Kin, friends, philanthronationalists: “Relations” as a modality of colonial and post-colonial charity in Sri Lanka
Kin, friends, philanthronationalists: “Relations” as a modality of colonial and post-colonial charity in Sri Lanka Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Through an historical ethnographic analysis of Sri Lanka’s oldest charity, the…
Transnational Giving and Evolving Religious, Ethnic and Political Formations in the Global South
Transnational Giving and Evolving Religious, Ethnic and Political Formations in the Global South Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Conceptualising giving as a broad category encompassing philanthropy, charity, humanitarian aid and gifts,…
Trusts on the monsoon winds: Parsi transnational religious philanthropy
Trusts on the monsoon winds: Parsi transnational religious philanthropy Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Trade brought the Parsis to Hong Kong and a small group remained and settled after the British…
Mujeres Guerreras: Negotiating Women’s Empowerment in Colombia
Mujeres Guerreras: Negotiating Women’s Empowerment in Colombia Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This research is based on nine months of ethnographic fieldwork with a formalized youth hip-hop organization…
Giving and belonging: Religious networks of Sub-Saharan African Muslims in Guangzhou, China
Giving and belonging: Religious networks of Sub-Saharan African Muslims in Guangzhou, China Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper presents empirical data on how religious giving structures African Muslims’ transnational lives…
Tales from a Hospital Entrance Screener: An Autoethnography and Exploration of COVID-19, Risk, and Responsibility
Tales from a Hospital Entrance Screener: An Autoethnography and Exploration of COVID-19, Risk, and Responsibility Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This autoethnography explores my experiences as a hospital…
Affective Infrastructures of Immobility: Staying While Neighbors Are Leaving Rural Eastern Siberia
Affective Infrastructures of Immobility: Staying While Neighbors Are Leaving Rural Eastern Siberia Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Framing “immobility” as already containing mobility, this research asks why people…
The Moral Discourse of Free Speech: A Virtual Ethnographic Study
The Moral Discourse of Free Speech: A Virtual Ethnographic Study Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Freedom of speech has long been considered an essential value in democracies. However,…
Slow violence, depoliticisation and hope: Cultural landscapes of schooling in Wentworth, South Africa
Slow violence, depoliticisation and hope: Cultural landscapes of schooling in Wentworth, South Africa Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This ethnographic study of environmental learning in a South African township school unravels…
Men in aprons versus men in suits: Reshaping masculinities within a Japanese nonprofit promoting fatherhood
Men in aprons versus men in suits: Reshaping masculinities within a Japanese nonprofit promoting fatherhood Ethnography, Ahead of Print. One of the most influential nonprofit organizations in Japan’s contemporary parenting…