{"product_id":"9781119405894","title":"Meetings Ethnographies of Organizational Process, Bureaucracy and Assembly","description":"\u003ch3\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMeetings\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEthnographies of Organizational Process, Bureaucracy and Assembly\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHannah Brown | Adam Reed | Thomas Yarrow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThrows the spotlight on the epistemological and ontological basis of coming together through formal meetings of different kinds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how meetings - socially and institutionally prescribed spaces for coming together - are important and ubiquitous organisational forms in various political, religious and economic settings \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how meetings feature prominently in classic anthropological accounts, and in more contemporary ethnography, particularly in relation to studies of documents, organizations, policy, development, politics, and science and technology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah Brown\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eVolunteer Economies: The Politics and Ethics of Voluntry Labour in Africa.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Reed\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. His work focuses on colonial and postcolonial regimes of punishment, legal process, the aesthetics of documents, urban imagination, cultures of fiction reading and literary subjectivities, animal welfare and ethical campaigning. He conducts research in Papua New Guinea and Britain, and is the author of \u003ci\u003ePapua New Guinea’s Last Place: Experiences of Constraint in a Postcolonial Prison\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiterature and Agency in English Fiction Reading: a Study of The Henry Williamson Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Yarrow\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in social anthropology at Durham University. His work mostly focuses on expertise and institutional knowledge, particularly through ethnographic engagements with architects, heritage professionals, archaeologists and NGO workers. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDevelopment beyond Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: aid, activism and NGOs in Ghana \u003c\/i\u003eand the co-editor of volumes on \u003ci\u003eArchaeology and Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDetachment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDifferentiating Development\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 May 2017\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119405894\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314351927436,"sku":"9781119405894","price":32.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119405894_4e4fb70a-324b-43dc-959e-3b96fc4a5fa1.jpg?v=1780144569","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781119405894","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}