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Nina Briggs commented on Gianluca Mantoani's blog post Ethnography of commercial spaces and commercial relations

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Sep 8, 2011

John McCreery left a comment for Gianluca Mantoani

"Gianluca, Send a personal email to jlm@wordworks.jp. I will attach the full review of Louella Matsunaga's book to my reply. John"

Aug 29, 2011

John McCreery commented on Gianluca Mantoani's blog post Ethnography of commercial spaces and commercial relations

"Whoops. I see that the review is cut off by the length restriction on comments. Please friend me and use OAC's messaging function to send me an email address, and I will happily send you the whole thing."

Aug 28, 2011

John McCreery commented on Gianluca Mantoani's blog post Ethnography of commercial spaces and commercial relations

"Gianluca, if I understand you correctly, you and I share a common concern, what Marx called the relations of production that sustain the fetishized surfaces (advertising, packaging, store layout, for example) at which consumers interact with…"

Aug 28, 2011

Gianluca Mantoani commented on Gianluca Mantoani's blog post Ethnography of commercial spaces and commercial relations

"Thank you so much, I've take contact with John Sherry last year and he was so kind to put me in contact with Stefania Borghini who worked with him and actually teach at Boccconi University in Milan. I also found the works of that research …"

Aug 24, 2011

Gianluca Mantoani's blog post was featured

Ethnography of commercial spaces and commercial relations

I work in the field of hypermarkets since 1999 but I've never left behind my passion for anthropology. My site www.etnografiaretail.com is intended for collecting materials and works concerning anthropology of consumption, economic anthropology and more specifically the construction of an ethnography of commercial spaces and social relations involved in modern commerce.Could you help me?…See More

Aug 24, 2011

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John McCreery commented on Gianluca Mantoani's blog post Ethnography of commercial spaces and commercial relations

"Gianluca, do be sure to include the numerous publications by John Sherry,from Notre Dame: http://www.nd.edu/%7Ejsherry/Vita.pdf Sherry's own work on consumer behavior and retail spaces is fascinating and his bibliographies are voluminous."

Aug 24, 2011

Gianluca Mantoani posted a blog post

Ethnography of commercial spaces and commercial relations

I work in the field of hypermarkets since 1999 but I've never left behind my passion for anthropology. My site www.etnografiaretail.com is intended for collecting materials and works concerning anthropology of consumption, economic anthropology and more specifically the construction of an ethnography of commercial spaces and social relations involved in modern commerce.Could you help me?…See More

Aug 23, 2011

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Gianluca Mantoani joined Cosimo Lupo's group

Cooperativa di Antropologia Aperta

Il gruppo di OAC in Italiano!

Aug 23, 2011

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Gianluca Mantoani joined Ludovic Coupaye's group

Anthropology of Art, Material Culture and Museum Ethnography

Whether you investigate the use of mobile phones, Aboriginal paintings, ethnographic displays in museums, cultural properties of artefacts, the role of artefacts in rituals, festivals, history of collections, techniques or new technologies...

Aug 23, 2011

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Gianluca Mantoani joined Sabina Rossignoli's group

Anthropology of consumption

The aim of this group is to discuss issues of consumption through multiple perspectives, by investigating consumption as praxis, its relations to capitalism, historical developments and everydayness, ethnographic aspects...and more!

Aug 23, 2011

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Gianluca Mantoani joined Dimitris Dalakoglou's group