Navigating Thailand’s Extortion Regime: On the Ambiguities of Relational Autonomy in the Contested Management of Migrant Deportability
Navigating Thailand’s Extortion Regime: On the Ambiguities of Relational Autonomy in the Contested Management of Migrant Deportability Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. That deportability renders migrant labor hyper-exploitable…
Distinction at Work: Status Practices in A Community Production Environment
Distinction at Work: Status Practices in A Community Production Environment Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. While it is well established that bureaucratic organizations channel status competitions into formal…
One Step Ahead of the Canadian Immigration System: Bureaucratic Chaos and the Development of Migrant Experts Online
One Step Ahead of the Canadian Immigration System: Bureaucratic Chaos and the Development of Migrant Experts Online Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Getting access to the right information…
Because the World Did Not End When I Was Seventeen: From Death Anxiety to Resilience, Self-Compassion, and Self-Transcendence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Because the World Did Not End When I Was Seventeen: From Death Anxiety to Resilience, Self-Compassion, and Self-Transcendence During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The…
Modernity and Tradition at Sea: Filipino Seafarers and their Superstitious Beliefs
Modernity and Tradition at Sea: Filipino Seafarers and their Superstitious Beliefs Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The architectural and technological modernity of contemporary ships belies the prevalence of…
Performing Conservative Politics
Performing Conservative Politics Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Research on political performance has typically addressed macro-level performances, such as highly visible protests and demonstrations from progressive organizations. Using…
Partial Encounters: Exploring More-Than-Human Entanglements in Berlin’s Animal Enclosures
Partial Encounters: Exploring More-Than-Human Entanglements in Berlin’s Animal Enclosures Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Drawing on ethnographic research, this article examines a relatively unexplored set of urban scenarios…
Intergenerational Perspectives From Elite Female Athletes’ Experiences With the Menstrual Cycle: Weaving in Confessional Insights From a Male Researcher With Emerging Co-Researchers
Intergenerational Perspectives From Elite Female Athletes’ Experiences With the Menstrual Cycle: Weaving in Confessional Insights From a Male Researcher With Emerging Co-Researchers Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This…
Peripheral Positionality: Conducting Ethnography With Youth as a Researcher from the “Peripheries”
Peripheral Positionality: Conducting Ethnography With Youth as a Researcher from the “Peripheries” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article focuses on the concept of “peripheral” positionality based on…
Norm-Critical Teaching in Practice? An Observational Study of a Campus-Based Clinical Learning Environment in Nursing Education
Norm-Critical Teaching in Practice? An Observational Study of a Campus-Based Clinical Learning Environment in Nursing Education Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Nursing education plays a pivotal role in…
“This is Tunisia, Speak Arabic:”: Multi lingual Ideology and Identities in Tunisia
“This is Tunisia, Speak Arabic:”: Multi lingual Ideology and Identities in Tunisia Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In multilingual societies, it is common for the individual languages used…
Indigenous Experiences and Contributions to Western Scientific Knowledge Systems: An Ethnographic Exploration
Indigenous Experiences and Contributions to Western Scientific Knowledge Systems: An Ethnographic Exploration Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Knowledge systems are embedded in sets of values, worldviews, and cosmologies…
“Why Won’t You Let Me Hit On You?”: Sexual Harassment in Fieldwork as Data
“Why Won’t You Let Me Hit On You?”: Sexual Harassment in Fieldwork as Data Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The aim of the article is to introduce and…
Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Felis catus is considered a domestic species, but the individuals belonging…
My Cigarette Wife and Other Queer Tales of Kinship from Tunisia’s Contemporary Public Art Scene
My Cigarette Wife and Other Queer Tales of Kinship from Tunisia’s Contemporary Public Art Scene Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores the contradictions and political possibilities…
Problematising Aspirations, Transformations, and Societal Expectations: Revisioning Academic Success and Wellbeing Through Cross-Cultural Autoethnographic Exploration
Problematising Aspirations, Transformations, and Societal Expectations: Revisioning Academic Success and Wellbeing Through Cross-Cultural Autoethnographic Exploration Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Having aspirations and goals to strive for provides…
Engaging in Postconflict Violence: Militant Trajectories of Young Republican Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland
Engaging in Postconflict Violence: Militant Trajectories of Young Republican Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is based on an ethnographic study of young…
Utilizing Ethnographical Approaches to Study the Abstract, Intimate, and Dynamic Topic of Trust
Utilizing Ethnographical Approaches to Study the Abstract, Intimate, and Dynamic Topic of Trust Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. There is an increased need to acquire a more holistic…
The Dilemma of Consumerist Masculinity in Capitalist West Africa: Men Navigating Gender, Class, and Romance in Sierra Leone’s Informal Economy
The Dilemma of Consumerist Masculinity in Capitalist West Africa: Men Navigating Gender, Class, and Romance in Sierra Leone’s Informal Economy Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In urban Sierra…
The Show Must Go On! An Autoethnography of (Re)socialization into Senior Policing in England and the Prominence of “Leadership Theatre”
The Show Must Go On! An Autoethnography of (Re)socialization into Senior Policing in England and the Prominence of “Leadership Theatre” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This unique autoethnographical…