The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Senri Ethnological Studies (SES)

Senri Ethnological Studies presents individual works, article collections, and annotated bibliographies regarding specific peoples, regions, or themes, with the goal of publicizing in Japan and overseas the results of research conducted by the Museum. An occasional publication.
No. 82 Business and Anthropology: A Focus on Sacred Space

【最新号】March 31, 2013 Publication

Hirochika Nakamaki and Mitchell Sedgwick(eds.)

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Preface
Hirochika NAKAMAKI
Introduction: On Business and Sacred Space
Hirochika NAKAMAKI and Mitchell SEDGWICK

Part I
The Sacred in Business: Values and Transformations

Framing Values: Symbolic Space in the Display of Art Works
Brian MOERAN
Tri-level Analysis of a Corporate Feast and Business Ritual
Tomoko HAMADA CONNOLLY
Contestation of the Sacred in Business: Modernization in Saudi Arabia
Ann JORDAN
Secular Ethics and the Continuations of Capitalism: Fetishes of Production, Career Hierarchy, and the Cult of the Leader in Japanese Industrial Corporations
Mitchell SEDGWICK
Sacred Places in Europe: A Second Life for Churches? A Case Study of the Protestant "Kapel" Church in Heemstede in the Netherlands
Meine Pieter van DIJK

Part II
The Sacred at the Workplace: Images and Spaces

Transnational Workspace on International Flights:
Japanese Flight Attendants on Non-Japanese Airlines
Keiko YAMAKI
"Bulgaria, the Holy Land of Yogurt": A Brand Myth and Management Philosophy
Maria YOTOVA
Innovation, Secrecy, and Sacred Space in a Japanese High-Tech Business
Liv Nyland KRAUSE

Part III
World Expositions as Sacred Spaces: State Projects and Nation Branding

Expositions Universelles” as Sacred Places:
A View from Modern Paris World Expositions
Fumihiko ICHIKAWA
The Shanghai Expo as a Sacred Space
Hirochika NAKAMAKI
The Shanghai Expo as a Nation-Owned Enterprise:
A View from Enterprise Anthropology
Jijiao ZHANG

Part IV
Sacred Spaces in Chinese Business: Management Philosophies and Practices

Understanding Management Philosophy as Hegemony or Ideology:
Or, The First Step toward Business Anthropology
Dixon Heung Wah WONG
In Pursuit of Sacred Space: A Study of Modern Chinese Intellectual Businesspeople
Yingyan WANG
List of Contributors