Abstract
The anthropology of organizations is always political; it might take place over shorter, as well as longer, time spans and in singular, pluralistic, or even virtual, settings. This paper addresses such issues by describing and analyzing fieldwork experiences of an academic workshop, which took place at the Copenhagen Business School in 2012 under the title of ‘The Business of Ethnography’. The purpose of the workshop was to create a forum in which to discuss business anthropology as an emerging field or sub-discipline of anthropology. The paper considers three conditions (reflexivity, familiarity, and temporality) which give the mise en abyme configuration of the field – the site where action happens – and pose significant challenges to contemporary business ethnographers. We argue that by acknowledging these three factors one can advance easier towards the ambitious goal of rendering organizational interactions intelligible and meaningful.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | Case study no. 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Business Anthropology |
| Issue number | Spring |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISSN | 2245-4217 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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What is Business Anthropology? An Ethnographic Study of an Explorative Workshop. / Albu, Oana Brindusa; Larsen, Frederik; Sigurdarson, Hallur; Reitan Andersen, Kirsti; Gorm Hansen, Louise Lyngfeldt.
In: Journal of Business Anthropology, No. Spring, Case study no. 5, 2013.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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AU - Albu, Oana Brindusa
AU - Larsen, Frederik
AU - Sigurdarson, Hallur
AU - Reitan Andersen, Kirsti
AU - Gorm Hansen, Louise Lyngfeldt
PY - 2013
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N2 - The anthropology of organizations is always political; it might take place over shorter, as well as longer, time spans and in singular, pluralistic, or even virtual, settings. This paper addresses such issues by describing and analyzing fieldwork experiences of an academic workshop, which took place at the Copenhagen Business School in 2012 under the title of ‘The Business of Ethnography’. The purpose of the workshop was to create a forum in which to discuss business anthropology as an emerging field or sub-discipline of anthropology. The paper considers three conditions (reflexivity, familiarity, and temporality) which give the mise en abyme configuration of the field – the site where action happens – and pose significant challenges to contemporary business ethnographers. We argue that by acknowledging these three factors one can advance easier towards the ambitious goal of rendering organizational interactions intelligible and meaningful.
AB - The anthropology of organizations is always political; it might take place over shorter, as well as longer, time spans and in singular, pluralistic, or even virtual, settings. This paper addresses such issues by describing and analyzing fieldwork experiences of an academic workshop, which took place at the Copenhagen Business School in 2012 under the title of ‘The Business of Ethnography’. The purpose of the workshop was to create a forum in which to discuss business anthropology as an emerging field or sub-discipline of anthropology. The paper considers three conditions (reflexivity, familiarity, and temporality) which give the mise en abyme configuration of the field – the site where action happens – and pose significant challenges to contemporary business ethnographers. We argue that by acknowledging these three factors one can advance easier towards the ambitious goal of rendering organizational interactions intelligible and meaningful.
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KW - Multi-sited ethnography
KW - Organizations
M3 - Journal article
JO - Journal of Business Anthropology
JF - Journal of Business Anthropology
SN - 2245-4217
IS - Spring
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