Fieldwork encounters: Navigation of relationships and the conundrums of ethnographic knowledge production
Fieldwork encounters: Navigation of relationships and the conundrums of ethnographic knowledge production Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The paper examines the methodological challenges of conducting ethnographic research in complex research settings…
Accounting for Socialization: Quantitative Priming, Language, and Tools in a Masters of Public Affairs Program
Accounting for Socialization: Quantitative Priming, Language, and Tools in a Masters of Public Affairs Program Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Quantitative accountability has become a widespread rationale for…
Kinning through the “House in Kirinosawa”: How migrants craft togetherness, relatedness, and belonging across time
Kinning through the “House in Kirinosawa”: How migrants craft togetherness, relatedness, and belonging across time Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Blending discussion with ethnographic writing, this article examines repeated visits to…
Care and world-making in times of despair
Care and world-making in times of despair Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Images of ecological collapse, starvation, and genocide spill into my phone screen, often causing despair. Yet amid a blanket…
Livelihoods, Social Protectionism, and Thailand’s Precarious Labor Markets
Livelihoods, Social Protectionism, and Thailand’s Precarious Labor Markets Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Despite assurances by the Thai government that it has prioritized extensive economic improvements that will…
Forge and Flex: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Resilience Among Indonesian PhD Mama Scholars
Forge and Flex: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Resilience Among Indonesian PhD Mama Scholars Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As four Indonesian PhD mama scholars in the United States,…
From integration to reorientation: Processes of orientation after refugee resettlement in Denmark
From integration to reorientation: Processes of orientation after refugee resettlement in Denmark Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article builds on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 2022-2024 with families from DR Congo,…
Ethnographic Strategies: Reflexivity in Theorizing About Class and Precarity
Ethnographic Strategies: Reflexivity in Theorizing About Class and Precarity Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores how reflexive ethnographic practice can generate deeper insights into class, precarity,…
Maintaining balance in isolation: Work, values and moral debt in a French Antarctic expedition
Maintaining balance in isolation: Work, values and moral debt in a French Antarctic expedition Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines the social dynamics of Antarctic expeditions from the perspective…
Animating the past, enduring the present: Labour and heritage production at Waterloo, Belgium
Animating the past, enduring the present: Labour and heritage production at Waterloo, Belgium Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines how heritage is produced through labour at Waterloo Battlefield, Belgium.…
Workarounds to Mandated Data Practices: Rethinking Digital Infrastructure in Child Welfare and Homeless-Serving Organizations
Workarounds to Mandated Data Practices: Rethinking Digital Infrastructure in Child Welfare and Homeless-Serving Organizations Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Over the past decade, much of the infrastructure used…
Cultural change and sociality among the Moré of the lower Guaporé River
Cultural change and sociality among the Moré of the lower Guaporé River Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article investigates cultural continuity and change among the Moré Indigenous people of the…
The Trans Theory Case for Translation: Language, Gender, and Distributed Knowledge
The Trans Theory Case for Translation: Language, Gender, and Distributed Knowledge Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The study of communication and gender variance across cultures can be enhanced…
The Gaze and the Gesture: Hypervisible Insiderness and the Politics of Recognition in Somali Ethnography
The Gaze and the Gesture: Hypervisible Insiderness and the Politics of Recognition in Somali Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Ethnographic scholarship increasingly recognizes the complexity of researcher…
Beyond the Algorithm: Riders as Geographical Actors in the City
Beyond the Algorithm: Riders as Geographical Actors in the City Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper explores the spatial configuration patterns of riders or delivery drivers in…
Livestreaming “being there”: A reflective study of remote ethnographic observation under campus lockdown
Livestreaming “being there”: A reflective study of remote ethnographic observation under campus lockdown Ethnography, Ahead of Print. When lockdowns or travel restrictions render in-person fieldwork impossible, how can ethnographers remain…
Domicide and Homemaking in Times of War: Ukrainian Female Labor Migrants in Israel
Domicide and Homemaking in Times of War: Ukrainian Female Labor Migrants in Israel Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines domicide and homemaking among Ukrainian temporary labor…
Ethical and Epistemological Issues in Intimate Insider Ethnographic Research on Crime and Deviance
Ethical and Epistemological Issues in Intimate Insider Ethnographic Research on Crime and Deviance Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. There is considerable literature on intimacy, and friendships developed in…
Lifelines and Gateways: The Relational Affordances of Arctic Airports
Lifelines and Gateways: The Relational Affordances of Arctic Airports Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Airports are indispensable to life in the Arctic. Often shaped by geopolitical agendas and…
Camera and catharsis: Handling an open wound in emotionally contaminated research
Camera and catharsis: Handling an open wound in emotionally contaminated research Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines how cancer shapes not only participants’ lives but also the researchers’ physical…