“Re-Inventing How We Live in the City”: Well-being and the Los Angeles Ecovillage
“Re-Inventing How We Live in the City”: Well-being and the Los Angeles Ecovillage Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this study I examine the ritualistic behavior of participants…
Social Life of Zines and Other DIY Micro-Media Constituting American DIY Communities and Scenes
Social Life of Zines and Other DIY Micro-Media Constituting American DIY Communities and Scenes Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The primary function of zines is often considered to…
Like Water: Feeling and Negotiating Relational Complexity in School-Based Ethnographic Childhood Research in China Through the Lens of Emotional Reflexivity
Like Water: Feeling and Negotiating Relational Complexity in School-Based Ethnographic Childhood Research in China Through the Lens of Emotional Reflexivity Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Ethnography is often…
Call for Papers: Ethnographies of Infrastructure
Call for Papers: Ethnographies of Infrastructure Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 415-415, June 2024. Go to Source
The Companion: A Hospital Autoethnography on the Relationship Between Informal and Formal Institutions
The Companion: A Hospital Autoethnography on the Relationship Between Informal and Formal Institutions Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article is an analytical autoethnography that explores the author’s…
Tradwives: Right-Wing Social Media Influencers
Tradwives: Right-Wing Social Media Influencers Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Globalizing anti-globalism and modernizing the anti-modern, Tradwives are communities of right-wing women who commercialize social media to commodify…
Ghosted: Challenges to Conducting Qualitative Research in the Digital Era
Ghosted: Challenges to Conducting Qualitative Research in the Digital Era Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Electronic forms of communication—including email, texting, and social media platforms—have increased the speed…
“I Don’t Come Here Just for the Food”: Manifestations of Care in Food Assistance Initiatives
“I Don’t Come Here Just for the Food”: Manifestations of Care in Food Assistance Initiatives Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper seeks to understand the social role…
That’s Gonna Leave a Mark: Positionality and Secondary Trauma in Researching Mass Killing and Genocide
That’s Gonna Leave a Mark: Positionality and Secondary Trauma in Researching Mass Killing and Genocide Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, I describe two fieldwork experiences…
Having a Laugh and Negotiating the Situation: The Significance of Humor During Fieldwork Among International Teenagers
Having a Laugh and Negotiating the Situation: The Significance of Humor During Fieldwork Among International Teenagers Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article elaborates on the significance of…
Navigating Academic Identity: Autoethnography of Otherness and Embarrassment Among First-Generation College Students
Navigating Academic Identity: Autoethnography of Otherness and Embarrassment Among First-Generation College Students Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As a first-generation college student (FGCS), I have never felt entirely…
Climate Activism and the Destabilization of Business-as-Usual in Milan, Italy
Climate Activism and the Destabilization of Business-as-Usual in Milan, Italy Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The aim of this article is to describe and analyse how climate activists…
A Widow and a Questionable Autoethnographer
A Widow and a Questionable Autoethnographer Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. There are two aims in writing this paper. Firstly, I reflect on several incidents that highlighted for…
Can There Be a Feminist Ethnography of the Undersea?
Can There Be a Feminist Ethnography of the Undersea? Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article relies on an ethnography of commercial divers that involves the author’s training,…
Doing/Undoing Stigma: The Moral Enterprise of Territorial Stigma
Doing/Undoing Stigma: The Moral Enterprise of Territorial Stigma Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article I focus on stigma, and more specifically on territorial stigma in a…
Occupational Rehabilitation or Self-Change? Practices for Self-Change in an Occupational Rehabilitation Group for Ultra-Orthodox Low-SES Women in Israel
Occupational Rehabilitation or Self-Change? Practices for Self-Change in an Occupational Rehabilitation Group for Ultra-Orthodox Low-SES Women in Israel Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is based on…
Toward a Phenomenological Understanding of Internet-Mediated Meme-ing as a Lived Experience in Social Distancing via Autoethnography
Toward a Phenomenological Understanding of Internet-Mediated Meme-ing as a Lived Experience in Social Distancing via Autoethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent social…
Backstage at the Barristers’ Case Conference: A Dramaturgical Analysis
Backstage at the Barristers’ Case Conference: A Dramaturgical Analysis Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Socio-legal ethnographies have focused largely on the dramaturgical themes present in the competing performances…
Disclosing Otherness: Situated Knowledges and the Politics of Ethnographic Approaches to the #WeAreNotWaiting Movement in Type 1 Diabetes and Beyond
Disclosing Otherness: Situated Knowledges and the Politics of Ethnographic Approaches to the #WeAreNotWaiting Movement in Type 1 Diabetes and Beyond Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article,…
Techno-Social Experiences of Privacy and Intimacy in College Culture
Techno-Social Experiences of Privacy and Intimacy in College Culture Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This work considers the contemporary intersections of intimacy, technology, and privacy among college students…