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Introduction: towards an ethnography of meeting

Brown, H.; Reed, A.; Yarrow, T.

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A. Reed



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A Reed
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Abstract

This introductory essay describes a novel approach to meetings in relation to broader literatures within and beyond anthropology. We suggest that notwithstanding many accounts in which meetings figure, little attention has been given to the mundane forms through which these work. Seeking to develop a distinctively ethnographic focus to these quotidian and ubiquitous procedures, we outline an approach that moves attention beyond a narrow concern with just their meaning and content. We highlight some of the innovative strands that develop from this approach, describing how the negotiation of relationships ‘within’ meetings is germane to the organization of ‘external’ contexts, including in relation to time, space, organizational structure, and society. The essay offers a set of provocations for rethinking approaches to bureaucracy, organizational process, and ethos through the ethnographic lens of meeting.

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Brown, H., Reed, A., & Yarrow, T. (2017). Introduction: towards an ethnography of meeting. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 23(S1), 10-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.12591

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 20, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 16, 2017
Publication Date Apr 1, 2017
Deposit Date Mar 9, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Print ISSN 1359-0987
Electronic ISSN 1467-9655
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 23
Issue S1
Pages 10-26
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.12591

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Brown, H., Reed, A. & Yarrow, T. (2017). Introduction: towards an ethnography of meeting. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 23(S1): 10-26, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.12591. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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