[Linganth] Mike Prentice visiting CaMP reading group

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
Mike Prentice will be talking about his book, Supercorporate, in two weeks
--
February 23rd.

He has asked us to read chapter 1.  Please read as much as you can, but do
feel free to join us even if you haven't managed to read everything.


PLEASE NOTE:  The reading group meets from
*12-1 pm EST*

on the last Friday of the month.



The reading can be found here:


Chapter 2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R5QBGwsQ7o_8i7s-im080c95qb6XhUpb/view?usp=drive_link


The meeting will be *12-1 pm*  EST February 23rd, and can be

reached by clicking on this Zoom link:

https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698

Looking forward to seeing you all virtually,

Ilana


Press blurb:

What should South Korean offices look like in a post-hierarchical world?
In Supercorporate, anthropologist Michael M. Prentice examines a central
tension in visions of big corporate life in South Korea's twenty-first
century: should corporations be sites of fair distinction or equal
participation?


As South Korea distances itself from images and figures of a hierarchical
past, Prentice argues that the drive to redefine the meaning of corporate
labor echoes a central ambiguity around corporate labor today. Even as
corporations remain idealized sites of middle-class aspiration in South
Korea, employees are torn over whether they want greater recognition for
their work or meaningful forms of cooperation. Through an in-depth
ethnography of the Sangdo Group conglomerate, the book examines how
managers attempt to perfect corporate social life through new office
programs while also minimizing the risks of creating new hierarchies.
Ultimately, this book reveals how office life is a battleground for working
out the promises and the perils of economic democratization in one of East
Asia's most dynamic countries.
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