In this article introducing the special issue, I argue for ethnographic research and research traditions that are simultaneously global and local, that are universal and singular, that are a mish-mash of cultural and individual negotiations. Further, in this piece, I locate a Performative Ethnography that is both vital and thriving, and offer as exemplars the authors’ works.
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