Pedagogies of Sport in Youth Detention: Withholding, Developing, or Just “Busying the Youth”?
Pedagogies of Sport in Youth Detention: Withholding, Developing, or Just “Busying the Youth”? Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article examines pedagogies of sport in youth detention, drawing…
“The Chinese” in Nigeria: Discursive Ethnicities and (Dis)embedded Experiences
“The Chinese” in Nigeria: Discursive Ethnicities and (Dis)embedded Experiences Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In the emerging Africa–China studies, ethnography has been employed to demystify the monolithic Chinese…
“You Don’t Want to Feel Poor All the Time”: What SNAP Means to Low-Income Philadelphia Residents
“You Don’t Want to Feel Poor All the Time”: What SNAP Means to Low-Income Philadelphia Residents Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Through participant observation while grocery shopping, and…
Practices of Ethnographic Research: Introduction to the Special Issue
Practices of Ethnographic Research: Introduction to the Special Issue Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 3-10, February 2021. Go to Source
Making Food Manageable – Packaging as a Code of Practice for Work Practices at the Supermarket
Making Food Manageable – Packaging as a Code of Practice for Work Practices at the Supermarket Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. While packaging-free stores are in the uptake,…
Video Analysis and Ethnographic Knowledge: An Empirical Study of Video Analysis Practices
Video Analysis and Ethnographic Knowledge: An Empirical Study of Video Analysis Practices Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper discusses the practical foundations of ethnographically informed video analysis…
Distributing Reflexivity through Co-laborative Ethnography
Distributing Reflexivity through Co-laborative Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In ethnographic research and analysis, reflexivity is vital to achieving constant coordination between field and concept work. However,…
Performing Gender and Political Recognition: Israeli Reform Jewish Life-cycle Rituals
Performing Gender and Political Recognition: Israeli Reform Jewish Life-cycle Rituals Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Anthropologists see life-cycle rituals as a significant way to understand gender roles and…
“Pocketing” Research Data? Ethnographic Data Production as Material Theorizing
“Pocketing” Research Data? Ethnographic Data Production as Material Theorizing Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. We analyze the relations between ethnographic data and theory through an examination of materiality…
Material Practices of Ethnographic Presence
Material Practices of Ethnographic Presence Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Ethnographic research is a thoroughly material matter, but the involvement of material things in performing ethnographic methods is…
On Spiritualist Workers: Healing and Divining through Tarot and the Metaphysical
On Spiritualist Workers: Healing and Divining through Tarot and the Metaphysical Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In the following article, I explore how tarot card readers (and other…
Contractually Sterilized: Migrant Mothers and Carceral Politics in the Gulf Coast Cooperation (GCC) Countries
Contractually Sterilized: Migrant Mothers and Carceral Politics in the Gulf Coast Cooperation (GCC) Countries Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Migration to the Gulf Countries of the United Arab…
Ethnographic Gameness: Theorizing Extra-methodological Fieldwork Practices in a Study of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
Ethnographic Gameness: Theorizing Extra-methodological Fieldwork Practices in a Study of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article theorizes the fieldwork experiences that I gained while…
“We Offer Nuffle a Sausage Sacrifice on Game Day”. Blood Bowl Players’ World-building Rituals through the Lens of Theory of Sociocultual Viability
“We Offer Nuffle a Sausage Sacrifice on Game Day”. Blood Bowl Players’ World-building Rituals through the Lens of Theory of Sociocultual Viability Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This…
The Anatomy of a Battle Jacket: A Multimodal Ethnographic Perspective
The Anatomy of a Battle Jacket: A Multimodal Ethnographic Perspective Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The battle jacket—a sleeveless denim jacket customized with band patches—is a staple item…
“We Offer Nuffle S sausage Sacrifice on Game Day”. Blood Bowl Players’ World-building Rituals through the Lens of Theory of Sociocultural Viability
“We Offer Nuffle S sausage Sacrifice on Game Day”. Blood Bowl Players’ World-building Rituals through the Lens of Theory of Sociocultural Viability Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This…
Glocalizing Women’s Empowerment: Feminist Contestation and NGO Activism in Iran
Glocalizing Women’s Empowerment: Feminist Contestation and NGO Activism in Iran Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Through an ethnographic study of a women’s empowerment program in Tehran, and in-depth…
Institutional Ethnography and the Materiality of Affect: Affective Circuits as Indicators of Other Possibilities
Institutional Ethnography and the Materiality of Affect: Affective Circuits as Indicators of Other Possibilities Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Volume 49, Issue 5, Page 691-709, October 2020. Many studies have utilized…
Back to the Sicilian Landing Sites: Exploring a Borderland through a Refugee Gaze
Back to the Sicilian Landing Sites: Exploring a Borderland through a Refugee Gaze Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is based on a shared ethnographic experience centered…
Digital Migrating and Storyworlding with Women We Love: A Feminist Ethnography
Digital Migrating and Storyworlding with Women We Love: A Feminist Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This contemporary feminist ethnography draws on in-depth ethnographically-anchored lifestory interviews with loved…