The lexicographic studies of Fernando Ortiz Fernández
The lexicographic studies of Fernando Ortiz Fernández This article analyzes the lexicographical studies undertaken by the distinguished Cuban anthropologist and ethnologist Fernando Ortiz Fernández concerning the Spanish spoken in Cuba.…
The legacy of Ortiz’s Yorubization of Lucumí: Translation as transculturation
The legacy of Ortiz’s Yorubization of Lucumí: Translation as transculturation The contemporary retranslation and circulation of Lucumí songs for the orishas (deities) among devotees and scholars in Cuba inadvertently reproduces…
Ethnographic stews: Decennial reflections
Ethnographic stews: Decennial reflections Go to Source
Caribbean and Mediterranean counterpoints and transculturations
Caribbean and Mediterranean counterpoints and transculturations Probing the possibilities for transregional anthropological scholarship in light of the Cuban polymath Fernando Ortiz’s prolific work, this introduction surveys the development of Mediterraneanist…
Fernando Ortiz (and the spiritists?) in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia
Fernando Ortiz (and the spiritists?) in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia This article explores the social framework of spiritism in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia during the time Fernando Ortiz…
A network of networks: Fernando Ortiz, crossroad between cultures
A network of networks: Fernando Ortiz, crossroad between cultures This article analyzes the role that Fernando Ortiz played in the articulation of transatlantic intellectual and academic networks between different Latin…
Border dialectics and the border multiple: A view from the northern Caribbean
Border dialectics and the border multiple: A view from the northern Caribbean Questions related to hybridity, creolization, and the porosity of cultural forms have long concerned anthropologists. More often than…
More Bread Less Circus
More Bread Less Circus Ethnography, Volume 22, Issue 2, Page 154-163, June 2021. Go to Source
“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…
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…
“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…
Interest, politics and drift in policy implementation: The case of trafficking prevention measures in Brazil
Interest, politics and drift in policy implementation: The case of trafficking prevention measures in Brazil Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article scrutinizes the anti-trafficking efforts that the PT Government in…
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…
I said, they said: The ethnographic backstage and the politics of producing engaged anthropology
I said, they said: The ethnographic backstage and the politics of producing engaged anthropology Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Two commonly articulated goals of engaged anthropology include: 1) creating equal power…
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…