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…
To Be Like the Greatest: The Limits and Possibilities of Performing Socially Embodied Difference
To Be Like the Greatest: The Limits and Possibilities of Performing Socially Embodied Difference Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores the limits and possibilities of social…
An Inappropriate Insider in the Field: Autoethnographic Reflections on Accessing Active Online Romance Fraudsters in Ghana
An Inappropriate Insider in the Field: Autoethnographic Reflections on Accessing Active Online Romance Fraudsters in Ghana Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Due to the prevalence of online romance…
Information Poverty Alleviation causing Implicit Information Poverty? Evidence from Rural Information Ecology in China
Information Poverty Alleviation causing Implicit Information Poverty? Evidence from Rural Information Ecology in China Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. China’s targeted poverty reduction initiatives have expanded rural digital…
Stage Courts and Street Sovereignty: Accident Blame, Debt Discipline, and Platform Friction in Uganda’s Boda Boda Economy
Stage Courts and Street Sovereignty: Accident Blame, Debt Discipline, and Platform Friction in Uganda’s Boda Boda Economy Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Boda boda stages in Uganda are…
Antagonistic Collaboration: Legal Advocates and Immigration Officers in the Dutch Asylum Procedure
Antagonistic Collaboration: Legal Advocates and Immigration Officers in the Dutch Asylum Procedure Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Scholarship on asylum procedures often examines officers of the Immigration and…
“Let’s Roll the Streets of Mzansi”: A Collaborative Ethnography of Anti-Immigrant Violence in South Africa
“Let’s Roll the Streets of Mzansi”: A Collaborative Ethnography of Anti-Immigrant Violence in South Africa Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores the rise of Operation Dudula,…
Writing from the Wound: Racial Melancholia and the Entangled Affects of Feminist Ethnography
Writing from the Wound: Racial Melancholia and the Entangled Affects of Feminist Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is about the necessity of working with and…
Decline and transformation of cooperation in two rural communities in Poland in the context of deagrarianisation
Decline and transformation of cooperation in two rural communities in Poland in the context of deagrarianisation Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The aim of this article is to…
Sonic Signatures: On the Potentialities of Listening Well By Listening Differently
Sonic Signatures: On the Potentialities of Listening Well By Listening Differently Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article argues that sound-based aspects of fieldwork hold the potential to…
Unpacking the Ordinary in the Extraordinary: What Ethnography Can Teach Us About the Everyday Life of Social Movements
Unpacking the Ordinary in the Extraordinary: What Ethnography Can Teach Us About the Everyday Life of Social Movements Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Social movements are contentious, action-packed,…
Care at a Distance: Social Solitude, Emotional Capitalism, and Homeless Citizenship in Neoliberal Australia
Care at a Distance: Social Solitude, Emotional Capitalism, and Homeless Citizenship in Neoliberal Australia Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This study examines how civic communities form and operate…
Accounting for Socialization: Quantitative Priming, Language, and Tools in a Masters of Public Affairs Program
Accounting for Socialization: Quantitative Priming, Language, and Tools in a Masters of Public Affairs Program Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Quantitative accountability has become a widespread rationale for…
Livelihoods, Social Protectionism, and Thailand’s Precarious Labor Markets
Livelihoods, Social Protectionism, and Thailand’s Precarious Labor Markets Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Despite assurances by the Thai government that it has prioritized extensive economic improvements that will…
Forge and Flex: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Resilience Among Indonesian PhD Mama Scholars
Forge and Flex: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Resilience Among Indonesian PhD Mama Scholars Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As four Indonesian PhD mama scholars in the United States,…
Ethnographic Strategies: Reflexivity in Theorizing About Class and Precarity
Ethnographic Strategies: Reflexivity in Theorizing About Class and Precarity Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores how reflexive ethnographic practice can generate deeper insights into class, precarity,…