Peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the qualitative interpretation and analysis of social life.
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Our Fall 2026 issue is out!🍂This issue features articles on ethnographic methods; historical land preservation; gender-based violence; social work; social media use and belonging; multiracial identity; and more! Check it out here: link.springer.com/journal/11…
Co-edited by Andrew Deener, Jonathan R. Wynn (@wynnsociology), and Claudio Benzecry, this issue will bring together seven tributes to Howie and his work alongside this special cover photo taken by Howie’s widow Dianne Hageman.
Howard S. Becker shaped how so many of us think about deviance, art, and the craft of qualitative research. Our upcoming special issue, “The Sociological Legacy of Howard S. Becker,” honors his work and the people he inspired. Coming in December:
In his new article, Takeyuki Tsuda draws from interviews with mixed-race Asians in the US to explore how these individuals resist pressure to choose a single ancestry and assert multiracial identities that recognize all of their heritages. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
In our Fall issue, Gary Alan Fine draws from seven years of ethnography and interviews with Civil War enthusiasts to demonstrate how battlefields become sites of memory, imagined histories, community, and preservation. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
In our newest issue, Eduardo Duran revisits Becker’s classic account of marijuana use, drawing from 38 interviews to show how “becoming” a user is a dynamic process rather than a linear trajectory. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
In our newest issue, @Ebbinghaus_M draws on interviews with 37 Movement for Black Lives activists to explain how they legitimize riots as a protest tactic. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
How do Hospice and Palliative Medicine clinicians define success and failure in their occupation, in which the conventional understanding of medical success doesn't apply? Timothy B. Elder answers this question in our latest issue! Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
In our newest issue, Heba Alex uses interviews with Cook County state attorneys to illustrate how attorneys utilize a "moral script" of responsibility, proactiveness, and responsiveness that shapes plea deal decisions. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
Our Summer 2026 issue is out!☀️This issue features articles on moral scripts; coding and analysis; end-of-life processes; religious trauma; meaning-making after atrocity; well-being in Indigenous communities; and social inclusion. Check it out here: link.springer.com/journal/11…
Ann Ward uses ethnographic data with young climate activists to explore how emotion culture structures social interaction and storytelling in activism. Read more in our newest issue: link.springer.com/article/10…
In our newest issue, Cristina Khan and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz draw from ethnographic research to explore the racialization and embodiment of Latinidad among exotic dancers and its implications for symbolic boundary maintenance. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
Our Spring 2026 issue is out! 🌱This issue features articles on cultural capital and ritual; embodiment; interview methodology; social capital and nature; and political activism. Check it out here: link.springer.com/journal/11…
In our newest issue, Flockhart and Ezzell use the case of parent-LGB child relationships to introduce the concept of “palliative emotion work” which describes changes to unpleasant feelings in strained relationships. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
Using interviews with Black residents, Lacee Anne Satcher challenges the “desert” framework for understanding urban resource access by demonstrating how lived experiences differ from GIS-based assessments. Read more in our newest issue: link.springer.com/article/10…
In our newest issue, Anna Woźny @annamwozny explores how intermediaries act as cultural guides in Japan’s marriage-hunting marketplace. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10…
Our Winter 2025 issue is out! ❄️ This issue features articles on relational work; religion and cultural diffusion; conspiracy theory; cultural memory; street art; sociology of talent; neighborhood resources; and emotion work. Check it out here: link.springer.com/journal/11…
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Howie's last interview, as far as I know, is here: xitter.cf/qualsoc/status/1692207…
