Purpose The authors introduce a recurrent section for the Journal of Organizational
Ethnography which scrutinizes the various manifestations and roles of failure in …

The high-rise tower block is an ambiguous construction: a much-maligned architectural form
yet a persistent symbol of modernity and aspiration. It is also a fulcrum for discourses about …

In this Introduction, we take two persistent tropes of fieldwork, the 'trial by fire'and the 'heroic
fieldworker'to task. Our analysis traces out what we call everyday decentering of these …

The notion of ethnographic insight is crucial: it is both a grounded style of investigation
demanded in proliferating places and for multiple checks upon theoretical claims, models …

COVID-19's uncertainties have reminded researchers of how improvisation is both an
inherent and a limiting aspect of ethnographic practice. The pandemic also generated a rise …

'Thomas, I strongly advise you to leave the field now. You are too involved and tired. It is time
for you to take a step back and try to see the bigger picture again. Don't forget you can …

Time has become a central tool of refugee governance, through the imposition of temporary
legal statuses, arbitrary delays and accelerations at border crossings and in asylum …

This paper presents a work-in-progress digital storytelling mobile application that leverages
Generative AI, game mechanics and storytelling pedagogies to engage young readers and …

Th e high-rise tower block is an ambiguous construction: a muchmaligned architectural form
yet a persistent symbol of modernity and aspiration. It is also a fulcrum for discourses about …

The point of departure of my fieldwork and the cornerstone of my future Master's thesis is an
event of a personal crisis. Shortly after the completely unexpected death of a close friend of …