Dr Nelson Turgo

2024

• Turgo, N. and Sampson, H. 2024. Modernity and tradition at sea: Filipino seafarers and their superstitious beliefs. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (10.1177/08912416241308571)
• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Cadge, W. and Gilliat-Ray, S. 2024. Chaplaincy and Seafarers: Faith at Work. Oxford University Press. (10.1093/9780198913290.001.0001)
• Turgo, N. 2024. Tales of the sea: Seafarers' sense of place in the management of socialities and safety culture at sea. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 33(1), pp. 142-161. (10.1177/01171968241245626)
• Turgo, N. 2024. The ship as home: homemaking practices amongst Filipino seafarers at sea. Mobilities 19(2), pp. 245-259. (10.1080/17450101.2023.2257396)

2023

• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Cadge, W., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Smith, G. 2023. ‘Overstretched and under-resourced’: the corporate neglect of port welfare services for seafarers. Maritime Policy and Management 50(7), pp. 876-888. (10.1080/03088839.2022.2084788)
• Cadge, W., Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Smith, G. 2023. The work of port chaplains: views from seafarers served. Journal of Contemporary Religion 38(2), pp. 325-342. (10.1080/13537903.2021.1986311)
• Turgo, N., Cage, W., Gilliat-Ray, S., Sampson, H. and Smith, G. 2023. Relying on the kindness of strangers: Welfare-providers to seafarers and the symbolic construction of community. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 52(2), pp. 192-217. (10.1177/08912416221092001)
• Gilliat-Ray, S., Smith, G., Cadge, W., Sampson, H. and Turgo, N. 2023. ‘Here today, gone tomorrow’: the risks and rewards of port chaplaincy. Journal of Beliefs and Values 44(2), pp. 173-187. (10.1080/13617672.2022.2039982)

2021

• Turgo, N. and Sampson, H. 2021. “What is immediate and obvious feels real”: National identity and emotional vulnerabilities in the field. Methodological Innovations 14 (10.1177/20597991211035526)
• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Cadge, W., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Smith, G. 2021. Religion in multi-ethnic contexts: a multidisciplinary case study of global seafaring. Project Report. Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University.
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I., Turgo, N. and Tang, L. 2021. Recommended standard of accommodation for seafarers working on board cargo vessels. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Turgo, N. 2021. Manning the waves: masculinity shift amongst Filipino seafarers in the age of precarity. Gender, Work and Organization 28(4), pp. 1562-1578. (10.1111/gwao.12710)
• Smith, G., Turgo, N., Cadge, W., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Sampson, H. 2021. A working theology: an evaluation of the popular beliefs of Roman Catholic Filipino seafarers. Practical Theology 14(6), pp. 506-517. (10.1080/1756073X.2021.1951945)

2020

• Turgo, N. 2020. A taste of the sea: artisanal fishing communities in the Philippines. In: Gekara, V. O. and Sampson, H. eds. The World of the Seafarer: Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry., Vol. 9. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs Springer, pp. 9-22., (10.1007/978-3-030-49825-2_2)
• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Cadge, W., Gilliat-Ray, S. and Smith, G. 2020. Harmony of the seas?: Work, faith, and religious difference among multinational migrant workers on board cargo ships. Ethnic and Racial Studies 43(16), pp. 287-305. (10.1080/01419870.2020.1776362)
• Turgo, N. 2020. Temporalities at sea: Fast time and slow time onboard ocean-going merchant vessels. Ethnography (10.1177/1466138120923371)

2019

• Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Acejo, I., Ellis, N. and Tang, L. 2019. 'Between a rock and a hard place': the implications of lost autonomy and trust for professionals at sea. Work, Employment and Society 33(4), pp. 648-665. (10.1177/0950017018821284)

2018

• Acejo, I., Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Ellis, N. and Tang, L. 2018. The causes of maritime accidents in the period 2002-2016. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I., Turgo, N. and Tang, L. 2018. The working and living conditions of seafarers on cargo ships in the period 2011-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).
• Turgo, N. 2018. Sina Gat Uban at Horacio dela Costa sa Mauban: Mga Paghahanap sa Tanawin Tungo sa Pagbubuo ng Lokal na Kasaysayan at Pambayang Identdad. Malay 30(1), pp. 13-27.
• Sampson, H. and Turgo, N. 2018. Finding the way in to a global industry! The usefulness of elite events to social science researchers. Journal of Organizational Ethnography 7(1), pp. 2-15. (10.1108/JOE-04-2017-0022)

2017

• Turgo, N. 2017. ‘Doon po sa Mauba’y, ang mga bangka’y, nagkakarera’y’: The politics of the production of Maubanog Festival. Philippine Social Sciences Review 69(1), article number: 5985.
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I. and Turgo, N. 2017. Changes in seafarers' health 2011-16: Recommendations from the summary report. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I. and Turgo, N. 2017. Changes in seafarers' health 2011-2016: A summary report. Project Report. Cardiff: Sefarers International Research Centre.
• Turgo, N. 2017. "Amoy isda": the middle class life of market fishmongers. AghamTao 25(2), pp. 201-230., article number: 1.

