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Hannah Brown - Meetings: Ethnographies of Organizational Process, Bureaucracy and Assembly - 9781119405894 - V9781119405894
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Meetings: Ethnographies of Organizational Process, Bureaucracy and Assembly

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Description for Meetings: Ethnographies of Organizational Process, Bureaucracy and Assembly Paperback. This book is an exploration of how this remarkably efficient and familiar form of gathering operates, in different times and places, and how it comes to be recognised by those who experience or deploy it. Series: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
This book is an exploration of how this remarkably efficient and familiar form of gathering operates, in different times and places, and how it comes to be recognised by those who experience or deploy it.
  • Throws the spotlight on the epistemological and ontological basis of coming together through formal meetings of different kinds
  • Demonstrates how meetings - socially and institutionally prescribed spaces for coming together - are important and ubiquitous organisational forms in various political, religious and economic settings 
  • Shows how meetings feature prominently in classic anthropological accounts, and in more contemporary ethnography, particularly in relation to studies of documents, organizations, ... Read more
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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781119405894
SKU
V9781119405894
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Hannah Brown
Hannah Brown is Lecturer in Anthropology at Durham University.  Her research explores how people care for one another through interpersonal relations and institutions, and how relations with animals and technologies shape possibilities for wellbeing. She is the co-editor of Volunteer Economies: The Politics and Ethics of Voluntry Labour in Africa. Adam Reed is a Senior Lecturer in the Department ... Read more

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