“A Population at Risk”: Ageism Toward Elders During the COVID-19 Era in Israel
“A Population at Risk”: Ageism Toward Elders During the COVID-19 Era in Israel Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article focuses on ageism during COVID-19 lockdowns. It is…
In the Saunas I’m Either Invisible or Camouflaged: Colonial Fantasies and Imaginations in Sydney’s Gay Saunas
In the Saunas I’m Either Invisible or Camouflaged: Colonial Fantasies and Imaginations in Sydney’s Gay Saunas Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. I analyze racism in Sydney’s gay sauna…
The Janus Face of Organizational Knowing
The Janus Face of Organizational Knowing Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article challenges our current understanding of the role of knowing for organizational participation by discussing how,…
Vulnerability-Making at Europe’s Edge: How Policies, Documents, and Spatiality Intra-Act in the Context of Young Refugees
Vulnerability-Making at Europe’s Edge: How Policies, Documents, and Spatiality Intra-Act in the Context of Young Refugees Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. When young refugees who arrive in the…
Inside American End-of-Life Doula Trainings through Analytic Autoethnography: A Social Movement for Death Positivity Manifests in a New Profession
Inside American End-of-Life Doula Trainings through Analytic Autoethnography: A Social Movement for Death Positivity Manifests in a New Profession Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. End-of-life doulas (EOLDs) represent…
“SHE CAN GET A VISA”: How Nationality and Class Shape Decision Making at a Kenyan NGO
“SHE CAN GET A VISA”: How Nationality and Class Shape Decision Making at a Kenyan NGO Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Prior studies show how race, class, and…
Music for Mental Health: An Autoethnography of the Rory Gallagher Instagram Fan Community
Music for Mental Health: An Autoethnography of the Rory Gallagher Instagram Fan Community Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there has been a major…
It’s Understandable If It Destroys You, Right?—Grades, Students’ Self-Images, and Quantification
It’s Understandable If It Destroys You, Right?—Grades, Students’ Self-Images, and Quantification Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Human life is increasingly quantified. From blood pressure to body mass index,…
Helping Mom Die: An Auto-ethnographic Account of Preparing for Death
Helping Mom Die: An Auto-ethnographic Account of Preparing for Death Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is about a journey that I took with my mother as…
Weeding Out the Weak: Labor, Gender, and Disability in a U.S. Fossil Fuel Boomtown
Weeding Out the Weak: Labor, Gender, and Disability in a Fossil Fuel Boomtown Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. COVID-19 has radically reshaped the labor dreams of many workers.…
Addressing the Methodological Challenges that Cloaked Profiles Pose to Digital Observations
Addressing the Methodological Challenges that Cloaked Profiles Pose to Digital Observations Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Although digital ethnographic studies concerned with online misinformation have focused on analyzing…
Mujeres Guerreras: Negotiating Women’s Empowerment in Colombia
Mujeres Guerreras: Negotiating Women’s Empowerment in Colombia Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This research is based on nine months of ethnographic fieldwork with a formalized youth hip-hop organization…
Tales from a Hospital Entrance Screener: An Autoethnography and Exploration of COVID-19, Risk, and Responsibility
Tales from a Hospital Entrance Screener: An Autoethnography and Exploration of COVID-19, Risk, and Responsibility Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This autoethnography explores my experiences as a hospital…
Affective Infrastructures of Immobility: Staying While Neighbors Are Leaving Rural Eastern Siberia
Affective Infrastructures of Immobility: Staying While Neighbors Are Leaving Rural Eastern Siberia Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Framing “immobility” as already containing mobility, this research asks why people…
The Moral Discourse of Free Speech: A Virtual Ethnographic Study
The Moral Discourse of Free Speech: A Virtual Ethnographic Study Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Freedom of speech has long been considered an essential value in democracies. However,…
An Autoethnography of “Making It” in Academia: Writing an ECR “Journey” of Facebook, Assemblage, Affect, and the Outdoors
An Autoethnography of “Making It” in Academia: Writing an ECR “Journey” of Facebook, Assemblage, Affect, and the Outdoors Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. While much has been written…
Memory Politics on a Neighborhood Scale: Uses of the Past in the Historic Center and the Periphery of Valencia (Spain)
Memory Politics on a Neighborhood Scale: Uses of the Past in the Historic Center and the Periphery of Valencia (Spain) Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article analyzes…
Four Distinct Cultures of Oilfield Masculinity, but Absent Hegemonic Masculinity: Some Multiple Masculinities Perspectives from a Remote UK Offshore Drilling Platform
Four Distinct Cultures of Oilfield Masculinity, but Absent Hegemonic Masculinity: Some Multiple Masculinities Perspectives from a Remote UK Offshore Drilling Platform Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This study…
Interaction Rituals at Content Trade Fairs: A Microfoundation of Cultural Markets
Interaction Rituals at Content Trade Fairs: A Microfoundation of Cultural Markets Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, we show how ritualized periodic encounters of business partners…
“The Glorious Pain”: Attaining Pleasure and Gratification in Times of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) among Gym Goers
“The Glorious Pain”: Attaining Pleasure and Gratification in Times of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) among Gym Goers Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)…