Nadezhda Sotirova (University of Minnesota Morris): “’Of All, I Most Hate Bulgarians’: Situating Oplakvane in Bulgarian Discourse as a Term for Communication Practice”.

Nade’s dissertation is an ethnographic study of communication focusing on Bulgarian identity, culture and community. Reviewers were impressed with how the research couples a nuanced study of specific communication practices with a whole national ethos. The study enriches the field of the ethnography of communication substantively, theoretically and methodologically.