This page contains past submissions to the SENSS Ethnography Writing Group for Post-fieldwork Students. Click on the title to view a submission, as well as any developments made to it over time (e.g., after publication, second drafts).
PLEASE NOTE: The submissions to this group are often early drafts or excerpts from fieldwork. They do not represent the final works of the authors, but rather an honest and vulnerable look at the writing process.
*All submissions have been published here with the consent of the author
Spring 2026
Tom Parkerson, University of East Anglia (UEA)
“Migrant-advice encounters as sites of linguistic bricolage“
This submission was a first draft of a chapter the author’s PhD thesis...
Bobine Nootenboom, University of Sussex
“Seeing the comet through your own eyes”
This submission was an extract of thick-description from the author’s fieldnotes…
Daisy Swift, Goldsmiths
“Beginnings and Endings”
This submission is a personal and reflective piece that experiments with how to bring music into a written thesis…
Fiona Hafvenstein, University of Kent
“Infertility and Pregnancy in Nepal”
This submission is an early draft for a chapter of the author’s PhD…
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