Advancing the Value of Ethnography

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Changing Models of Ownership and Value Exchange

Changing Models of Ownership and Value Exchange

From cars to music, houses to handbags, growing numbers of people no longer aspire to own. Belongings that used to be the standard for measuring personal success, status and security are increasingly being borrowed, traded, or simply left on the shelf. In the last 5 years, we’ve seen massive...

Ethnography, Operations, and Objectual Practice

Ethnography, Operations, and Objectual Practice

This paper raises issues around commercial ethnographic praxis and its relationship to social and cultural theory. Michel de Certeau’s theories around everyday life practices and Karin Knorr Cetina’s concept of postsocial objectual practice are juxtaposed in order to explore how commercial...

“Buy Now, Pay Later” as Resilient Credit

“Buy Now, Pay Later” as Resilient Credit

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) products like Afterpay and Klarna promise to disrupt and democratise traditional finance by providing a fairer and more empowering financial product. Yet critics argue these products...