Livestreaming “being there”: A reflective study of remote ethnographic observation under campus lockdown
Livestreaming “being there”: A reflective study of remote ethnographic observation under campus lockdown Ethnography, Ahead of Print. When lockdowns or travel restrictions render in-person fieldwork impossible, how can ethnographers remain…
Camera and catharsis: Handling an open wound in emotionally contaminated research
Camera and catharsis: Handling an open wound in emotionally contaminated research Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines how cancer shapes not only participants’ lives but also the researchers’ physical…
Field notes from the margins: Rethinking ethnographic presence through interpretive transcription and online interviewing
Field notes from the margins: Rethinking ethnographic presence through interpretive transcription and online interviewing Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article draws on a multi-sited study involving 307 interviews with labeled…
‘We have something in common … it’s true’: Reflections on the politics and practice of solidarities in and through ethnographic co-research
‘We have something in common … it’s true’: Reflections on the politics and practice of solidarities in and through ethnographic co-research Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article reflects on solidaritiesas…
Dis/closures of positionality: An auto-ethnographic exploration of the political-epistemological implications of doing research on inclusion and exclusion in Europe
Dis/closures of positionality: An auto-ethnographic exploration of the political-epistemological implications of doing research on inclusion and exclusion in Europe Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article argues that researchers should consider…
Time and the remains of war: Retazos of morgues and minefields in Colombia
Time and the remains of war: Retazos of morgues and minefields in Colombia Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Recently, the Army and FARC-EP guerrillas widely deployed aerial bombardment and improvised landmines…
Methodological and ethical challenges of the ‘family map’ technique in researching LGBTQ+ families: Insights from the field
Methodological and ethical challenges of the ‘family map’ technique in researching LGBTQ+ families: Insights from the field Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores the analytical and ethical potential of…
Entangled knowledge: Journalism, ethnography, and the risks of representation
Entangled knowledge: Journalism, ethnography, and the risks of representation Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with journalists in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Ukraine, this article tracks the…
‘People don’t fall for it any longer’: Reflections on ‘the system’, entrepreneurialism, and autonomy among young adults in Amsterdam’s Southeast district
‘People don’t fall for it any longer’: Reflections on ‘the system’, entrepreneurialism, and autonomy among young adults in Amsterdam’s Southeast district Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores how young…
The birth of Baokuan: Human-machine “gambling games” between villages and algorithms
The birth of Baokuan: Human-machine “gambling games” between villages and algorithms Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Since 2009, rural China has gradually developed a new livelihood model in which families produce…
Changing bodily practices in interspecies communities with dairy cows and white lions: Methodological challenges in co-constructing meaning
Changing bodily practices in interspecies communities with dairy cows and white lions: Methodological challenges in co-constructing meaning Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Research with cows, white lions, and other forms of…
Ethnography, 2025: The housekeeping year
Ethnography, 2025: The housekeeping year Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
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…
“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…
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…
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,…
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…