Anthropology of Business

This course is a cross-cultural and historical survey of contemporary global capitalism from an anthropological perspective. Specific topics to be addressed include the structure and operation of transnational corporations; the connections between corporations, elites, and states; proletarianization and the capitalist labor process in a variety of work settings (agarian, industrial, postindustrial); historical and cultural dimensions of commodification; cultural analysis of advertising; and the roles of anthropologists in the business world, including market research and diversity training.