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…
The Halfie Predicament in the Ethnography of Religion: Fieldwork with Iranian-Americana Muslim Women in Los Angeles
The Halfie Predicament in the Ethnography of Religion: Fieldwork with Iranian-Americana Muslim Women in Los Angeles Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article draws from fieldwork with Iranian-American Muslim women in…
Jala Role: Normative Practice of Collaborative Ethnography in a Hostile Research Frontier, South Omo, Ethiopia
Jala Role: Normative Practice of Collaborative Ethnography in a Hostile Research Frontier, South Omo, Ethiopia Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article outlines the significance of a normative social and cultural…
Being crime: Youth violence and criminal identities in Bahia, Brazil
Being crime: Youth violence and criminal identities in Bahia, Brazil Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In Brazil, a growing number of young citizens from the socioeconomic periphery embark on a career…
An Autoethnography of “Making It” in Academia: Writing an ECR “Journey” of Facebook, Assemblage, Affect, and the Outdoors
An Autoethnography of “Making It” in Academia: Writing an ECR “Journey” of Facebook, Assemblage, Affect, and the Outdoors Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. While much has been written…
Effort in absence: Technologically mediated aesthetic experiences of the culture industries’ routine workers
Effort in absence: Technologically mediated aesthetic experiences of the culture industries’ routine workers Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, I draw upon 20 months of participant observation to compare the…
‘The game is on!’ Eventness at a distance at a livestream concert during lockdown
‘The game is on!’ Eventness at a distance at a livestream concert during lockdown Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In many countries the lockdown measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic…
Memory Politics on a Neighborhood Scale: Uses of the Past in the Historic Center and the Periphery of Valencia (Spain)
Memory Politics on a Neighborhood Scale: Uses of the Past in the Historic Center and the Periphery of Valencia (Spain) Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article analyzes…
Turning newcomers into locals: Kinship practices and belonging in low-income neighborhoods in Finland
Turning newcomers into locals: Kinship practices and belonging in low-income neighborhoods in Finland Ethnography, Ahead of Print. For a long time, researchers have explored practices of kinship, but while focusing…
Becoming ‘international’: Transgressing national identity as a ritual for class identification
Becoming ‘international’: Transgressing national identity as a ritual for class identification Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Asking how being ‘international’ relates to privilege, I analyse a role-play game, the Students’ League…
Interstitial position or ‘bastard’ status? Interpreters at the French National Court of Asylum
Interstitial position or ‘bastard’ status? Interpreters at the French National Court of Asylum Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article, based on fieldwork conducted in 2016 at the French national Court…
The passion of aging: The representation of localism in spiritual eldercare of Naxi in Lijiang
The passion of aging: The representation of localism in spiritual eldercare of Naxi in Lijiang Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As concepts of place, locality, and localism have been abundantly discussed…
Beyond Big Brother: How to Study Tech-Driven Authoritarianism With Restricted Access to State Institutions
Beyond Big Brother: How to Study Tech-Driven Authoritarianism With Restricted Access to State Institutions Ethnography, Ahead of Print. With the tremendous advancements in Internet, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence,…
Love and agency in ethnographic fieldwork with children
Love and agency in ethnographic fieldwork with children Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Analysing emotions such as love can enable new ways of understanding human relationships and deepen reflexive ethnographic practice.…
Escaping the house of secrets: Auto-ethnographic reflections on the complexities of field exit
Escaping the house of secrets: Auto-ethnographic reflections on the complexities of field exit Ethnography, Ahead of Print. While a large body of auto-ethnographic literature focuses on the bias associated with…
Four Distinct Cultures of Oilfield Masculinity, but Absent Hegemonic Masculinity: Some Multiple Masculinities Perspectives from a Remote UK Offshore Drilling Platform
Four Distinct Cultures of Oilfield Masculinity, but Absent Hegemonic Masculinity: Some Multiple Masculinities Perspectives from a Remote UK Offshore Drilling Platform Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This study…
Interaction Rituals at Content Trade Fairs: A Microfoundation of Cultural Markets
Interaction Rituals at Content Trade Fairs: A Microfoundation of Cultural Markets Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, we show how ritualized periodic encounters of business partners…
“The Glorious Pain”: Attaining Pleasure and Gratification in Times of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) among Gym Goers
“The Glorious Pain”: Attaining Pleasure and Gratification in Times of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) among Gym Goers Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)…
Ruination in the ring: Habitus in the making of a professional “opponent”
Ruination in the ring: Habitus in the making of a professional “opponent” Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Backed by 3 years of apprenticeship in a boxing gym of Chicago’s hyperghetto and in-depth…