{"title":"Alianzas Familiares in Multilingual Education. By E. J. Johnson and L. A. Murillo, Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2026. 257 pp. $39.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-83-668237-0","authors":"Daniel Medrano","doi":"10.1111/aeq.70098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.70098","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47386,"journal":{"name":"Anthropology & Education Quarterly","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148647904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Description Has Thick Roots","authors":"John F. Sherry Jr.","doi":"10.1111/aeq.70097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.70097","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This playful etymological poem explores the complexity of anthropology's principal way of apprehending the world. Description is a multifaceted practice that contours, translates and contextualizes our observations in a way that brings them to life. The poem is, in effect, an origin story of this practice. We theorize with stories and theory-laden facts. Poetry is a way of dramatizing our (re)presentations. Good description is incisive, almost surgical, cutting to the heart of the matter in a way that vividly realizes its subject. It may be painful to render or to accept but can be deeply satisfying as well. Description further dimensionalizes observer and observed, casting new light on the hopeful knower and the hopefully known. Description animates everything and everyone it attempts to depict. Still, it is an asymptotic enterprise, elusive and incomplete. The persona laments this evasive quality but recognizes that it drives anthropologists' perseverance. The poem celebrates our quest for precision and artful expression.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47386,"journal":{"name":"Anthropology & Education Quarterly","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constructing Desirable Asian Americanness in the Educational Market: School Branding and Intra-Asian Boundary Making","authors":"Insil Jeon","doi":"10.1111/aeq.70096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.70096","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This ethnographic study examines how market pressures shape institutional life within an Asian American charter school. The analysis shows two interrelated processes: school branding in pursuit of market desirability and intra-Asian boundary making that this pursuit generates. The result is the reproduction of model minority representations that privilege Asian immigrant groups over Karen refugee students in their access to curricular opportunities and the school's future. The findings demonstrate how school marketization intensifies pre-existing stratification at the intersection of race, class, ethnicity, and immigrant status.</p>","PeriodicalId":47386,"journal":{"name":"Anthropology & Education Quarterly","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aeq.70096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linda M. Pheng, Choua P. Xiong, Mai Neng Vang, Stacey J. Lee
{"title":"Learning From and Alongside Each Other: A Humanizing Approach to Team-Based Ethnography","authors":"Linda M. Pheng, Choua P. Xiong, Mai Neng Vang, Stacey J. Lee","doi":"10.1111/aeq.70095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.70095","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Drawing from 7 years of team-based ethnographic research with Hmong communities in Wisconsin, we—a multiethnic group of Asian American women—extend Paris and Winn's (2013) concept of humanizing research. We argue that relational care among research team members is central to sustaining humanizing practices. Our collaboration demonstrates that care, dignity, and dialogic consciousness emerge not only in researcher–participant relationships but also within the collective, affective labor of doing research together.</p>","PeriodicalId":47386,"journal":{"name":"Anthropology & Education Quarterly","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aeq.70095","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disaster Schooling Experiences and Emergent Crises: Lessons From Puerto Rico","authors":"Melissa Colón, Rosalyn Negrón, Lisa Jahn","doi":"10.1111/aeq.70094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.70094","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines the disaster schooling experiences of Puerto Rican educators, families, and students across multiple crises following Hurricane Maria. Drawing on 11 months of ethnographic research, we analyze how schooling unfolded across disasters and how long-standing vulnerabilities and structural inequalities shaped responses. Findings reveal the significant role of schools and educators in supporting children and underscore the need for equity-driven, disaster-resilient education systems capable of supporting just and sustainable futures.</p>","PeriodicalId":47386,"journal":{"name":"Anthropology & Education Quarterly","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aeq.70094","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncovering Edtech's Embedded Values: Making the Case for Socio-Technical Audits in Ethnographic Inquiry","authors":"Louise Couceiro, Rebecca Eynon, Laura Hakimi","doi":"10.1111/aeq.70091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.70091","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Drawing on three ethnographic studies of secondary schools in England, this article makes a case for “socio-technical audits”—a method combining technological walkthroughs with observations, workshops, and interviews—as part of ethnographic inquiry. A case example is presented to illustrate how the integration of socio-technical audits enables articulation of the underlying logics of technologies, while producing empirically grounded, contextually situated accounts of how technologies are interpreted, negotiated, and embedded within everyday educational practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":47386,"journal":{"name":"Anthropology & Education Quarterly","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aeq.70091","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}