The US dollar against “the caste”: Argentina’s libertarian right wing and its promise of a new monetary regime
The US dollar against “the caste”: Argentina’s libertarian right wing and its promise of a new monetary regime This article seeks to understand the part played by the US currency…
“Woman is not a delicate flower”: The liberal feminists who are active in the new right
“Woman is not a delicate flower”: The liberal feminists who are active in the new right The growth of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) that brought economist Javier Milei to the…
The “mejoristas”: The rise of a libertarian mindset among Argentina’s youth
The “mejoristas”: The rise of a libertarian mindset among Argentina’s youth A shared disapproval of the economy, politics, and the state characterized the young voters who voted for Argentina’s current…
Pandemic, anti-feminism, and austerity: A brief genealogy of a counterrevolution
Pandemic, anti-feminism, and austerity: A brief genealogy of a counterrevolution In this text, I seek to trace a brief genealogy to account for the electoral triumph of the far right…
The libertarian experiment and the trends in the environmental issue in Argentina
The libertarian experiment and the trends in the environmental issue in Argentina This work takes stock of the recent trajectory of the environmental issue in Argentina and explains how the…
Ideological zeal and popular cultural roots of Milei’s turn to the right in Argentina
Ideological zeal and popular cultural roots of Milei’s turn to the right in Argentina Argentine President Javier Milei is leading a turn to the right, and it is not the…
Right-wing radicalization and fusionism in contemporary Argentina
Right-wing radicalization and fusionism in contemporary Argentina This article contributes to our understanding of the emergence and dazzling growth of a radicalized right-wing party in Argentina. To this end, we…
Foreword: Argentina’s libertarian experiment
Foreword: Argentina’s libertarian experiment Go to Source
Instability and adaptation: Holding onto what matters while trying something new
Instability and adaptation: Holding onto what matters while trying something new Go to Source
“Don’t take too many pictures”: Discomfort as urban ethnographic method in Rajarhat
“Don’t take too many pictures”: Discomfort as urban ethnographic method in Rajarhat Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article draws on over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork in Rajarhat, a planned…
“More Money, More Problems”: Poverty, Recognition, and the Reframing of Success in Iran
“More Money, More Problems”: Poverty, Recognition, and the Reframing of Success in Iran Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines how stigmatized service workers in Iran make…
Tales from the field: Giving voice to my digital self
Tales from the field: Giving voice to my digital self Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This tale from the field began as a commission for a menswear magazine. Unpublished due to…
Everyday Multispecies Resistance: Power Relations in an Equestrian Sport
Everyday Multispecies Resistance: Power Relations in an Equestrian Sport Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Interest in human–animal relations in sport has grown, but it often remains anthropocentric, overlooking…
Im/mobility and privilege during COVID-19: Reprography of commercial surrogacy in India
Im/mobility and privilege during COVID-19: Reprography of commercial surrogacy in India Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this paper I recount my relationship with the ex-surrogate Swapna during the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Corrigendum to “Global Religious Projects with Local Reach: Glocal kavadi and Hinduism in La Réunion”
Corrigendum to “Global Religious Projects with Local Reach: Glocal kavadi and Hinduism in La Réunion” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Caught in Construction: Why Dutch Sovereign Citizens Challenge the Bureaucratic State
Caught in Construction: Why Dutch Sovereign Citizens Challenge the Bureaucratic State Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Governments and scholars worldwide have raised alarm about the increasing popularity of…
Crime as culture revisited: Being young, poor and delinquent in Lisbon, Portugal
Crime as culture revisited: Being young, poor and delinquent in Lisbon, Portugal Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In Portugal, a large number of young residents living on the urban periphery have…
White privilege: grey zones. Portuguese migrants in Angola
White privilege: grey zones. Portuguese migrants in Angola Ethnography, Ahead of Print. It is often assumed that South-North migrations are fundamentally different from North-South ones. That White privilege is unequivocal,…
Global Religious Projects with Local Reach: Glocal kavadi and Hinduism in La Réunion
Global Religious Projects with Local Reach: Glocal kavadi and Hinduism in La Réunion Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Global Hinduism involves a multi-faceted relation between religion and globalization.…
Interviewing Salafis in Tunisia: Ethical and Methodological Challenges of Fieldwork with Oppositional Communities
Interviewing Salafis in Tunisia: Ethical and Methodological Challenges of Fieldwork with Oppositional Communities Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article critically reflects on the methodological and ethical challenges…