To speak as another: Hacking, ghost-writing and the dark side of kinship on Indian social media
To speak as another: Hacking, ghost-writing and the dark side of kinship on Indian social media This paper investigates the use of digital impersonations on Facebook and WhatsApp among young…
Two eyes, two natures: Jean Rouch’s “shared ciné-anthropology” and its ontological implication
Two eyes, two natures: Jean Rouch’s “shared ciné-anthropology” and its ontological implication The purpose of this article is to examine the implications of Jean Rouch’s work—taken in its entirety—for ethnographic…
Ritualization and emotional resilience in times of crisis: Insights from a diary study of Romanian Orthodox Easter during the first COVID-19 lockdown
Ritualization and emotional resilience in times of crisis: Insights from a diary study of Romanian Orthodox Easter during the first COVID-19 lockdown Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper explores the…
Walking the streets: Embodied experiences of place making in Old Bhopal, India
Walking the streets: Embodied experiences of place making in Old Bhopal, India Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Most Indian cities are rarely conducive to walking, given their congested nature and dearth…
The religious experience of homeless people who use drugs in the city of Porto – Portugal
The religious experience of homeless people who use drugs in the city of Porto – Portugal Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Based on data generated from an ethnographic exploration conducted in…
Who moved my challah? Evolving practices and innovations in traditional Jewish bread
Who moved my challah? Evolving practices and innovations in traditional Jewish bread Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Challah bread represents one of the most prominent symbols in Jewish tradition, through its…
Argentina’s indigenous policy under a libertarian regime: An oxymoron with worrying nuances
Argentina’s indigenous policy under a libertarian regime: An oxymoron with worrying nuances Although Javier Milei’s administration has only just begun, some of its statements and initiatives already indicate policies that…
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…