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Ethnographic research has often been shrouded in mystery regarding the realities of fieldwork, data collection, and analysis in the social sciences. This unique compendium offers actual fieldnotes from contemporary ethnographers across various modalities and research traditions, revealing the intricacies of this research process, its challenges, and its potential. The volume pairs fieldnotes derived from observations, interviews, drawings, photographs, soundscapes, and other modern recording methods with reflective essays. These essays illustrate how fieldnotes are crafted and influenced by research experiences, providing insights into conducting qualitative research. They highlight the benefits and difficulties of ethnographic work, distinguishing it from other writing forms like reporting and travelogue. By granting access to these personal archives, the book challenges taboos surrounding the privacy of ethnographic writing, offering scholars a diverse, multimodal perspective on conceptualizing and executing ethnographic fieldwork. This collection serves as a vital resource for understanding the complexities of qualitative research in the social sciences, fostering a deeper appreciation for the art of ethnography.

"Answering methodological challenges posed by the Anthropocene, this collection retools the empirical study of the socioecological chaos of the contemporary moment across the arts, human science, and natural science. The methodological companion to Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet, it provides empirical studies of the multispecies messiness of contemporary life that investigate some of the critical questions of our time"

What does it mean to refuse? To not participate, to not build a better world, to just say "no"? In a landscape dominated by demands for positive solutions and optimistic compromises, this work explores the political significance of refusal. Leading scholars analyze various aspects of political action when "no" is involved, covering topics like collective action, antisocialism, and the philosophical insights of Deleuze and Derrida. Kennan Ferguson's introduction highlights the political importance of the "Big No," which serves as a form of resistance against oppression. Joshua Clover emphasizes the relevance of Marx and Fanon in understanding alienation and subjugation. Theodore Martin examines the allure of antisociality in literature, referencing authors like Patricia Highsmith and Richard Wright. Francois Laruelle distinguishes nonphilosophy from other critical theories, while Katerina Kolozova discusses how confusion between thought and reality leads to manipulation and alienation. Frank Wilderson uses poetry and autobiography to illustrate how Black bodies are politically displaced and erased, while Andrew Culp connects themes of negativity, contrasting antiphilosophy and Afropessimism. This work asserts that critical thinking often demands alternatives, yet it also argues that absolute refusal to engage in world-building is a vital response to injustice, reminding us that political action is not always inherently posi

This collection investigates insecurity as a dominant logic shaping contemporary cultural, economic, political, and social life in the West. It challenges key concepts like precarity, securitization, and resilience, revealing how efforts to secure systems often exacerbate insecurity, making it the default state of existence today. The essays span a wide range of disciplines and methodologies, including intellectual history, cultural critique, case studies, qualitative ethnography, and personal narrative, primarily from a U.S. perspective. Contributors analyze various topics, such as the securitization of nongovernmental aid to Palestine, the plight of Bangladeshi climate refugees, and the privatization of U.S. military forces. They also explore the historical context of insecurity and financial securitization, racialized urban development in Augusta, Georgia, the implications of Amazon's Mechanical Turk, and the complex politics surrounding sexual harassment in U.S. academia. The diverse range of contributors includes scholars from institutions such as the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Columbia University, providing a multifaceted examination of how insecurity permeates modern life.

"For years critics have viewed Herman Melville's Captain Ahab as the paradigm of a strong, controlling agent. Farmer and Schroeder's volume aims to rethink Ahab through a series of "materialist" frames, including posthumanism, disability studies, affect theory, animal studies, environmental humanities, systems theory, and oceanic studies. The essays here recast Ahab as a contingent figure, transformed by his environment--by chemistry, electromagnetism, entomology, meteorology, diet, illness, pain, trauma, and neurons firing--in ways that unexpectedly force us to see him as worthy of our empathy and our compassion. Collectively these materialist readings challenge our ways of thinking about the boundaries of both persons and actions, along with the racist and environmental violence caused by 'personhood' and by the 'human"-- Provided by publisher