2016

• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. and Turgo, N. 2016. The relationships between seafarers and shore-side personnel: Recommendations from an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. and Turgo, N. 2016. The relationships between seafarers and shore-side personnel: an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. and Turgo, N. 2016. The use of mandatory equipment on board cargo ships: Recommendations from an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Turgo, N. 2016. The kinship of everyday need: relatedness and survival in a Philippine fishing community. South East Asia Research 24(1), pp. 61-75. (10.5367/sear.2016.0291)
• Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Tang, L. and Turgo, N. 2016. The use of mandatory equipment on board cargo ships: an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. Project Report. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.
• Turgo, N. 2016. 'Laway lang ang kapital' (Saliva as capital): Social embeddedness of market practices in brokerage houses in the Philippines. Journal of Rural Studies 43, pp. 83-93. (10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.11.001)
• Turgo, N. 2016. Mga Kumbati ng Pagbalikwas: Mga Salimbayang Naratibo ng Pagtanggi sa Planta ng Koryente sa Mauban, 1996–2004. Diwa E-journal 4
• Turgo, N. 2016. Knowledge sits in places: The vernacularity and emplacement of fish markets in Southern Philippines. Mabini Review 5, pp. 66-88.
• Turgo, N. 2016. Getting back into place: remembrances and re-membering of Maubanin Living in the US Sapagkat ang Paglisan ay Lagi-lagi ring Pagbalik: Ang Pagpopook at Paglikha ng Gunita ng mga Maubanin sa Amerika. Malay 29(1), pp. 1-17.

2015

• Turgo, N. 2015. Fishermen, fishmongers, and the sea: Economic restructuring and gender dynamics in a Philippine fishing community. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints 63(3), pp. 365-391. (10.1353/phs.2015.0035)
• Turgo, N. 2015. Neglect and poverty in the small-scale fishing communities of the Philippines. In: Couper, A., Smith, H. and Ciceri, B. eds. Fishers and Plunderers: Theft, Slavery and Violence at Sea. London: Pluto Press, pp. 61-65.

2014

• Turgo, N. 2014. Redefining and experiencing masculinity in a Philippine fishing community. Philippine Sociological Review 62(1), pp. 7-38.
• Turgo, N. 2014. Identity: a contentious notion. Sabangan, pp. 31-33.
• Turgo, N. 2014. Kumbatihan ng lunan: Talabtaban ng pag-iral sa Calvario ng Mauban (Discourses in/on space: Contestation of presence(s) in Calvario of Mauban). Daluyan: A Journal in Filipino 20(0), pp. 11-40.

2013

• Tang, L., Acejo, I., Ellis, N., Turgo, N. and Sampson, H. 2013. Behind the headlines? An analysis of accident investigation reports. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 1-24.
• Turgo, N., Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Ellis, N. and Tang, L. 2013. Understanding the relationships between ship and shore personnel - a new study. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 38-53.
• Turgo, N., Ellis, N., Tang, L., Sampson, H. and Acejo, I. 2013. The use of mandatory equipment on-board. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2013Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 54-72.
• Turgo, N. 2013. 'Here, we don't just trade goods, we also "sell" people's lives': sari-sari stores as nodes of partial surveillance in a Philippine fishing community. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 34(3), pp. 373-389. (10.1111/sjtg.12033)

2012

• Turgo, N. 2012. A 'balikbayan' in the field: scaling and (re)producing insider's identity in a Philippine fishing community. Qualitative Research 12(6), pp. 666-685. (10.1177/1468794111433006)
• Turgo, N. 2012. 'I know him so well': contracting/tual 'insiders', and maintaining access and rapport in a Philippine fishing community. Sociological Research Online 17(3), article number: 18. (10.5153/sro.2660)
• Turgo, N. 2012. 'Bugabug ang dagat' (rough seas): experiencing Foucault's heterotopia in fish trading houses. Social Science Diliman 8(1), pp. 31-62.
• Sampson, H., Ellis, N., Acejo, I., Tang, L., Turgo, N. and Zhiwei, Z. 2012. Seafarer accommodation on contemporary cargo ships. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

2011

• Acejo, I., Sampson, H., Turgo, N. and Wadsworth, E. 2011. The health and self-medication practices of seafarers. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2011Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2011). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre pp. 89-107.
• Wadsworth, E., Marsh, K., Turgo, N. and Walters, D. 2011. Learning legacy: lessons learned from the London 2012 Games construction project. Project Report. London, UK: Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.

2010

• Turgo, N. 2010. David Silverman: Doing qualitative research [book review]. Qualitative Research 10(3), pp. 386-387. (10.1177/14687941100100030605)
• Turgo, N. N. 2010. Bugabug and Dagat: The local life of a fishing community in the Philippines. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.