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…
Purge the Evil From Your Midst: Material Cancel Culture Among Religiously Observant Jews
Purge the Evil From Your Midst: Material Cancel Culture Among Religiously Observant Jews Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores cancel culture as a material endeavor on…
Somewhere Between a Stopwatch and a Recording Device: Ethnographic Reflections From the Pool
Somewhere Between a Stopwatch and a Recording Device: Ethnographic Reflections From the Pool Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As has recently been highlighted, despite the prevalence of methodological…
Counteracting Stigma-Power: An Ethnographic Case Study of an Independent Community Food Hub
Counteracting Stigma-Power: An Ethnographic Case Study of an Independent Community Food Hub Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The need for emergency food aid is increasing across the United…
Erving Goffman: The Social Science Maverick. Assessing the Interdisciplinary Impact of the Most Cited American Sociologist
Erving Goffman: The Social Science Maverick. Assessing the Interdisciplinary Impact of the Most Cited American Sociologist Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Erving Goffman has a reputation as an…
Constructing Selves in (Im)mobility: Greek Women’s Narratives Concerning the COVID-19 Lockdowns in Athens, Greece
Constructing Selves in (Im)mobility: Greek Women’s Narratives Concerning the COVID-19 Lockdowns in Athens, Greece Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The present article examines women’s narratives concerning the COVID-19…