As an anthropology student in the United States, I have learned that fieldnotes are the bread and butter of ethnographic research. Over the course of my undergraduate, MA, and PhD [...]
After months of a seemingly endless pandemic, delayed plans, and many hesitations, I was finally able to begin my dissertation fieldwork in May 2021. I had spent countless hours longing [...]
I was born on the ocean shore in the far west of France. Attracted to the hectic tides of this deep blue screen ahead of me, I learned how to [...]
What does the daily practice of writing fieldnotes look and feel like to ethnographers? What do fieldnotes actually look like, and how are they best written and organized? Why, [...]
The cracked floors and peeled walls of a resident’s room. Dilapidated furniture, peeled walls, cracked floors, cluttered up spaces. These are deteriorated landscapes, precarious topographies. How does [...]
by Melanie Ford Lemus and Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins Melanie Ford Lemus, AES editorial intern and graduate student at Rice University, interviews Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins, associate professor of anthropology at Bard College, about her prize-winning [...]
Dear Colleagues,I find that one of the most awkward parts of conducting research is handing people my IRB consent form. There are times when this act feels comforting, serving [...]
by Natalie Wood AES is pleased to share this interview by Natalie Wood, Editorial Assistant for American Ethnologist and graduate student at the University of Auckland, with Elizabeth Cullen Dunn, [...]
Monarch resting in oyamel tree in Mexico. Photo by author. The migratory monarch butterfly, sometimes also called the “super butterfly” and the “Bambi of the insect world,” performs a [...]
Content warning: This article discusses suicide, genocide, eugenics, and other forms of violence.In Canada, it is easier to access physician-assisted suicide than it is to secure accessible housing. What sense [...]
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