Introduction: Graphic Ethnography on the Rise

We are witnessing a new wave of ethnographic, multimodal creativity inspired by comics, graphic novels, and creative visual arts. The growth of this "graphic-ethnographic practice" has been unprecedented and fast, encouraging some to speak of a "graphic-ethnographic turn." Although we resist the temptation to circumscribe this expanding creativity in narrow definitional parameters, we feel compelled to think and reflect about its representational affordances: graphic experimentation in ethnography is enhancing reflexivity, collaboration, and public dissemination. The articles in this collection demonstrate some of the thought-provoking perspectives and representational styles that are currently available. We invite you to browse, compare, and multiply (in your work) the tools and experimental points of view we gained from our practice.