Unpacking the Ordinary in the Extraordinary: What Ethnography Can Teach Us About the Everyday Life of Social Movements
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Published online on June 29, 2026
Abstract
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Social movements are contentious, action-packed, and extraordinary; ethnography is slow, immersive, and centered on the ordinary. Despite these differences, many have done insightful fieldwork on movements. These studies, though, tend to be based on ...
Social movements are contentious, action-packed, and extraordinary; ethnography is slow, immersive, and centered on the ordinary. Despite these differences, many have done insightful fieldwork on movements. These studies, though, tend to be based on ...