The Body Impolitic or New Perspectives on Communicating in Business with Technology

The Body Impolitic: Artisans and Artifice in the global Hierarfchy of Value

Author: Michael Herzfeld

The Body Impolitic is a critical study of tradition, not merely as an ornament of local and national heritage, but also as a millstone around the necks of those who are condemned to produce it.
Michael Herzfeld takes us inside a rich variety of small-town Cretan artisans' workshops to show how apprentices are systematically thwarted into learning by stealth and guile. This harsh training reinforces a stereotype of artisans as rude and uncultured. Moreover, the same stereotypes that marginalize artisans locally also operate to marginalize Cretans within the Greek nation and Greece itself within the international community. What Herzfeld identifies as "the global hierarchy of value" thus frames the nation's ancient monuments and traditional handicrafts as evidence of incurable "backwardness."
Herzfeld's sensitive observations offer an intimately grounded way of understanding the effects of globalization and of one of its most visible offshoots, the heritage industry, on the lives of ordinary people in many parts of the world today.

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New Perspectives on Communicating in Business with Technology

Author: Carol Cram

New Perspectives on Communicating in Business with Technology teaches you how to communicate effectively in today's constantly changing business environment. In the context of solving realistic business case problems, you can learn how to create a wide range of business documents and oral presentations. In the process, you use technology to communicate effectively, address the needs of diverse audiences, and consider the ethical implications of your communication practices.

Table of Contents:

Tutorial 1. Overview of Business Writing
Tutorial 2. Electronic Communications
Tutorial 3. Routine Correspondence
Tutorial 4. Persuasive Correspondence
Tutorial 5. Longer Communications
Tutorial 6. Developing Promotional Materials
Tutorial 7. Oral Communications
Tutorial 8. Persuasive Presentations
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