What is Scholar-Baiting? When the Watcher is Watched, and the Social Engineering Attacks on Scholars
What is Scholar-Baiting? When the Watcher is Watched, and the Social Engineering Attacks on Scholars Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. I write from the dual position of witness…
Cineforum as a Participatory Field Device: Film-Viewing for Sensitive Knowledge in Ethnography
Cineforum as a Participatory Field Device: Film-Viewing for Sensitive Knowledge in Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores the cineforum, an activity where participants collectively decide…
“More Money, More Problems”: Poverty, Recognition, and the Reframing of Success in Iran
“More Money, More Problems”: Poverty, Recognition, and the Reframing of Success in Iran Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines how stigmatized service workers in Iran make…
Everyday Multispecies Resistance: Power Relations in an Equestrian Sport
Everyday Multispecies Resistance: Power Relations in an Equestrian Sport Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Interest in human–animal relations in sport has grown, but it often remains anthropocentric, overlooking…
Corrigendum to “Global Religious Projects with Local Reach: Glocal kavadi and Hinduism in La Réunion”
Corrigendum to “Global Religious Projects with Local Reach: Glocal kavadi and Hinduism in La Réunion” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Go to Source
Caught in Construction: Why Dutch Sovereign Citizens Challenge the Bureaucratic State
Caught in Construction: Why Dutch Sovereign Citizens Challenge the Bureaucratic State Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Governments and scholars worldwide have raised alarm about the increasing popularity of…
Global Religious Projects with Local Reach: Glocal kavadi and Hinduism in La Réunion
Global Religious Projects with Local Reach: Glocal kavadi and Hinduism in La Réunion Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Global Hinduism involves a multi-faceted relation between religion and globalization.…
Interviewing Salafis in Tunisia: Ethical and Methodological Challenges of Fieldwork with Oppositional Communities
Interviewing Salafis in Tunisia: Ethical and Methodological Challenges of Fieldwork with Oppositional Communities Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article critically reflects on the methodological and ethical challenges…
An Autoethnography beyond Academia: The Embodiment of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Autoethnography beyond Academia: The Embodiment of Motorcycle Maintenance Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This autoethnographic account explores the challenges and revelations of cultivating a life outside academia.…
Practical Lessons for Conducting International Qualitative Fieldwork as a Graduate Student
Practical Lessons for Conducting International Qualitative Fieldwork as a Graduate Student Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Qualitative field research can be profoundly rewarding, but it is also a…
All Her Glory: Modest Fashion and the Cosmopolitan Condition
All Her Glory: Modest Fashion and the Cosmopolitan Condition Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This ethnographic paper explores modest fashion (MF) among Muslim and Jewish women in Israel…
Fruitful Unpredictabilities of the Field: Procedural Serendipity in a Multi-Sited Ethnography
Fruitful Unpredictabilities of the Field: Procedural Serendipity in a Multi-Sited Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Doing ethnographic fieldwork is, inevitably, an experience full of contingencies. Many of…
Balancing Acts and Ways of Knowing: Environmental Anthropology as a Collaborative Companion in the Anthropocene
Balancing Acts and Ways of Knowing: Environmental Anthropology as a Collaborative Companion in the Anthropocene Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The Anthropocene calls for collaboration between heterogeneous actors…
“Listening to the South Gate”: Placemaking, Mediascape, and Tourism Diplomacy Seen Through a Band Performance in Xi’an
“Listening to the South Gate”: Placemaking, Mediascape, and Tourism Diplomacy Seen Through a Band Performance in Xi’an Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper is an ethnography of…
The Digitalization of Ethnography: A Scoping Review of Methods in Netnography
The Digitalization of Ethnography: A Scoping Review of Methods in Netnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article focuses on the digital transposition of ethnography (, digital ethnography…
“Sticky, Yet Precarious”—An Ethnographic Insight of F&B Workers in Singapore
“Sticky, Yet Precarious”—An Ethnographic Insight of F&B Workers in Singapore Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines the paradoxical nature of food and beverage (F&B) service work…
Crafting the Digital Self: Exploring Instagram Self-Portraiture as an Anthropological Endeavor
Crafting the Digital Self: Exploring Instagram Self-Portraiture as an Anthropological Endeavor Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Instagram is a social media platform where users upload digital images for…
Trust Development in Street-Based Outreach: Building Engagement with Vulnerable Populations in Helsinki
Trust Development in Street-Based Outreach: Building Engagement with Vulnerable Populations in Helsinki Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article describes the everyday operating practices of a team of…
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…