In this article, the author looks at the methodological implications of Jamaica Kincaid’s (1988) book, A Small Place, for ethnographic inquiry. Kincaid’s incisive critique of tourist practices in her birthplace, Antigua, forefronts the significance of connection as a paradigm for ethnography. Drawing on Kincaid’s writing, the author argues that researchers’ analysis of everyday practices and places must be situated within the global connections that Kincaid places at the center of her analysis. To illustrate the possibilities of this approach, the author draws on contemporary ethnographic inquiry, including her own research with youth in a South African high school.
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