Mini-Ethnographies

Mini-ethnographies are a series of short-term ethnographic projects, often taken on-foot, that emerge from happenstance and respond to a specific event, place, or community. They are predominantly collaborations with a fellow researcher to ensure accuracy and to engage in dialogue. Mini-ethnographies prioritize visual and other sensory observations, and rather than following traditional ethnographic investigations that involve in-depth interviews with community members, they are conversations between collaborators. Mini-ethnographies are stand alone media projects that capture contemporary issues and realities.

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Performing Water Rights on Cochiti Dam: Artistic Performance Opens Up Questions About Water Rights and Social JusticeBy Fiona P. McDonald

Performing Water Rights on Cochiti Dam: Artistic Performance Opens Up Questions About Water Rights and Social Justice

By Fiona P. McDonald

“Ambulatory Knowing”: Architecture, Access, and the Anthropocene By Fiona P. McDonald and Holly Keasey

“Ambulatory Knowing”: Architecture, Access, and the Anthropocene

By Fiona P. McDonald and Holly Keasey

#DataRescueIndy: Participant Action Research and Environmental Activism By Fiona P. McDonald and Jason M. Kelly

#DataRescueIndy: Participant Action Research and Environmental Activism

By Fiona P. McDonald and Jason M. Kelly

"GEN CON: 50 Years of Gaming, Subculture, and Identity"By Fiona P. McDonald

"GEN CON: 50 Years of Gaming, Subculture, and Identity"

By Fiona P. McDonald