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About Alexander Diamond
Alex Diamond
is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin.
NBN Episodes hosted by Alexander:
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 …