Watching Wall Street
A global earthquake
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2265170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Gudeman (Max Planck Society, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 20-24 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00629.x |
| OpenAlex | W1980330892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 2 |
When the liquidity crisis in the United States reached fever pitch in early October 2008, I began to keep a weekly journal to see if I could make sense of the event. I continued the diary for three weeks but sent it every seven days to Anthropology Today. In the journal, I used local or US expressions for the events and inserted some of my reactions as a participant - observer. I did not survey the effects of the crisis on other countries or compare their experiences to those in the US. Little did I expect that anthropology would help clarify what happened in those 21 days, but it did. I found themes from postmodernism to spheres of value, and some anthropological ideas for other ways to manage the mess
Art · Literature · Media studies · Participant observation · Postmodernism · Sociology · Anthropology · Disaster Management and Resilience · History
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2016 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |