The clash of ontologies and the problems of translation and mutual intelligibility
The clash of ontologies and the problems of translation and mutual intelligibility We face interlocking questions: (a) of translatability/mutual intelligibility and (b) ontology/reality—that is, what is there to be understood.…
What is a polity? 2018 Lewis H. Morgan Lecture
What is a polity? 2018 Lewis H. Morgan Lecture In this revised text of the 2018 Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture, we encounter two communities—one a village in highland Crete, the…
Deconstructing anthropology: First Annual Stephen F. Gudeman Lecture
Deconstructing anthropology: First Annual Stephen F. Gudeman Lecture This lecture makes a start at deconstructing some of anthropology’s most venerable avatars. Classical theories invoked a certain kind of person as…
Future orientations
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New publishing demands new magic
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Queue-munity engagement: Collaborative Event Ethnography at the Antiques Roadshow in Kent
Queue-munity engagement: Collaborative Event Ethnography at the Antiques Roadshow in Kent Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Strangers in the Neighborhood: Violence and Neighborhood Boundaries
Strangers in the Neighborhood: Violence and Neighborhood Boundaries Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. New Orleans experienced elevated rates of violent crime throughout the thirty years between 1985 and…
Muslim–queer encounters in Rio de Janeiro: Making sense of relational positionalities
Muslim–queer encounters in Rio de Janeiro: Making sense of relational positionalities Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Exploring tensionless ethnography
Exploring tensionless ethnography Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Reading Protests against Oppressive Knowledge Production as Guidelines for Solidarity Research
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Reading Protests against Oppressive Knowledge Production as Guidelines for Solidarity Research Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Drawing from my analysis of sex worker…
Smoothing, striating and territorializing: The assembling of ‘science in the making’
Smoothing, striating and territorializing: The assembling of ‘science in the making’ Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Human Values and Digital Work: An Ethnographic Study of Device Paradigm
Human Values and Digital Work: An Ethnographic Study of Device Paradigm Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. I examine Albert Borgmann’s concept of device paradigm as a way to…
Digital Ethnography in an Age of Information Warfare: Notes from the Field
Digital Ethnography in an Age of Information Warfare: Notes from the Field Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
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The creativity of everyday uncertainty
The creativity of everyday uncertainty Journal of Organizational Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Purpose Drawing on ethnographic research in selection of urban households in Providence County, Rhode Island, the purpose of…
Trading time and space: Grassroots negotiations in a Brazilian mining district
Trading time and space: Grassroots negotiations in a Brazilian mining district Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Migrant gaming girls in Beijing: Urban solitude, play, and attempts to integrate
Migrant gaming girls in Beijing: Urban solitude, play, and attempts to integrate Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
The Ohaka (Grave) Project: Post-secular social service delivery and resistant necropolitics in San’ya, Tokyo
The Ohaka (Grave) Project: Post-secular social service delivery and resistant necropolitics in San’ya, Tokyo Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
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