From strangers to families?: Post-reunion kin relationships in Spanish-Nepali adoptions
From strangers to families?: Post-reunion kin relationships in Spanish-Nepali adoptions Ethnography, Ahead of Print. There has been a growing body of literature focusing on adoptees’ experiences of searching for their…
“Why should we have to eat the chicken’s butt?” – Everyday consumption, deservingness and inclusion in rural Hungary
“Why should we have to eat the chicken’s butt?” - Everyday consumption, deservingness and inclusion in rural Hungary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article explores the links between consumption, deservingness…
“Listening to the South Gate”: Placemaking, Mediascape, and Tourism Diplomacy Seen Through a Band Performance in Xi’an
“Listening to the South Gate”: Placemaking, Mediascape, and Tourism Diplomacy Seen Through a Band Performance in Xi’an Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper is an ethnography of…
The Digitalization of Ethnography: A Scoping Review of Methods in Netnography
The Digitalization of Ethnography: A Scoping Review of Methods in Netnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article focuses on the digital transposition of ethnography (, digital ethnography…
“Sticky, Yet Precarious”—An Ethnographic Insight of F&B Workers in Singapore
“Sticky, Yet Precarious”—An Ethnographic Insight of F&B Workers in Singapore Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines the paradoxical nature of food and beverage (F&B) service work…
Echoes of liminality: Hidden transcripts and subtle resistance in Bhojpuri-speaking women’s Kajari folksongs
Echoes of liminality: Hidden transcripts and subtle resistance in Bhojpuri-speaking women’s Kajari folksongs Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In North India,Kajariis both a festival and a folksong, offering a starting point…
Crafting the Digital Self: Exploring Instagram Self-Portraiture as an Anthropological Endeavor
Crafting the Digital Self: Exploring Instagram Self-Portraiture as an Anthropological Endeavor Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Instagram is a social media platform where users upload digital images for…
Fostering contemplative ethnographers: A tale of fieldwork ethics, vulnerability, and trauma in neoliberal academia
Fostering contemplative ethnographers: A tale of fieldwork ethics, vulnerability, and trauma in neoliberal academia Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Undertaking fieldwork within the educational spaces of neoliberal academia underscored how ethnography,…
Enhancing workplace research through a radically reflexive video-tour: insights from a coworking space case study
Enhancing workplace research through a radically reflexive video-tour: insights from a coworking space case study Enhancing workplace research through a radically reflexive video-tour: insights from a coworking space case studyLaura Galuppo, Vanessa…
“Unsure whether it feels like home anymore”: Unsettled feelings amongst former panel-block residents in Moscow and Berlin
“Unsure whether it feels like home anymore”: Unsettled feelings amongst former panel-block residents in Moscow and Berlin Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In 2017, Moscow launched an urban renewal campaign proposing…
The ebb and flow of feeling and display in research: intermittent “failure of face” while conducting a workplace ethnography
The ebb and flow of feeling and display in research: intermittent “failure of face” while conducting a workplace ethnography The ebb and flow of feeling and display in research: intermittent…
Being an ethnographic researcher in a modern workplace: advantages and challenges of digital ethnography
Being an ethnographic researcher in a modern workplace: advantages and challenges of digital ethnography Being an ethnographic researcher in a modern workplace: advantages and challenges of digital ethnographyAnne Karhapää, Johanna Pöysä-Tarhonen, Pauliina…
Walking sensorially through the landscapes of a galaxy far, far away
Walking sensorially through the landscapes of a galaxy far, far away Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The Star Wars seriesAndor(2022 - 25) represented a return to the practical filmmaking approach and…
The social dynamics of ethical decision-making in a corporate entity: espoused versus enacted practices
The social dynamics of ethical decision-making in a corporate entity: espoused versus enacted practices The social dynamics of ethical decision-making in a corporate entity: espoused versus enacted practicesDorotea Baljević, Julia…
Trust Development in Street-Based Outreach: Building Engagement with Vulnerable Populations in Helsinki
Trust Development in Street-Based Outreach: Building Engagement with Vulnerable Populations in Helsinki Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article describes the everyday operating practices of a team of…
Going crypto-native: enactive ethnography in online settings
Going crypto-native: enactive ethnography in online settings Going crypto-native: enactive ethnography in online settingsClaire ShawJournal of Organizational Ethnography, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, ethnography is still a growing field within organization…
An ethnographic study on work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: time to reflect and introspect
An ethnographic study on work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: time to reflect and introspect An ethnographic study on work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: time to reflect and introspectSunaina Kuknor, Aradhana Gandhi, Shifa…
Chop money life: Joblessness, unretirement, and dependence among transport workers in urban Ghana
Chop money life: Joblessness, unretirement, and dependence among transport workers in urban Ghana Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, I explore how older, jobless informal workers in urban Ghana’s…
Navigating Thailand’s Extortion Regime: On the Ambiguities of Relational Autonomy in the Contested Management of Migrant Deportability
Navigating Thailand’s Extortion Regime: On the Ambiguities of Relational Autonomy in the Contested Management of Migrant Deportability Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. That deportability renders migrant labor hyper-exploitable…
Distinction at Work: Status Practices in A Community Production Environment
Distinction at Work: Status Practices in A Community Production Environment Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. While it is well established that bureaucratic organizations channel status competitions into formal…