Grant McCracken
Grant McCracken (full name Grant David McCracken) is an anthropologist, blogger and author. A member of Convergence Culture Consortium at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McCracken has authored several books. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago. He has been the director of the Institute of Contemporary Culture and a senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School. He has been a consultant for many corporations, including the Coca-Cola Company, IKEA, Chrysler, Kraft, and Kimberly Clark. He lives in Rowayton, Connecticut.[1]
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Books [edit]
He has written, among others:
- Culture and Consumption (1988)
- Big Hair (1996)
- Culture and Consumption II (2005)
- Flock and Flow (2006)
- Transformations: identity construction in contemporary culture (2008) Indiana University Press ISBN 978-0-253-21957-2
- Chief Culture Officer (2009)
hear the podcast at http://www.getstoried.com/interview-grant-mccracken-041310/
- Culturematic (2012) Harvard Business Review Press ISBN 978-1-4221-4329-2
see a review of culturematic on http://www.avclub.com/articles/grant-mccracken-culturematic,81387/
hear an podcast on culturematic on http://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/2012/05/make-your-own-culturematic.html
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References [edit]
- ^ Source: Indiana University Press bio, accessed 25/1/2008
External links [edit]
- This Blog Sits At The - McCracken's weblog
- Video (and audio) of interview/conversation with McCracken and Kerry Howley on Bloggingheads.tv
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