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Ethnographic Marginalia
Ethnographic Marginalia May 31, 2022

Proletarian Lives

Routines, Identity, and Culture in Contentious Politics

Marcos E. Pérez

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
What drives and sustains participation in unemployed workers’ movements in Argentina? Today’s guest, Marcos Perez, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Washington and Lee University …

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Interviews with ethnographers and scholars of ethnography.

Ethnographic Marginalia May 10, 2022

Studying Borderlands

Talking Ethnography with Dr. Sahana Ghosh

Sahana Ghosh

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
How do border policing and violence intersect with gender and sexuality to affect border communities? Today’s guest, Dr. Sahana Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore …
Ethnographic Marginalia March 22, 2022

The Land of Open Graves

Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail

Jason De Leon

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
How can you integrate archaeology and photography with ethnographic research to understand the experiences of clandestine migrants? Today we talk with Jason de Leon, professor of Anthropology and Chicano/a Studies …
Ethnographic Marginalia January 14, 2022

Ethnography in Rural Indonesia

In Conversation with Tania Li

Tania Murray Li

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
What can years of ethnographic engagement with rural Indonesia teach us about capitalism, development, and resistance? On this episode of Ethnographic Marginalia, our guest is Dr. Tania Li, Professor of …
Ethnographic Marginalia November 29, 2021

An Ethnography of Tourism and Globalization

In Conversation with Dr. Annie Hikido

Annie Hikido

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
How do Black women entrepreneurs in South Africa play off westerners’ fear and desire for impoverished townships through home-based tourist accommodations? This episode’s guest is Dr. Annie Hikido, Assistant Professor …
Ethnographic Marginalia November 4, 2021

Doing an Ethnography of Policing

In Conversation with Sarah Brayne

Sarah Brayne

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
How has the use of big data and algorithms changed policing and police surveillance? On this episode, we speak with Dr. Sarah Brayne, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University …
Ethnographic Marginalia July 16, 2021

Violence, Gender, and Policing in Colombia

In Conversation with Dr. Jon Gordon

Jon Gordon

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
In today’s interview, we speak with Dr. Jon Gordon, incoming Assistant Professor of Sociology at Appalachian State University, who tells us about his research with criminalized men in an armed …
Ethnographic Marginalia June 28, 2021

Talking Digital Ethnography and Netnography

In Conversation with Marta-Marika Urbanik

Marta-Marika Urbanik

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
As our research subjects increasingly live their social lives on and through virtual platforms, how can ethnographers incorporate digital methods into our research? On this episode we speak with Dr …
Ethnographic Marginalia June 10, 2021

Talking Ethnographic Fiction

A Discussion with Alexandros Plasatis

Alexandros Plasatis

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
What does ethnography look like when presented as fiction? In this episode, we talk with Alexandros Plasatis, author of the new book Made by Sea and Wood, in Darkness (Spuyten Duyvil …
Ethnographic Marginalia April 23, 2021

The Ethnography of Immigration

In Conversation with Dr. Tahseen Shams

Tahseen Shams

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
How are immigrants’ lives shaped by cultural and political dynamics in their homeland, hostland, and “elsewhere” countries whose geopolitical dynamics affect their experiences (such as South Asian Muslims who are …
Anthropology April 13, 2021

Waiting Town

Life in Transit and Mumbai's Other World-Class Histories

Lisa Björkman

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research in the Indian city of Mumbai, Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai's Other World-Class Histories (Association for Asian Studies, 2020) is an …
Ethnographic Marginalia April 8, 2021

New Ethnographies of the Global South

In Conversation with Victoria Reyes and Marco Garrido

Victoria Reyes and Marco Garrido

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
How can Sociology be nudged away from its traditional parochialism to embrace empirical work that focuses on the global south? Marco Garrido (assistant professor of sociology at the University of …
Ethnographic Marginalia March 17, 2021

Police Reform in Argentina

A Discussion with Leslie MacColman

Leslie MacColman

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
This episode of Ethnographic Marginalia features Dr. Leslie MacColman, a Postdoctoral Scholar in Sociology at The Ohio State University who studies crime and policing in Latin America. Leslie explains how …
Ethnographic Marginalia February 26, 2021

Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation

Sovereignty, Witnessing, Repair

Deborah A. Thomas

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
How can ethnographers use multimedia presentations of their work to reach new audiences, build different relationships with their participants, and promote new practices of witnessing and representation? On today’s episode …
Ethnographic Marginalia February 12, 2021

Front of the House, Back of the House

Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers

Eli Revelle Yano Wilson

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
How can ethnographic research shine light on the reproduction of social inequality in upscale Los Angeles restaurants? In today’s episode we talk with Dr. Eli Wilson, Assistant Professor of Sociology …
Ethnographic Marginalia February 1, 2021

Fútbol in the Park

Immigrants, Soccer, and the Creation of Social Ties

David Trouille

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
What meaning does a daily soccer game in a public Los Angeles park have for a group of Latino men and the ethnographer who studied them? In today’s episode, we …
Ethnographic Marginalia January 18, 2021

Studying LBGT Organizing in China

A Conversation with Caterina Fugazzola

Caterina Fugazzola

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
In today’s episode of Ethnographic Marginalia, Sneha Annavarapu talks with Dr. Caterina Fugazzola, Earl S Johnson Instructor in Sociology at the University of Chicago, about her research on the contemporary …
Ethnographic Marginalia January 4, 2021

Doing Ethnography in Buenos Aires

A Discussion with Javier Auyero

Javier Auyero

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
Today we speak with Javier Auyero, Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, about his 25 years of experience studying marginalized communities in Buenos Aires ethnographically. Javier …
Ethnographic Marginalia December 21, 2020

Fieldwork in Ecuador

A Discussion with Maricarmen Hernandez

Maricarmen Hernandez

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
What is it like to do research in a marginalized community in the shadows of Ecuador’s largest oil refinery? On today’s episode we talk with Maricarmen Hernandez, assistant professor of …
Ethnographic Marginalia December 7, 2020

Introduction to 'Ethnographic Marginalia'

A Discussion with Alex Diamond and Sneha Annavarapu

Alex Diamond and Sneha Annavarapu

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
Far too often, the most evocative and interesting experiences that come out of ethnographic fieldwork are pushed to the margins. In the first episode of Ethnographic Marginalia, series hosts Sneha …