William H Leggett
Biographic Data
| ID | 3639054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William H Leggett |
| GIVEN NAMES | William H |
| FAMILY NAME | Leggett |
| SIGNATURE | LEGGETT W H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle Tennessee State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trained Identities
This article explores processes of identity negotiation through talk and body language among a small community of travelers aboard a cross-country train. I explore the emergent and contingent nature of narrative as well as the role of body language and silence in the construction of self and other in a space separate from the usual social networks that inform our senses of self. I argue that aboard the train we were able to invent ourselves anew,…
The Flexible Imagination
The Flexible Imagination: At Work in the Transnational CorporateOffices of Jakarta, Indonesia is a behind-the-scenes ethnography examining the social interactions between individuals from different cultural and national backgrounds who work together in the halls of some of the most notorious Fortune 500 corporations out of Southeast Asia. In the transnational corporate spaces of Jakarta, Indonesia, there is a frustrating struggle for coherence an…
Institutionalising the Colonial Imagination
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among transnational corporate employees—both expatriate and national—working in Jakarta, Indonesia, I examine the processes through which imagined markers of identity and difference, informed by Indonesia's colonial past, influenced corporate practices. In particular, I explore the persistence of colonial hierarchies within the corporate structure of a company (fictitiously) named TIMBER. I argue that TIMBER is n…
The Imagination at Work within the Global Economy
Terror and the Colonial Imagination at Work in the Transnational Corporate Spaces of Jakarta, Indonesia
This article examines the role of the imagination in the construction of meaningful places out of economically defined and organized spaces. It seeks to understand the processes through which a colonial imagery is deployed in the negotiation of a complex and continually transforming transnational corporate order. This article is based on research conducted while working as a cross-cultural trainer within a transnational corporate office space in …
Institutionalising the Colonial Imagination
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among transnational corporate employees—both expatriate and national—working in Jakarta, Indonesia, I examine the processes through which imagined markers of identity and difference, informed by Indonesia's colonial past, influenced corporate practices. In particular, I explore the persistence of colonial hierarchies within the corporate structure of a company (fictitiously) named TIMBER. I argue that TIMBER is n…
The Imagination at Work within the Global Economy
Terror and the Colonial Imagination at Work in the Transnational Corporate Spaces of Jakarta, Indonesia
This article examines the role of the imagination in the construction of meaningful places out of economically defined and organized spaces. It seeks to understand the processes through which a colonial imagery is deployed in the negotiation of a complex and continually transforming transnational corporate order. This article is based on research conducted while working as a cross-cultural trainer within a transnational corporate office space in …
The Imagination at Work within the Global Economy
Institutionalising the Colonial Imagination
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among transnational corporate employees—both expatriate and national—working in Jakarta, Indonesia, I examine the processes through which imagined markers of identity and difference, informed by Indonesia's colonial past, influenced corporate practices. In particular, I explore the persistence of colonial hierarchies within the corporate structure of a company (fictitiously) named TIMBER. I argue that TIMBER is n…
The Flexible Imagination
The Flexible Imagination: At Work in the Transnational CorporateOffices of Jakarta, Indonesia is a behind-the-scenes ethnography examining the social interactions between individuals from different cultural and national backgrounds who work together in the halls of some of the most notorious Fortune 500 corporations out of Southeast Asia. In the transnational corporate spaces of Jakarta, Indonesia, there is a frustrating struggle for coherence an…
Trained Identities
This article explores processes of identity negotiation through talk and body language among a small community of travelers aboard a cross-country train. I explore the emergent and contingent nature of narrative as well as the role of body language and silence in the construction of self and other in a space separate from the usual social networks that inform our senses of self. I argue that aboard the train we were able to invent ourselves anew,…
Asian Studies and History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Indonesian (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social science (2 works)