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About Alexander Diamond

Alex Diamond is Assistant Professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Alexander:

Anthropology September 29, 2023

Jobless Growth in the Dominican Republic

Disorganization, Precarity, and Livelihoods

Christian Krohn-Hansen

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
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The Dominican Republic has posted impressive economic growth rates over the past thirty years. Despite this, the generation of new, good jobs has been remarkably weak. How have ordinary and …
Latin American Studies April 9, 2023

The Face of Peace

Government Pedagogy Amid Disinformation in Colombia

Gwen Burnyeat

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement with the FARC guerrillas sought to end fifty years of war and won President Juan Manuel Santos the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet Colombian society rejected it …
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 …
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 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 …
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 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 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 …