“You Kind of Find Yourself Helpless”: Teens’ Identity Constructions and Responses to Childhood Trauma
“You Kind of Find Yourself Helpless”: Teens’ Identity Constructions and Responses to Childhood Trauma Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Innovations in the trauma-informed care (TIC) field have promised…
Filtering Touch: An Ethnography of Dirt, Danger, and Industrial Robots
Filtering Touch: An Ethnography of Dirt, Danger, and Industrial Robots Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. “Industry ” marks the advent of a new wave of industrial robotics designed…
“When I Least Expected It”: an Autoethnography of Reporting Workplace Sexual Harassment and Compassionate Bystanders”
“When I Least Expected It”: an Autoethnography of Reporting Workplace Sexual Harassment and Compassionate Bystanders” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. I present an evocative autoethnographic account of reporting…
Implicating Ourselves Through Our Research: A Duoethnography of Researcher Reflexivity
Implicating Ourselves Through Our Research: A Duoethnography of Researcher Reflexivity Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Researcher reflexivity is not a new concept in qualitative research. However, how/if researchers…
Facing the Storm: Our First Annual Faculty of Color Writing Retreat as a Microcosm for Being a Black Woman in the Academy
Facing the Storm: Our First Annual Faculty of Color Writing Retreat as a Microcosm for Being a Black Woman in the Academy Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In…
Surveillance, Radicalization, and Prison Change Self-Analysis of an Ethnographic Survey Under Tension
Surveillance, Radicalization, and Prison Change Self-Analysis of an Ethnographic Survey Under Tension Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is based on a sociological research, combining qualitative interviews…
“How Will You Give Back?”: On Becoming a Compañera as a Feminist Methodology from the Cracks
“How Will You Give Back?”: On Becoming a Compañera as a Feminist Methodology from the Cracks Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Issues of power, inequality, and representation in…
The Power to be Ethical: Controlling Moral Assemblages in Border Militias
The Power to be Ethical: Controlling Moral Assemblages in Border Militias Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Every year, hundreds of citizens patrol the Mexican border dressed in camouflage…
Vulnerable Research: Competencies for Trauma and Justice-Informed Ethnography
Vulnerable Research: Competencies for Trauma and Justice-Informed Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Ethnographers often work with individuals who are physically, psychologically, spiritually, and/or structurally vulnerable. The article…
“Like Stitches to a Wound”: Fashioning Taste in and Through Garment Mending Practices
“Like Stitches to a Wound”: Fashioning Taste in and Through Garment Mending Practices Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article immerses the reader into the world of garment…
“A Program, Not the Projects”: Reentry in the Post-Public Housing Era
“A Program, Not the Projects”: Reentry in the Post-Public Housing Era Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Prisoner reentry is widely recognized as a hybrid project of poverty governance…
Understanding the Quiet Times: The Role of Periods of “Nothing Much Happening” in Police Work
Understanding the Quiet Times: The Role of Periods of “Nothing Much Happening” in Police Work Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Much media and academic representations of police work…
Shock Troops and Shock Absorbers: IT Support and Emotional Labor in the Rationalizing University
Shock Troops and Shock Absorbers: IT Support and Emotional Labor in the Rationalizing University Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Drawing on 200 hours of observation at The Help…
Sensoriality, Social Interaction, and “Doing sensing” in Physical–Cultural Ethnographies
Sensoriality, Social Interaction, and “Doing sensing” in Physical–Cultural Ethnographies Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. As recently highlighted, despite a burgeoning field of sensory ethnography, the practices, production, and…
Interaction Rituals and Sexual Commerce in Thailand’s Erotic Bars
Interaction Rituals and Sexual Commerce in Thailand’s Erotic Bars Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article explores bar prostitution as a distinct sexual arena. Drawing on fieldwork in…
A Confessional Representation of Ethnographic Fieldwork in an Academy Sport Setting
A Confessional Representation of Ethnographic Fieldwork in an Academy Sport Setting Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Methodological “confessions” are an established genre of ethnographic writing and have contributed…
Strategic Boredom: The Experience and Dynamics of Boredom in Refugee Camp. A Mediterranean Case
Strategic Boredom: The Experience and Dynamics of Boredom in Refugee Camp. A Mediterranean Case Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines the boredom of asylum seekers living…
Considering Silences in Narrative Inquiry: An Intergenerational Story of a Sami Family
Considering Silences in Narrative Inquiry: An Intergenerational Story of a Sami Family Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Through coming alongside a Sami family, we open spaces to contemplate…
Uncoupled: American Widows in Times of Uncertainty and Ambiguous Norms
Uncoupled: American Widows in Times of Uncertainty and Ambiguous Norms Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This study uses the concept of uncertainty in general, and specifically objective and…
Being a Deliveroo Rider: Practices of Platform Labor in Nijmegen and Berlin
Being a Deliveroo Rider: Practices of Platform Labor in Nijmegen and Berlin Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. On-demand delivery platforms have become a common feature of urban economies…