“I Have Nowt, But I Have Me Mates”: Ties That Bind and Blind—Bonding to Dark Social Capital in a Deindustrialized English Village
“I Have Nowt, But I Have Me Mates”: Ties That Bind and Blind—Bonding to Dark Social Capital in a Deindustrialized English Village Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Based…
Complicit Bodies: A Carnal Sociology of Robot Interactions in Dementia Care
Complicit Bodies: A Carnal Sociology of Robot Interactions in Dementia Care Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines the embodied entanglement of the ethnographic researcher in the…
“When Will the War End, You Tell Me?” An Autoethnography of Unending War in Qasr-e Shirin, Western Iran
“When Will the War End, You Tell Me?” An Autoethnography of Unending War in Qasr-e Shirin, Western Iran Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article uses an autoethnographic…
Banal Nationalism and Imperial Memory in Urban Space: Exploring the Memorialization of Captain Scott in Cardiff’s Semiotic Landscape
Banal Nationalism and Imperial Memory in Urban Space: Exploring the Memorialization of Captain Scott in Cardiff’s Semiotic Landscape Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines memorials and…
Hidden Violence and Everyday Negotiation: An Autoethnography of Neoliberal Precarity in Graduate Life
Hidden Violence and Everyday Negotiation: An Autoethnography of Neoliberal Precarity in Graduate Life Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Universities worldwide increasingly prioritize quantifiable outputs—publication counts, citation metrics, global…
Corrigendum to “Guiding Methodological Choices in Digital Ethnography: A Decision-Making Framework”
Corrigendum to “Guiding Methodological Choices in Digital Ethnography: A Decision-Making Framework” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Ethnography Is Contemporary History
Ethnography Is Contemporary History Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The claim that “ethnography is contemporary history” is often dismissed as a truism. Yet this seemingly obvious proposition has…
Food, Senses, and Urban Transformation: Contemporary Sensory Ethnography of Istanbul’s Gustatory Landscape
Food, Senses, and Urban Transformation: Contemporary Sensory Ethnography of Istanbul’s Gustatory Landscape Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examined how the temporal rhythms and changing sensory composition…
Beyond the Binary: Reframing Agency and Empowerment Among Marginalized Bakarwal Women in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Beyond the Binary: Reframing Agency and Empowerment Among Marginalized Bakarwal Women in Jammu and Kashmir, India Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Bakarwal women, from a nomadic Muslim tribal…
The Taxi Ride: Migration, Whiteness, and Reactionary Moves Among Gringo Youth in Urban Ecuador
The Taxi Ride: Migration, Whiteness, and Reactionary Moves Among Gringo Youth in Urban Ecuador Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. When white US Americans migrate to—and become “gringos” in—Ecuador,…
Mytho-Ethnography: A Recipe Transforming a Myth into a Tasty Ethnography
Mytho-Ethnography: A Recipe Transforming a Myth into a Tasty Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Mytho-ethnography is a methodology for the analysis of myths that centers on the…
Cibus Disputatus: Intergenerational Tensions, Situated Authority, and Succession in a Migrant-Run Family Restaurant
Cibus Disputatus: Intergenerational Tensions, Situated Authority, and Succession in a Migrant-Run Family Restaurant Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Intergenerational authority in migrant families is often explained through differences…
Sounds of the Neighbourhood: Shouting, Belonging, and Sonic Governance in Berlin’s Maybachufer Market
Sounds of the Neighbourhood: Shouting, Belonging, and Sonic Governance in Berlin’s Maybachufer Market Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper examines how vendors’ shouting shapes—and is shaped by—gentrification…
Embodied Experience and Emotional Labor: An Autoethnography of Capturing and Archiving Screenshots From Ephemeral Social Media
Embodied Experience and Emotional Labor: An Autoethnography of Capturing and Archiving Screenshots From Ephemeral Social Media Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article interrogates my dual role as…
Becoming a Publishing Researcher: An Autoethnographic Account of Academic Identity Formation During the PhD
Becoming a Publishing Researcher: An Autoethnographic Account of Academic Identity Formation During the PhD Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores how engagement with academic publishing during…
Guiding Methodological Choices in Digital Ethnography: A Decision-Making Framework
Guiding Methodological Choices in Digital Ethnography: A Decision-Making Framework Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As internet communications continue to change rapidly, including public access to large language model…
‘Inhotim is a Place of Possibilities’: The Impact of a Private Art Museum on its Local Employees’ Capacity to Aspire
‘Inhotim is a Place of Possibilities’: The Impact of a Private Art Museum on its Local Employees’ Capacity to Aspire Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Private museums have…
Identity Archaeology and the Negotiation of Trust: Positionality in Ethnographic Research with Kurdish Communities in Japan
Identity Archaeology and the Negotiation of Trust: Positionality in Ethnographic Research with Kurdish Communities in Japan Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines how researcher identity, trust,…
Let the People In: Bouncers and the Ordering of the Public
Let the People In: Bouncers and the Ordering of the Public Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores the complex role of bouncers in Italian nightclubs. It…
Trauma-Informed Digital Ethnography: Insights from An Ethnography on the Satanic Temple Sober Faction
Trauma-Informed Digital Ethnography: Insights from An Ethnography on the Satanic Temple Sober Faction Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As digital platforms shape everyday life, researchers increasingly use digital…