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New book: Anthropologist roams the corridors and meeting rooms of the BBC

by lorenz on Oct 4, 2004 in corporate & business anthropology, applied anthropology, books, fieldwork / methods

The Guardian

What happens when you let a sharp-eyed anthropologist roam the corridors and meeting rooms of the British Broadcasting Corporation for several years? You get this, a fascinating patchwork of interviews, testimonials, diary entries and analysis that offers distressing evidence - if any still were needed - of the ideological vandalism committed by John Birt in the name of efficiency. >> continue

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