Ethnographic Postcards: The Queen of Online Shopping
Online shopping platform Pinduoduo is gaining popularity in China among older adults, who are often overlooked as users of new technologies.
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Ethnographic postcards: The Smartest Engineer
The engineers were able to overcome their differences and incorporate diverse perspectives to develop new engineering knowledge.
Ethnographic Postcards: The Good Polyester
Polyester is widely considered an unsustainable fabric polluting our environment but in Ghana, it is seen as a sustainable, good material.
Ethnographic Postcards: Porch small talk
Suvi Rautio’s writer’s block developed over the years, making it difficult to narrate close relationships with her fieldwork interlocutors.
Ethnographic Postcards: The Mean Girl
It’s important to remain impartial when conducting ethnography. A mean girl at an after-school club challenged my role as a researcher.
Iranian Women ask for ‘Life’ and ‘Freedom’
The veil has become a tool for resistance in Iran. Women set their veils on fire and demand self-determinacy over their bodies. The movement is not against religion. However, whenever women in Iran demand their rights, the patriarchy accuses them of acting against religion.
