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…
“How Come This Man Is Homeless?” An Ethnographic Exploration of Identity Work among Volunteers in a Diner Serving to the Homeless
“How Come This Man Is Homeless?” An Ethnographic Exploration of Identity Work among Volunteers in a Diner Serving to the Homeless Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. In this…
Social Media Representations of Law Enforcement within Four Diverse Chicago Neighborhoods
Social Media Representations of Law Enforcement within Four Diverse Chicago Neighborhoods Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The perception of excessive use of force by law enforcement towards minorities…
Structural Inequality, Homelessness, and Moral Worth: Salvaging the Self through Sport?
Structural Inequality, Homelessness, and Moral Worth: Salvaging the Self through Sport? Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This urban ethnography explores how a group of men experiencing homelessness collectively…
Punishing Fieldwork: Penal Domination and Prison Ethnography
Punishing Fieldwork: Penal Domination and Prison Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Ethnographic studies inside prisons are especially difficult to execute. In addition to facing amplified challenges in…
“Church Is Important to Our Clients”: Autonomy, Community, and Religious Expression within a Long-term Care Organization
“Church Is Important to Our Clients”: Autonomy, Community, and Religious Expression within a Long-term Care Organization Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Autonomy and selfhood are primary concerns for…
Practices of Writing in Ethnographic Work
Practices of Writing in Ethnographic Work Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Although the practice of writing is key to the production of ethnographic knowledge, the topic remains understudied.…
Talking Shit, Egos, and Tough Skin: Humor Among Elite Black Men
Talking Shit, Egos, and Tough Skin: Humor Among Elite Black Men Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Extant research considers humor integral to the Black experience. Previous work on…