Of human bondage: Tales of migrant fishermen in Thailand
Of human bondage: Tales of migrant fishermen in Thailand Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The mainstream anti-trafficking movement asserts a sharp distinction between freedom and unfreedom—between “free” waged employment, on the…
Composite ethnography: Collective encounters with emergent objects in the anthropocene
Composite ethnography: Collective encounters with emergent objects in the anthropocene Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper introduces a methodological approach we call “composite ethnography,” a practice of lab-based qualitative research…
Ethical and methodological implications of social media for participant recruitment: Amazon’s workforce in Poland
Ethical and methodological implications of social media for participant recruitment: Amazon’s workforce in Poland Ethical and methodological implications of social media for participant recruitment: Amazon’s workforce in PolandMilosz MiszczynskiJournal of…
From stigma to inclusion: Ethnographic studies in social pedagogy
From stigma to inclusion: Ethnographic studies in social pedagogy Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This study explores how everyday interactions in institutional care settings shape identity formation and social inclusion among…
BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of interdisciplinary collaboration
BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of interdisciplinary collaboration Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Under the aegis of what we term “broad data ethnography”, we outline four principles for the…
The Māori precariat: Excerpts from urban ethnography on precarity in Auckland city
The Māori precariat: Excerpts from urban ethnography on precarity in Auckland city Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article focuses on the everyday struggles of the Māori precariat in Auckland City.…
Methodological issues in African youth languages research
Methodological issues in African youth languages research Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Youth language research is an outgrowth of sociolinguistics and has contributed immensely to redefining and reconstructing youth-based identity, linguistic…
Living with and living like those we study: organizational hybrid ethnography as a research approach in organization studies
Living with and living like those we study: organizational hybrid ethnography as a research approach in organization studies Living with and living like those we study: organizational hybrid ethnography as…
Fruitful Unpredictabilities of the Field: Procedural Serendipity in a Multi-Sited Ethnography
Fruitful Unpredictabilities of the Field: Procedural Serendipity in a Multi-Sited Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Doing ethnographic fieldwork is, inevitably, an experience full of contingencies. Many of…
The “farmily” that changed me: An ethnography and autoethnography of small-scale farming and Agrarian worldviews in Australia
The “farmily” that changed me: An ethnography and autoethnography of small-scale farming and Agrarian worldviews in Australia Ethnography, Ahead of Print. To observe and experience how culture is embedded within…
Balancing Acts and Ways of Knowing: Environmental Anthropology as a Collaborative Companion in the Anthropocene
Balancing Acts and Ways of Knowing: Environmental Anthropology as a Collaborative Companion in the Anthropocene Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The Anthropocene calls for collaboration between heterogeneous actors…
From strangers to families?: Post-reunion kin relationships in Spanish-Nepali adoptions
From strangers to families?: Post-reunion kin relationships in Spanish-Nepali adoptions Ethnography, Ahead of Print. There has been a growing body of literature focusing on adoptees’ experiences of searching for their…
“Why should we have to eat the chicken’s butt?” – Everyday consumption, deservingness and inclusion in rural Hungary
“Why should we have to eat the chicken’s butt?” - Everyday consumption, deservingness and inclusion in rural Hungary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article explores the links between consumption, deservingness…
“Listening to the South Gate”: Placemaking, Mediascape, and Tourism Diplomacy Seen Through a Band Performance in Xi’an
“Listening to the South Gate”: Placemaking, Mediascape, and Tourism Diplomacy Seen Through a Band Performance in Xi’an Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper is an ethnography of…
The Digitalization of Ethnography: A Scoping Review of Methods in Netnography
The Digitalization of Ethnography: A Scoping Review of Methods in Netnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article focuses on the digital transposition of ethnography (, digital ethnography…
“Sticky, Yet Precarious”—An Ethnographic Insight of F&B Workers in Singapore
“Sticky, Yet Precarious”—An Ethnographic Insight of F&B Workers in Singapore Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines the paradoxical nature of food and beverage (F&B) service work…
Echoes of liminality: Hidden transcripts and subtle resistance in Bhojpuri-speaking women’s Kajari folksongs
Echoes of liminality: Hidden transcripts and subtle resistance in Bhojpuri-speaking women’s Kajari folksongs Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In North India,Kajariis both a festival and a folksong, offering a starting point…
Crafting the Digital Self: Exploring Instagram Self-Portraiture as an Anthropological Endeavor
Crafting the Digital Self: Exploring Instagram Self-Portraiture as an Anthropological Endeavor Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Instagram is a social media platform where users upload digital images for…
Fostering contemplative ethnographers: A tale of fieldwork ethics, vulnerability, and trauma in neoliberal academia
Fostering contemplative ethnographers: A tale of fieldwork ethics, vulnerability, and trauma in neoliberal academia Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Undertaking fieldwork within the educational spaces of neoliberal academia underscored how ethnography,…
Enhancing workplace research through a radically reflexive video-tour: insights from a coworking space case study
Enhancing workplace research through a radically reflexive video-tour: insights from a coworking space case study Enhancing workplace research through a radically reflexive video-tour: insights from a coworking space case studyLaura Galuppo, Vanessa…