Browsing by Keywords "Community"
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Building a career in English: users of English as an additional language in academia in the Arabian Gulf
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2014)This study investigates how a group of 30 multilingual academics, all users of English as an additional language (EAL) working at a private university in Oman, acquired discourse community membership in their disciplines ... -
An emotional economy of mundane objects
(Routledge, 2015)This article illuminates the affective potentialities of objects. We examine the circulation of Kurdish music cassettes in Turkey during the restrictive and strife-laden period of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. We find that ... -
The rise of the shopping mall in Turkey: the use and appeal of a mall in Ankara
(Elsevier, 2005-03)The shopping mall as the site of contemporary consumption has long been attracting the attention of various researchers analyzing socio-spatial dynamics in different cultures. It is the focus of this study of recent ... -
Well-being in Alternative Economies: the role of shared commitments in the context of a spatially-extended alternative food network
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2017)Alternative economies are built on shared commitments to improve subjects’ well-being. Traditional commercial markets, premised upon growth driven by separate actors pursuing personal material gain, lead to exploitation ... -
Where religion, community and consumption meet : a qualitative inquiry into the consumption practices of a religious community
(Bilkent University, 2011)It is well established in the consumption literature that consumption is a way that symbolically constructs and reflects the multiple identities consumers have. A part of individuals' identities has a communal nature, ...
