The Price of Consent: Identity Wages in the Games Industry
The Price of Consent: Identity Wages in the Games Industry Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Sociologists have long known that wages are not all that attract highly skilled…
Researching While Trans: Being Clocked and Cooling Cistress
Researching While Trans: Being Clocked and Cooling Cistress Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, I investigate how predominantly cisgender and straight participants of a university LGBT…
From Nativeness to Strangeness and Back: Ascribed Ethnicity, Body Work, and Contextual Insiderness
From Nativeness to Strangeness and Back: Ascribed Ethnicity, Body Work, and Contextual Insiderness Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article offers a reflection on a certain variant of…
Claiming and Reclaiming Settings, Objects, and Situations: A Microethnographic Study of the Sociomaterial Practices of Everyday Life at Swedish Youth Homes
Claiming and Reclaiming Settings, Objects, and Situations: A Microethnographic Study of the Sociomaterial Practices of Everyday Life at Swedish Youth Homes Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The aim…
On Refrigerators and Rage: Secrecy and Pacification in the Florida Restaurant Industry
On Refrigerators and Rage: Secrecy and Pacification in the Florida Restaurant Industry Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Designed based on careful specifications and regulations, commercial refrigerators can be…
Multifaceted Intergroup Relations in an American Town—Immigrant Intrusion, Symbiosis, and Invisibility
Multifaceted Intergroup Relations in an American Town—Immigrant Intrusion, Symbiosis, and Invisibility Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article explores the intricate relationships between three…
Mothers and Workers in the Time of COVID-19: Negotiating Motherhood within Smart Working
Mothers and Workers in the Time of COVID-19: Negotiating Motherhood within Smart Working Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The article is an autoethnographic account written by three Italian…
Autoethnography of Holy Death: Belief, Dividuality, and Family in the Study of Santa Muerte
Autoethnography of Holy Death: Belief, Dividuality, and Family in the Study of Santa Muerte Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Through an autoethnographic account that interweaves academic observations, my…
Walk a Mile in My Shoes! An Autoethnographical Perspective of Urban Walkability in Galway
Walk a Mile in My Shoes! An Autoethnographical Perspective of Urban Walkability in Galway Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The need to reverse the harmful economic, social and…
“I’m a Million Times More Confident Now”: Body Dissatisfaction, Body Projects, and Self-Concept Repair
“I’m a Million Times More Confident Now”: Body Dissatisfaction, Body Projects, and Self-Concept Repair Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This research examines how feelings of body dissatisfaction arise,…
Assemblage Thinking in Lockdown: An Autoethnographic Approach
Assemblage Thinking in Lockdown: An Autoethnographic Approach Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Over the past year, COVID-19 and the restrictions imposed in its wake have meant that a…
Some Methodological Insights from a Reflexive “Insider” Ethnography of Shiatsu Practice
Some Methodological Insights from a Reflexive “Insider” Ethnography of Shiatsu Practice Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Presented as a collaborative reflexive account, this article has evolved through a…
Ethnography, Tactical Responsivity and Political Utility
Ethnography, Tactical Responsivity and Political Utility Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this article, we address issues of attribution, utility, and accountability in ethnographic research. We examine the…
Inside, Outside, Upside Down: Power, Positionality, and Limits of Ethnic Identity in the Ethnographies of the Far-Right
Inside, Outside, Upside Down: Power, Positionality, and Limits of Ethnic Identity in the Ethnographies of the Far-Right Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Methodological literature on ethnographies of the…
Everyday Ritual and Ethnographic Practice: Two Cases Showing the Importance of Embodiment and Reflexivity
Everyday Ritual and Ethnographic Practice: Two Cases Showing the Importance of Embodiment and Reflexivity Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Moments of ritual reveal symbolic meanings, reinforce boundaries of…
Navigating Ethical Quandaries with Close Personal Contacts in Qualitative Research
Navigating Ethical Quandaries with Close Personal Contacts in Qualitative Research Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. There are a variety of ethical situations that qualitative communication researchers must navigate.…
Parts of Me—Relational Risks and Possible Outcomes When Sharing the Decision to Have a Breast Augmentation: A Study of a Swedish Online Forum
Parts of Me—Relational Risks and Possible Outcomes When Sharing the Decision to Have a Breast Augmentation: A Study of a Swedish Online Forum Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print.…
The American Ghetto, Gangster, and Respect on the Streets of Copenhagen: Media(tion)s between Structure and Street Culture
The American Ghetto, Gangster, and Respect on the Streets of Copenhagen: Media(tion)s between Structure and Street Culture Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. “Street culture” is often considered a…
Gender and Legitimacy in Personal Service Occupations: The Case of End-of-Life Doulas and Death Midwives
Gender and Legitimacy in Personal Service Occupations: The Case of End-of-Life Doulas and Death Midwives Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The emerging occupations of end-of-life doula and death…
Why Should We Care What Extremists Think? The Contribution of Emic Perspectives to Understanding the “right-wing extremist” Mind-Set
Why Should We Care What Extremists Think? The Contribution of Emic Perspectives to Understanding the “right-wing extremist” Mind-Set Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article considers the implications…