Witnessing environments
Witnessing environments This article offers a conceptual and historical introduction to the significance of witnessing in relationship to environmental questions for the Hau special section “Witnessing Environments.” The articles in…
Seeing water: Slow resistance and the material enigma of extractive effects on society and ecology
Seeing water: Slow resistance and the material enigma of extractive effects on society and ecology This article reflects on ten years of ethnographic work investigating concerns about mining industry-produced environmental…
Witness to a passing: The silent death of local water management and the quiet hand of government
Witness to a passing: The silent death of local water management and the quiet hand of government Water stories told in Kilimanjaro Region, such as Mami Wata narratives conveyed across…
Wind, wood, and the entangled life of disasters
Wind, wood, and the entangled life of disasters In October 2018, the storm Vaia hit the Fiemme valley (Italy), causing extensive damage to its forests. As in other catastrophic events…
Gender and Legitimacy in Personal Service Occupations: The Case of End-of-Life Doulas and Death Midwives
Gender and Legitimacy in Personal Service Occupations: The Case of End-of-Life Doulas and Death Midwives Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The emerging occupations of end-of-life doula and death…
Introduction: ‘Hand-to-hand sports and the struggle for belonging’
Introduction: ‘Hand-to-hand sports and the struggle for belonging’ Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This special issue on hand-to-hand sports aims to analyse how collective identities and forms of group and community…
Why Should We Care What Extremists Think? The Contribution of Emic Perspectives to Understanding the “right-wing extremist” Mind-Set
Why Should We Care What Extremists Think? The Contribution of Emic Perspectives to Understanding the “right-wing extremist” Mind-Set Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article considers the implications…
From the Fringe to the Fore: An Algorithmic Ethnography of the Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Group QAnon
From the Fringe to the Fore: An Algorithmic Ethnography of the Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Group QAnon Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, I examine the convergence…
“We All Play Pretty Much the Same, Except. . .”: Gender-Integrated Quidditch and the Persistence of Essentialist Ideology
“We All Play Pretty Much the Same, Except. . .”: Gender-Integrated Quidditch and the Persistence of Essentialist Ideology Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. We use the case of a recreational…
Gendered encounters in mobility: Women researching migrant construction workers
Gendered encounters in mobility: Women researching migrant construction workers Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Writing about sexism and sexual harassment in the field is still generally discouraged outside gender ethnography, despite…
‘A Punch Has No Paternity!’: techniques, belonging and the Mexicanidad of Xilam
‘A Punch Has No Paternity!’: techniques, belonging and the Mexicanidad of Xilam Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article combines ethnographic and netnographic data to explore the relationships between body techniques…
The sensing eye: Intimate vision in couple dancing
The sensing eye: Intimate vision in couple dancing Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Vision tends to be associated with the mind and theorized as the least bodily sense. Notably, the eye…
The antifascist boxing body: Political somatics in boxe popolare
The antifascist boxing body: Political somatics in boxe popolare Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Palestre popolari (‘people’s gyms’) are flourishing in contemporary Italy. These gyms are run by leftist grassroots organizations…
“La racaille,” a performed figure in French contemporary youth
“La racaille,” a performed figure in French contemporary youth Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In France, la racaille is a stereotyped figure of a young (usually identified as Arab or Black)…
“We take responsibility!”: Governing the neighborhood—governing the self
“We take responsibility!”: Governing the neighborhood—governing the self Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This ethnographic study of a neighborhood association focuses on the process of organizing residents to collective action. Situated…
Yokozuna Hakuhō—Japanese Mongolian hero
Yokozuna Hakuhō—Japanese Mongolian hero Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Yokozuna Hakuhō, a prominent Sumo wrestler, is a Mongolian-born Japanese national hero. However, he, as other Mongolian wrestlers, presents Sumo with tensions…
Reflexive collaboration: Building pluri-ethnographic partnerships in an Ecuadorian bank
Reflexive collaboration: Building pluri-ethnographic partnerships in an Ecuadorian bank Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article illustrates the value of reflexive dialogue regarding foundational assumptions about ontologies of culture and cultural…
‘Hand-to-hand sports and the struggle for belonging’
‘Hand-to-hand sports and the struggle for belonging’ Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This special issue on hand-to-hand sports aims to analyse how collective identities and forms of group and community belonging…
“Tying your ngemb”: Negotiating identity in Senegalese wrestling
“Tying your ngemb”: Negotiating identity in Senegalese wrestling Ethnography, Ahead of Print. More than merely a combat sport, Senegalese wrestling combines professional athleticism with cultural traditions, political relations, and religious…
The belts are set out: The batizado as a symbolic welcome to capoeira culture
The belts are set out: The batizado as a symbolic welcome to capoeira culture Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In contemporary capoeira groups, newcomers are symbolically ‘baptised’ into the community at…