10th Ethnography and Qualitative Research International Conference

July 9 + 10-12, 2025 – University of Trento

fieldwork

  • 29. Ethnographies of expert capitalism.

    ConvenorsDaromir Rudnyckyj, University of Victoriadaromir@uvic.ca  Coco Kanters, Utrecht Universityc.l.kanters@uu.nl In recent years social scientists have increasingly conducted fieldwork among economic agents and on practices that would have seemed foreign to our predecessors of just a generation ago. This work can be broadly categorized under «expert capitalism»: the knowledge-intensive, abstract, and often technical pursuit of profit…

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  • 14. Between the digital and the «real»: Theoretical and epistemological challenges for ethnography in migration studies.

    ConvenorsEnrico Fravega, University of Genoaenrico.fravega@edu.unige.it Rassa Ghaffari, University of Genoarassa.ghaffari@edu.unige.it As Hallett and Barber (2014, p. 307) observe, engaging in ethnographic research without considering the role of online spaces is no longer feasible. In the field of migration and border studies, researchers have been involved in a range of experiences, including the exploration of digital…

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