Introduction to the Redivivus Issue
Journal of Business Anthropology
Category: English
Rethinking the MBA: a Turn to the Field within Business Education?
Journal of Business Anthropology
General Business Anthropology. By Robert Guang Tian, Michael P. Lillis, and Alfons van Marrewijk. Miami FL: North American Business Press, 2010.
Journal of Business Anthropology
Organizational Ethnography. By Daniel Neyland London: Sage Publications, 2008.
Journal of Business Anthropology
New Year’s Day Performances as Nationalist Discourse in Bangladesh
Ekushey independence martyrdom nationalism New Year’s Day pahelā baiśākh partition performance Abstract Nationalism can be imagined in many ways. It can be ideologically inculcated from childhood, as Don Handelman (1998, 162–91) has shown to be the cas…
A Specter Is Haunting Pakistan!
the abject Hindus in Pakistan horror stories ideology Pakistan stereotypes the uncanny Urdu Abstract Urdu digests have a long history in Pakistan, and their contents include detective tales, science fiction, and love stories. The horror genre—found for…
Animal Slaughter and Religious Nationalism in Bhutan
Abstract Beside just the India-exiled, world famous Dalai Lama, and as a result of the global Tibetan diaspora in general, many eminent lamas within Vajrayana Buddhism have acquired a significant number of followers beyond Tibet and the South Asian rea…
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Constructing the Folk Cultural Sphere: Agency, Media and Authority
This paper explores the dynamics of agency, media andauthority in the maintenance and construction of the folk cultural sphere– that is, asociety’s generalized perception and understanding of traditional culture. Thephenomenon is explored through …
It has been almost a year
A personal memory of David Graeber by his partner.
David Graeber: The impossible anthropology and the possible anarchy
These reflections in memory of David Graeber focus on some of the moments in his work that show at the same time certain objective limits of anthropology and the hidden strength of a political philosophy such as anarchism. It is his militant ethnograph…
Building new horizons of value, care and freedom
In this brief piece, I want to pay tribute to David Graeber for how he articulated the relation between value, care and freedom as a path toward more equal and fair livelihood horizons. I will consider the broad contribution of one of his most widely r…
Graeber on anarchy
The text presents three of Graeber’s reflections on anarchy, built on an anthropological perspective: the premises of anarchic organizations lay in egalitarianism, the presence of “spaces in between” and in intercultural creativity; the assembly as the…
David Graeber (1961-2020): An anarchist and anthropological farewell to a “sudden thinker”
The author remembers the figure of David Graeber recalling his anthropological career and his political commitment. He also tells of his friendship with Graeber, sketching a vivid portrait of his personality.
Anthropology and global transformations of late capitalism: Notes on Theory from the South by Jean and John L. Comaroff
Review article of Jean Comaroff, John L. Comaroff, Teoria dal sud del mondo. Ovvero, come l’Euro-America sta evolvendo verso l’Africa, translated by Mario Capello, Introduction to the Italian edition by Cecilia Pennacini, Rosenberg & Sellier, Turin…
Covid-19 Pandemic and its relation to the Unemployment situation in Malaysia: A Case Study from Sabah
Covid-19 not only exposed the vulnerability of most industries especially industries that relies on air travel and tourism but resulted in the exponential increase of unemployment in Malaysia. At the same time, online business or trade and ‘GIG’ econom…
Pivoting post-pandemic: Not-for-profit arts and culture organisations and a new focus on social impact
While the Australian arts and cultural sector has been adept at shaping the national conversation around its economic significance, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought multiple and serious challenges. Weakened by years of government defunding, the sector…
Bonsai in the time of COVID
The study sought to find out to what extent engagement with serious leisure, in this case, bonsai growing, can help people deal with challenging times, such as a global pandemic. In particular, how bonsai enthusiasts use their hobbies to manage uncerta…
Social value orientations and public confidence in institutions: A young democracy under the imprint of COVID-19
Social value orientations (SVOs) of a society determine peoples’ behaviour and are critical for young democracies in crises. This paper draws on the Maldives Values in Crisis survey, conducted during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. SVOs assessed u…
When Accurate Information Harms People
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the generation of a large amount of information not just directly about the virus but also about its various societal impacts. This paper describes the atmosphere that the pandemic has created in the Japanese society…
She’ll be right mate: Australian complacency and national responses to wicked social problems
As the 6th largest country by land mass but 55th by population (exceeding 25 million), and ranked 13th by GDP per capita by the OECD, Australia is often characterised as an affluent developed Western democracy, and seeks to project an international ima…
Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria
Copious literature exists on how COVID-19 is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the world. Not much is known about the case of Nigeria. Using secondary data in peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as insights from …
Book Reviews
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Exhibition Reviews
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Book Review Essay
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