Transnational giving between Shikoku, Japan and Burma/ Myanmar: From memorializing One’s dead to humanitarianism with peace and war reflections
Transnational giving between Shikoku, Japan and Burma/ Myanmar: From memorializing One’s dead to humanitarianism with peace and war reflections Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Bagan, Myanmar (formerly Burma) is famous for…
Autonomous care? Muslim transnational giving networks and perceptions of welfare responsibilities in India
Autonomous care? Muslim transnational giving networks and perceptions of welfare responsibilities in India Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In Uttar Pradesh, many middle-class Muslims increasingly view local and transnational religious giving…
No one is self-made: Evolving iterations of giving and shaping of transnational Kamma caste subjectivities
No one is self-made: Evolving iterations of giving and shaping of transnational Kamma caste subjectivities Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article focuses on the transnational giving practices of Kammas (a…
Humanitarian Sovereignty, Exceptional Muslims, and the Transnational Making of Kuwaiti Citizens
Humanitarian Sovereignty, Exceptional Muslims, and the Transnational Making of Kuwaiti Citizens Ethnography, Ahead of Print. What is the role of transnational non-state philanthropic actors in the Kuwaiti humanitarian mission abroad?…
A uniform front?: Power and front-line worker variation in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya
A uniform front?: Power and front-line worker variation in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Front-line workers, or street-level bureaucrats, who interact directly with clients, have significant discretion…
A Chinese woman’s journey to the “west”: Ethnographic knowledge production amid ambiguous power dynamics
A Chinese woman’s journey to the “west”: Ethnographic knowledge production amid ambiguous power dynamics Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is a reflexive critique from a female Chinese anthropologist who…
Transnational Giving and Evolving Religious, Ethnic and Political Formations in the Global South
Transnational Giving and Evolving Religious, Ethnic and Political Formations in the Global South Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Conceptualising giving as a broad category encompassing philanthropy, charity, humanitarian aid and gifts,…
Kin, friends, philanthronationalists: “Relations” as a modality of colonial and post-colonial charity in Sri Lanka
Kin, friends, philanthronationalists: “Relations” as a modality of colonial and post-colonial charity in Sri Lanka Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Through an historical ethnographic analysis of Sri Lanka’s oldest charity, the…
Trusts on the monsoon winds: Parsi transnational religious philanthropy
Trusts on the monsoon winds: Parsi transnational religious philanthropy Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Trade brought the Parsis to Hong Kong and a small group remained and settled after the British…
Giving and belonging: Religious networks of Sub-Saharan African Muslims in Guangzhou, China
Giving and belonging: Religious networks of Sub-Saharan African Muslims in Guangzhou, China Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper presents empirical data on how religious giving structures African Muslims’ transnational lives…
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…
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…
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…