cyhoeddus; rhesymu; canfyddiad; Methodograffeg
Addysgu
Gweithiais fel Cyfarwyddwr Astudiaethau Israddedigion ar gyfer Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol rhwng 2020 a 2024.
Rwyf wedi dysgu ac addysgu ar ystod o fodiwlau israddedig gan gynnwys Cyflwyniad i Gymdeithaseg (B1), Syniadau Allweddol (B1), Cyflwyniad i Ddulliau Ymchwil y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol (B1), Ethnograffeg a Bywyd Bob Dydd (B2), Cymdeithaseg Stigma (Bl3), Cymdeithaseg ar y Symud (B3), Theori Fyw (Y3), Cymdeithaseg ar y Symud (B3), Theori Fyw (Y3), Cymdeithaseg Trychinebau (Bl3). Fe wnes i ddylunio a chynnull cwrs ar Ethnomethodology (B3). Rwyf hefyd yn addysgu myfyrwyr TT ychydig am EMCA fel rhan o'r cwrs MSc Dulliau Ymchwil y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol.
Y tu allan i Gaerdydd rwy'n cyfrannu at gyrsiau NCRM ar Ddadansoddi Ethnomethodology a Dadansoddi Sgyrsiau a Dadansoddi Categoreiddio Aelodaeth (edrychwch ar wefan NCRM am fanylion).
Bywgraffiad
Apwyntiadau
Yn bresennol:
Athro Cymdeithaseg, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Athro Gwadd, Prifysgol Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, De Affrica
Blaenorol:
2022-2024: Darllenydd mewn Cymdeithaseg, Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2017-2022: Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Cymdeithaseg, Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2012-2017: Darlithydd mewn Cymdeithaseg, Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2009-2012: Cynorthwy-ydd Ymchwil (Sefydliad Ymchwil a Data Economaidd Gymdeithasol Cymru, Prifysgol Caerdydd)
Cymwysterau
Tystysgrif Ôl-raddedig 2015 mewn Addysgu a Dysgu Prifysgolion (Prifysgol Caerdydd )
2010 PhD Cymdeithaseg (Prifysgol Caerdydd, Ysgoloriaeth Gwobr Cwota ESRC 1+3)
2005 MSc Dulliau Ymchwil y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol (Prifysgol Caerdydd)
2004 BSc/Econ (Anrh.) Cymdeithaseg a Throseddeg (Prifysgol Caerdydd)
Swyddi allanol
Ysgolhaig Gwadd Nodedig, Prifysgol Macau, Gwanwyn 2026
Cymrodoriaeth Ymweld, "Prosiect GenZ", Prifysgol Oulu, Gwanwyn 2023
Cymrawd Gwadd Eithriadol, CeMoRe, Prifysgol Caerhirfryn, Gwanwyn 2016
Ysgolhaig Gwadd, Prifysgol y Ddinas Efrog Newydd, Canolfan Graddedigion
Darlithydd Visiting, Prifysgol Normal Beijing
Cymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
Mae ein herthygl, ""What the world is made up of": The Chicago School's alternates and laterals in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis" yn American Sociologist, wedi derbyn Gwobr Goffa Melyvn Pollner Adran EMCA 2026 Cymdeithas Gymdeithasol America mewn Ethnomethodoleg.
Enwebwyd fy llyfr (wedi'i olygu ar y cyd â Richard Fitzgerald a William Housley), On Sacks: Methods, Materials, and Inspirations ar gyfer Gwobr Llyfr Nodedig EMCA Cymdeithas Gymdeithasol America 2021.
Enwebwyd erthygl (ar y cyd â Tom Hall), 'Care and repair and the politics of urban kindness' ar gyfer Gwobr SAGE 2015 am Ragoriaeth a/neu Arloesi.
Ailadrodd enwebiadau ar gyfer sawl Gwobr Bywyd Myfyrwyr Cyfoethogi "Aelod mwyaf dyrchafol o staff"; "Goruchwyliwr Doethurol Rhagorol"; "Y defnydd mwyaf rhagorol o'r amgylchedd dysgu"
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Aelodaeth
- Cymdeithas Gymdeithasol Prydain
- Cymdeithas Gymdeithasol Ryngwladol
- Cymdeithas Gymdeithasol America
- Academi Addysg Uwch
Cysylltiadau
- Rhwydwaith MOBSIN (Symudedd mewn Rhyngweithio Cymdeithasol)
- IEMCA (Sefydliad Rhyngwladol Ethnomethodoleg a Dadansoddi Sgwrs)
- Canolfan Ymchwil Symudedd (CeMoRe)
- ANNSoR (Rhwydwaith Eingl-Nordig; aelod sefydlu)
- Grŵp Ymchwil Gofod Cyhoeddus (Prifysgol y Ddinas, Efrog Newydd)
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn goruchwylio prosiectau doethurol sy'n ymwneud â:
- Rhyngweithio mewn man cyhoeddus
- Arferion symudedd a golygfeydd symudol
- Ethnograffeg lleoliadau/grwpiau trefol
- Astudiaethau o siarad bob dydd a sefydliadol
Prosiectau'r gorffennol
Jonathan Ablitt (ESRC): patrol trefol, atgyweirio, gwastraff, parciau trefol
Zoe John (ESRC): MMA, ymgorfforiad, rhyw, pŵer
Matthew Howell (ESRC): diwylliannau sefydliadol a hosteli digartref
Joseph Williams (ESRC): digartrefedd a gwleidyddiaeth darpariaeth gofal yn Efrog Newydd
Mark Berry (Ysgoloriaeth Dawes): troseddau cyfundrefnol a delio cyffuriau yn "Red City"
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- ethnograffeg
- ethnomethodology
- Symudedd
- Dadansoddiad categoreiddio aelodaeth
- Gofod cyhoeddus
