Walk the Talk

This article explores two Swedish TV shows centred on close, emotional friendships between men, Våra vänners liv (2010) [Our friends’ lives] and Boys (2015), as examples of postfeminism with a Swedish twist, inspired by Swedish ideologies of gender equ…

Fessenheim—Nuclear Power Plant for Peace

This paper explores the construction of a nuclear power facility at Fessenheim, Alsace, and its role in the remaking of French-German post-war relations and the consolidation of the post-war peacebuilding process. The siting and materiality of nuclear …

Young Feminist Men Finding their Way

Men and feminism is a contentious topic. In theoretical discussions as well as in previous studies, men and feminism have been described as an oxymoron, that being a man and a feminist is a border land position and that it entails experiences of so-cal…

Ashamed of One’s Sexism, Mourning One’s Friends

One of the most important questions for feminist research on men and masculinity concerns how men can change and become more affected by feminism and less engaged in sexism. Here, men who identify as feminist, pro-feminist or anti-sexist have been cons…

Some Die Young

This is an ethnographic and an autoethnographic study based on qualitative interviews as well as memories and experiences of the author. It focuses on two men that were childhood friends of the author and who both died prematurely. Marcus died in Novem…

Foodwork as the New Fathering?

The aim of this paper is to explore the parallels of fathering and foodwork among men in Sweden. The research question is: can foodwork be seen as “the new fathering”? The paper outlines the narrative of fathers in Sweden and gender progressiveness, an…

Teaching Ethnographic Research Methods in the Time of COVID-19: Virtual Field Trips, a Web Symposium, and Public Engagement with Asian American Communities in Houston, Texas

This article presents a detailed description of how I adapted an undergraduate ethnographic research methods course to a fully online format during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on my recent experience designing and teaching a new course titled Ethnog…

Boisseaux de riz et billets de banque

La valeur, cette propriété des objets et des personnes, apparaît dans les rapports sociaux de toutes formes, mais l’alimentation en compose un espace privilégié de redéfinition. Se concentrer sur la trajectoire d’un aliment permet ainsi de décri…

Se positionner aux côtés des personnes

Le présent article s’appuie sur une recherche menée à Mulhouse entre 2015 et 2018 sur l’insécurité alimentaire. Dans l’optique de mieux comprendre le rapport à l’alimentation des publics précaires, une soixantaine d’entretiens semi-directifs ont…

Ce que l’ignorance nous apprend

This article analyzes the uses and relevance of the concept of ignorance in contemporary food research. We distinguish three mechanisms of production of ignorance : 1) we approach ignorance as an individual psychological spring in situations of …