“A mad exuberance”: The globalization of luxury
“A mad exuberance”: The globalization of luxury The issue of the circulation of luxury commodities and of the evolution through which it is going becomes fully meaningful when addressed within…
Consuming belief: Luxury, authenticity, and Chinese patronage of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary China
Consuming belief: Luxury, authenticity, and Chinese patronage of Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary China This essay examines two domains in which wealthy Chinese seek to cultivate social distinction. The first section…
Pedagogies of value: Marketing luxury in China
Pedagogies of value: Marketing luxury in China In just a few years, China has become one of the world’s largest markets for Western luxury products. Marketing professionals play a key…
Flesh, bones, and spirits
Flesh, bones, and spirits Go to Source
Ethnographic views of Brazil’s (new) authoritarian turn
Ethnographic views of Brazil’s (new) authoritarian turn In this introduction to Currents, we argue for the potential of ethnography to aid in understanding the present. Extended periods of fieldwork allow…
“The revolution we are living”
“The revolution we are living” This article presents three ethnographic scenes extracted from Brazilian urban life, the earliest dating from 2013. It reflects on the rise of the extreme right…
From hope to hate: The rise of conservative subjectivity in Brazil
From hope to hate: The rise of conservative subjectivity in Brazil This essay focuses on the voters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro in Morro da Cruz, a low-income community in…
The broken wave: Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian crisis
The broken wave: Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian crisis The article examines the articulation between Evangelicals and conservatism in the Brazilian scenario since widespread street demonstrations erupted in June…
Structural Inequality, Homelessness, and Moral Worth: Salvaging the Self through Sport?
Structural Inequality, Homelessness, and Moral Worth: Salvaging the Self through Sport? Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This urban ethnography explores how a group of men experiencing homelessness collectively…
Punishing Fieldwork: Penal Domination and Prison Ethnography
Punishing Fieldwork: Penal Domination and Prison Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Ethnographic studies inside prisons are especially difficult to execute. In addition to facing amplified challenges in…
“Church Is Important to Our Clients”: Autonomy, Community, and Religious Expression within a Long-term Care Organization
“Church Is Important to Our Clients”: Autonomy, Community, and Religious Expression within a Long-term Care Organization Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Autonomy and selfhood are primary concerns for…
Practices of Writing in Ethnographic Work
Practices of Writing in Ethnographic Work Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Although the practice of writing is key to the production of ethnographic knowledge, the topic remains understudied.…
Talking Shit, Egos, and Tough Skin: Humor Among Elite Black Men
Talking Shit, Egos, and Tough Skin: Humor Among Elite Black Men Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Extant research considers humor integral to the Black experience. Previous work on…
Features and form: Appropriating digital storytelling for public ethnography
Features and form: Appropriating digital storytelling for public ethnography Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Ethnography may have a unique capacity to capture the attention of non-academic publics, but if it remains…
Gendered Governmentalities and Neoliberal Logics: Latina, Immigrant Women in Healthcare and Social Services
Gendered Governmentalities and Neoliberal Logics: Latina, Immigrant Women in Healthcare and Social Services Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This ethnographic research with Latina, immigrant mothers and health care…
The construction of gender identity in Alevi organisations: Discourses, practices, and gaps
The construction of gender identity in Alevi organisations: Discourses, practices, and gaps Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The academic and lay interest towards Turkey’s Alevi community has so far treated the…
Governing beyond the closet: Remaking stigma, identity, and sexual behavior in a post-disciplinary rehab
Governing beyond the closet: Remaking stigma, identity, and sexual behavior in a post-disciplinary rehab Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Combining historical and ethnographic research, this article analyzes changing logics of control…
Rumor has it: Strategies for ethnographic analysis in authoritarian regimes
Rumor has it: Strategies for ethnographic analysis in authoritarian regimes Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Accurate information can be difficult to access in authoritarian regimes. As more and more countries fall…
Between narrative and practice: Storytelling as a way of knowing how to be in nature
Between narrative and practice: Storytelling as a way of knowing how to be in nature Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines the storytelling practices of adventurers as a means…
Recalibrating scale, rupturing coloniality: On relational ethnography and its postcolonial reckonings
Recalibrating scale, rupturing coloniality: On relational ethnography and its postcolonial reckonings Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Taking as its point of departure extant concerns about the Eurocentric nature of sociological knowledge…