The Ethnographic Encounters Journal is a student-run academic journal affiliated with the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. Dedicated to showcasing the depth and breadth of student scholarship, we publish original ethnographic work that reflects the diverse research and perspectives from students within the department.

The Ethnographic Encounters Journal is back and calling for submissions!

2025-04-08

Ethnographic Encounters is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for our upcoming edition! 

For Issue 13, we are looking for:

  1. SA2002 Ethnographic Encounters Projects from current honours students (3rd and 4th year) (3000 words)
  2. SA2002 Auto/sensory ethnographies from current second year students (1500 words)

Deadline for submissions: April 20th

Call for Submissions

2023-11-23

Ethnographic Encounters is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for our upcoming edition! The deadline for submissions is 22nd December 2023. Email submissions to encounters@st-andrews.ac.uk.

 We welcome submissions from undergraduates and postgraduates from any university! The submissions must be ethnographically based -  in this context, 'ethnographic' encompasses various aspects, including but not confined to fieldwork, reflections on personal research experiences, and theoretical engagement with ethnographic methodology! We also welcome submissions from SA2002 projects! Please ensure submissions are 3,000 words in length and follow JRAI formatting guidelines.

Attention, previous contributors! If you submitted your work last year, we welcome RESUBMISSIONS! Your valuable insights and perspectives are very much appreciated, so don't miss this chance to share your work with us! Don't miss out on this opportunity to showcase your research and contribute to the vibrant world of ethnography! We look forward to reading your submissions!

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2022): Ethnographic Encounters: Digital Research Methods

As the Covid-19 pandemic has shifted many aspects of our lives to online contexts, this special issue of Ethnographic Encounters reflects upon what this shift has meant for our research practices. For the first time in the history of the journal, we also open our submissions to all the departments of the University of St Andrews and to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. This has created an issue with space for interdisciplinary reflections upon the new opportunities and challenges brought by the conditions of digital research.

Published: 2022-05-17

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Please find the current issue below and the past issues in "Archives" above. 

Potential contributors are warmly invited to contact us at encounters@st-andrews.ac.uk.

We are thankful for the support given to us by University of St Andrews' Social Anthropology Department: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/anthropology/