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Collateralization of the Body in the Central Sahara: On Forms and Effects

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article tracks a transporter along the route linking Tripoli to the Saharan town of Ghadames in post‐2011 Libya, asking what secures an obligation when the institutions that normally underwrite it (offices, courts, recognized names) have receded. I distinguish the debt, the sum owed, from the security pledged to answer for it: what may be
Moad Musbahi
wiley   +1 more source

Investing Aura: Making Value at an Emirati Art Center

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines the politics and processes of establishing value for artworks, highlighting the continued belief in Walter Benjamin's idea of aura and describing the value aura generates as “auratic value.” Focusing on an artist residency program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the country's arts boom, I analyze contestations ...
Beth Derderian
wiley   +1 more source

Theorizing future phenomena: Metaverse, wearables, and humanoids

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We propose that entrepreneurship and strategy research can develop theory about phenomena of the future rather than only explain those of the past. Research has potential for practical relevance when researchers make claims towards applications to decisions practitioners have yet to make.
Andy Wu, Ronald Wang
wiley   +1 more source

A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes. [PDF]

open access: yesCell
Rappaport HB   +21 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Government as orchestrator: Ecosystem transformation at scale and speed

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Grand challenges are ecosystem challenges: success depends on aligning a multilateral set of public and private sector actors whose interdependent contributions determine whether a mission is achieved. This study examines how government can orchestrate ecosystem alignment by leveraging distinctive capabilities to deliver ...
Ron Adner
wiley   +1 more source

What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
wiley   +1 more source

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