Gendered Governmentalities and Neoliberal Logics: Latina, Immigrant Women in Healthcare and Social Services
Gendered Governmentalities and Neoliberal Logics: Latina, Immigrant Women in Healthcare and Social Services Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This ethnographic research with Latina, immigrant mothers and health care…
Leaving Gangs in Cape Town: Disengagement as Role Exit
Leaving Gangs in Cape Town: Disengagement as Role Exit Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. A lack of scholarship on gang leaving in Cape Town, South Africa creates the…
The Value of Five Cents: Mismatched Meaning Making at a Bottle and Can Redemption Center
The Value of Five Cents: Mismatched Meaning Making at a Bottle and Can Redemption Center Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Drawing on a year-long ethnography at a non-profit…
Generation V: Millennial Vegans in Israel
Generation V: Millennial Vegans in Israel Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This study asks how and why veganism becomes a way of constructing generational identities and worldviews. Focusing…
Inside Happiness Groups: Everyday Happiness, Self-Awareness, and Resistance
Inside Happiness Groups: Everyday Happiness, Self-Awareness, and Resistance Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article offers a phenomenological examination of happiness through ethnographies in self-help groups for happiness…
Security Culture: Surveillance and Responsibilization in a Prisoner Reentry Organization
Security Culture: Surveillance and Responsibilization in a Prisoner Reentry Organization Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As they have become increasingly common, prisoner reentry organizations have become a topic…
White, Male, and Bartending in Detroit: Masculinity Work in a Hipster Scene
White, Male, and Bartending in Detroit: Masculinity Work in a Hipster Scene Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The hipster scene in Detroit, Michigan, is explored via participant observation…
Doing Waiting: An Ethnomethodological Analysis
Doing Waiting: An Ethnomethodological Analysis Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Waiting is an activity that is virtually carried out by everybody at every time and everywhere. In contrast…
Soldiers and Scholars: Ritual Dilemmas among National Religious Combat Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces
Soldiers and Scholars: Ritual Dilemmas among National Religious Combat Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores how the practice of Jewish…
Black Athenians: Making and Resisting Racialized Symbolic Boundaries in the Greek Street Market
Black Athenians: Making and Resisting Racialized Symbolic Boundaries in the Greek Street Market Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, I show how groups and individuals maintain…
Between Boredom, Protest, and Community: Ethnography of Young Activists in a South African Township
Between Boredom, Protest, and Community: Ethnography of Young Activists in a South African Township Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is based on an ethnographic study of…
Exploring the Implications of Culturally Relevant Teaching: Toward a Pedagogy of Liberation
Exploring the Implications of Culturally Relevant Teaching: Toward a Pedagogy of Liberation Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Schools in America may provide opportunities for upward mobility while also…
“You’re a Sociologist, I Am Too . . . ”: Seducing the Ethnographer, Disruption, and Ambiguity in Fieldwork with (Mostly) Undocumented Youth
“You’re a Sociologist, I Am Too . . . ”: Seducing the Ethnographer, Disruption, and Ambiguity in Fieldwork with (Mostly) Undocumented Youth Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The…
Between Surveillance and Sousveillance: Or, Why Campus Police Feel Vulnerable Precisely Because They Gain Power
Between Surveillance and Sousveillance: Or, Why Campus Police Feel Vulnerable Precisely Because They Gain Power Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Utilizing historical and ethnographic data, this article explicates…
I Second That Emotion: A Collaborative Examination of Emotions Felt in Course Administration Work
I Second That Emotion: A Collaborative Examination of Emotions Felt in Course Administration Work Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Course administrators hold a unique position in academe—one that…
“We Make Our Own Rules Here”: Democratic Communities, Corporate Logics, and “No Excuses” Practices in a Charter School Management Organization
“We Make Our Own Rules Here”: Democratic Communities, Corporate Logics, and “No Excuses” Practices in a Charter School Management Organization Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Recently, there has…
On the Margins of College Life: The Experiences of Racial and Ethnic Minority Men in the Extracurriculum
On the Margins of College Life: The Experiences of Racial and Ethnic Minority Men in the Extracurriculum Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Today, racial and ethnic minority (REM)…
Fighting Gendered Battles: On Being a Woman in a Contemporary Gaming Community
Fighting Gendered Battles: On Being a Woman in a Contemporary Gaming Community Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This scholarly personal narrative (Nash 2004) draws on the author’s experiences…
Strangers in the Neighborhood: Violence and Neighborhood Boundaries
Strangers in the Neighborhood: Violence and Neighborhood Boundaries Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. New Orleans experienced elevated rates of violent crime throughout the thirty years between 1985 and…
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Reading Protests against Oppressive Knowledge Production as Guidelines for Solidarity Research
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Reading Protests against Oppressive Knowledge Production as Guidelines for Solidarity Research Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Drawing from my analysis of sex worker…