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…
Field notes from the margins: Rethinking ethnographic presence through interpretive transcription and online interviewing
Field notes from the margins: Rethinking ethnographic presence through interpretive transcription and online interviewing Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article draws on a multi-sited study involving 307 interviews with labeled…
Scenarios and Ethnography: Infrastructural Futures as Windows into the Present
Scenarios and Ethnography: Infrastructural Futures as Windows into the Present Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Large-scale infrastructures are typically part of development projects that are global in ambition…
Environment-as-Infrastructure? Emerging Conflicts Over Roads and Environmental Conservation in the Chilean North Patagonian Frontier
Environment-as-Infrastructure? Emerging Conflicts Over Roads and Environmental Conservation in the Chilean North Patagonian Frontier Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The transportation infrastructure that connects Cochamó, a rural community…
Amazon in the Arctic: E-Commerce, Infrastructure, and Alimentary Assemblages in Nunavut, Canada
Amazon in the Arctic: E-Commerce, Infrastructure, and Alimentary Assemblages in Nunavut, Canada Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Since establishing a delivery hub in Iqaluit, Nunavut in 2020, ,…
Introduction to the Special Issue “Ethnographies of Infrastructure”
Introduction to the Special Issue “Ethnographies of Infrastructure” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Toward a Comparative Ethnography of Arctic Seaports Projects: Local Impacts of Expanding Maritime Infrastructure in Alaska, Norway, and Russia
Toward a Comparative Ethnography of Arctic Seaports Projects: Local Impacts of Expanding Maritime Infrastructure in Alaska, Norway, and Russia Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. My comparative ethnography focuses…
Quelling Emotion: Emotion Work to Resist the Anti-TQLGB+ Emotion Culture of Fear in Florida
Quelling Emotion: Emotion Work to Resist the Anti-TQLGB+ Emotion Culture of Fear in Florida Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article presents ethnographic research about resistance to the…
‘We have something in common … it’s true’: Reflections on the politics and practice of solidarities in and through ethnographic co-research
‘We have something in common … it’s true’: Reflections on the politics and practice of solidarities in and through ethnographic co-research Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article reflects on solidaritiesas…
Intersecting Journeys: A Duoethnography Of Imposter Phenomenon Among Women In Higher Education And The Workplace
Intersecting Journeys: A Duoethnography Of Imposter Phenomenon Among Women In Higher Education And The Workplace Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This duoethnographic study explores how the impostor phenomenon…
Time and the remains of war: Retazos of morgues and minefields in Colombia
Time and the remains of war: Retazos of morgues and minefields in Colombia Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Recently, the Army and FARC-EP guerrillas widely deployed aerial bombardment and improvised landmines…
Dis/closures of positionality: An auto-ethnographic exploration of the political-epistemological implications of doing research on inclusion and exclusion in Europe
Dis/closures of positionality: An auto-ethnographic exploration of the political-epistemological implications of doing research on inclusion and exclusion in Europe Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article argues that researchers should consider…
What is Scholar-Baiting? When the Watcher is Watched, and the Social Engineering Attacks on Scholars
What is Scholar-Baiting? When the Watcher is Watched, and the Social Engineering Attacks on Scholars Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. I write from the dual position of witness…