Dis/ability to do Fieldwork
In this article, Rine Vieth critiques the “Malinowskian” ideal of fieldwork, which prizes able-bodied endurance and long-term isolation as markers of professional authority.
Competitive Hardship: ethnographic guilt and early-career pressure to conduct ‘authentic’ fieldwork
Jennifer Cearns examines the persistent influence of the “Malinowskian” model of fieldwork on early-career anthropologists, arguing that traditional expectations of isolation and immersion create unnecessary guilt and anxiety in contemporary settings.
Access and Agency of Women Ethnographers in Technical Leisure Cultures
Based on eighteen months of participant observation in US gaming and live-action role-play communities, the piece examines how women ethnographers navigate access, safety, and credibility within male-dominated technical leisure cultures.
‘Friendnography’ and the ethical questions it raises
Of all the hundreds of photos on my old phone, there was only one that I absolutely had to get
What is Critique? EASA LAWNET – Allegra webinar series
From February 13 to 19 June 2026 Co-organised by Allegra Lab and EASA LawNet. What is critique, and what might
Summer break, thinking break
While half of the world is burning, Allegra will close shop for a much-needed period of rest . We’ll be
Poetic Resonance: Dwelling in the Affective Ripples of Ethnography
This thematic thread presents experiments, exercises, and reflections stemming from a two-day collaborative, practice-led workshop with ‘poetic resonance’.
Feeling climate: poetic resonance and the affectivity of climate change
What does it mean to do research with climate? This essay reflects on the potential of poetic resonance as a method of creative experimentation and (auto)ethnographic practice, attuning the researcher/writer to the sensory experience of body and place.
“Mish Hwn W Mish Hunaak”: Tracing Affective Landscapes of Exile With Poetic Resonance
When I am in spaces where poetry is performed, there are invisible yet palpable forces which raise my heartbeat, make my tears well up, and give me goosebumps.
Mother Tales: An (Auto)Ethnographic Exploration of Poetic Resonance, Loss, and Existential Time
This essay explores how poetic resonance can deepen ethnographic analysis by attuning to sensorial, embodied, and existential dimensions of experience.