“Do not adjust your mind—there is a fault in reality”: Simulation games and development education
“Do not adjust your mind—there is a fault in reality”: Simulation games and development education From the late 1960s onwards simulation games were adopted by development education programs as an…
Tantsa: Intuition as authoritative know-how in the Roman Catholic Philippines
Tantsa: Intuition as authoritative know-how in the Roman Catholic Philippines This article examines ritual nailing on the cross as a conduit for a process of ethical self-making among Roman Catholics…
Activists and volunteers organising amid constraints: the key role of time
Activists and volunteers organising amid constraints: the key role of time Activists and volunteers organising amid constraints: the key role of timeSimon CombesJournal of Organizational Ethnography, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print,…
Elites, bodies, and gender: Women’s appearance as class distinction
Elites, bodies, and gender: Women’s appearance as class distinction Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Despite the importance of both gender and elites in contemporary social life, few empirical works examine gender…
Glorifying and scapegoating narratives underlying activity-based workspaces in higher education
Glorifying and scapegoating narratives underlying activity-based workspaces in higher education Glorifying and scapegoating narratives underlying activity-based workspaces in higher educationBernadette Nooij, Claire van Teunenbroek, Christine Teelken, Marcel VeenswijkJournal of Organizational…
Local–translocal–postlocal: Emerging affordances for multi-sited ethnography
Local–translocal–postlocal: Emerging affordances for multi-sited ethnography Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article proposes a systematization of the within, between and beyond sites through which ethnographic field-making takes shape. It draws…
Like Water: Feeling and Negotiating Relational Complexity in School-Based Ethnographic Childhood Research in China Through the Lens of Emotional Reflexivity
Like Water: Feeling and Negotiating Relational Complexity in School-Based Ethnographic Childhood Research in China Through the Lens of Emotional Reflexivity Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Ethnography is often…
Navigating political minefields: applying frames of reference of the employment relation to access negotiations to workplace ethnographies
Navigating political minefields: applying frames of reference of the employment relation to access negotiations to workplace ethnographies Navigating political minefields: applying frames of reference of the employment relation to access negotiations to workplace ethnographiesJana Stefan, Alison Hirst, Marco…
Dikopelo ritual and performance: The embodiment of place
Dikopelo ritual and performance: The embodiment of place Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Batswana (People of Botswana) traditionally celebrate the end of seasons with dikopelo musical performances. This paper discusses Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela’s…
Call for Papers: Ethnographies of Infrastructure
Call for Papers: Ethnographies of Infrastructure Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 415-415, June 2024. Go to Source
Data, disasters and disquietude in ethnography: learning by trial and error how to behave like a civil servant in Malawi
Data, disasters and disquietude in ethnography: learning by trial and error how to behave like a civil servant in Malawi Data, disasters and disquietude in ethnography: learning by trial and error how…
The Companion: A Hospital Autoethnography on the Relationship Between Informal and Formal Institutions
The Companion: A Hospital Autoethnography on the Relationship Between Informal and Formal Institutions Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article is an analytical autoethnography that explores the author’s…
Resisting the future: Preparedness, degradation, and “inquietude” among survivalists in contemporary France
Resisting the future: Preparedness, degradation, and “inquietude” among survivalists in contemporary France Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In France today, an increasing number of people consider themselves to be “survivalists.” Presuming…
What is action ethnography? Reconsidering our intentions for impact in ethnographic practice
What is action ethnography? Reconsidering our intentions for impact in ethnographic practice What is action ethnography? Reconsidering our intentions for impact in ethnographic practiceJoanne VincettJournal of Organizational Ethnography, Vol. ahead-of-print,…
The observer observed: Ethnographic discomforts and (a)symmetrical relationships in a digital ethnography
The observer observed: Ethnographic discomforts and (a)symmetrical relationships in a digital ethnography Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper engages in a reflection about the use of social media to carry…
Choosing not to help: The ethical challenge of beneficence for clinicians conducting ethnographic research
Choosing not to help: The ethical challenge of beneficence for clinicians conducting ethnographic research Ethnography, Ahead of Print. For clinicians conducting ethnographic research, conflict can arise between the clinical understanding…
Tradwives: Right-Wing Social Media Influencers
Tradwives: Right-Wing Social Media Influencers Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Globalizing anti-globalism and modernizing the anti-modern, Tradwives are communities of right-wing women who commercialize social media to commodify…
Unearthing narratives: an ethnographic lens on the organizational tapestry of massive iron ore mining operations
Unearthing narratives: an ethnographic lens on the organizational tapestry of massive iron ore mining operations Unearthing narratives: an ethnographic lens on the organizational tapestry of massive iron ore mining operationsSonali Khatua, Manoranjan…
What comes around, goes around: how neo/normative control accidently enables its own resistance
What comes around, goes around: how neo/normative control accidently enables its own resistance What comes around, goes around: how neo/normative control accidently enables its own resistanceMaria Krysfeldt, Jannick Friis Christensen,…
Ghosted: Challenges to Conducting Qualitative Research in the Digital Era
Ghosted: Challenges to Conducting Qualitative Research in the Digital Era Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Electronic forms of communication—including email, texting, and social media platforms—have increased the speed…