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Robert J. Foster

Richard L Turner Professor of Humanities Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies

University of Rochester

Affiliations

School of Arts & Sciences

Anthropology

Environmental Humanities

Visual and Cultural Studies

Robert J. Foster is currently serving as an Anthropology Richard L Turner Professor of Humanities Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies at University of Rochester.

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Robert J. Foster

University of Rochester

Richard L Turner Professor of Humanities Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies

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anthropology cultural anthropology culture sociocultural anthropology economics ethnography social anthropology consumer behaviour marketing consumer culture globalization cultural studies cultural economy consumer research anthropological theory ethnographic theory cultural change international history societal influence material culture media studies international business african political economy social identity consumerism transnational history indigenous peoples economic behavior entrepreneurship global strategy mass culture sustainable consumption consumer appeal value creation national development first nation brand equity economic influences brand awareness museum conservation nation making national cultures material research material cycles agrarian change consumption system human ecology consumer choice internationalism (politics) international politics beverage industry global value chains contemporary developments world-systems theory commodity markets cultural theory social theory international marketing turkish politics corporate political activity inter-firm coordination network governance mass consumption global ecumene following soft drinks commercial construction consumer citizenship advertising launch neoliberal globalization cola turka coca-cola company commodity futures cultural category comparative perspective collective individuals mortuary feasting global medium commercial media international communication contemporary asia political economy civilizations east asian studies

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BOTTLED: How Coca-Cola Became African Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African by Sara Byala Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2023), 366 Pp., $37.50 (Hardback), Isbn: 9780197758427 (Hardback). The Journal of Development Studies (2024)

Robert J. Foster

african political economyracial discriminationraceafrican developmentcultureafrican studiesafrican identityracial studiesafrican american studiesanti-racismafrican economy

5G and the Digital Imagination: Pacific Islands Perspectives From Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Media International Australia (2023)

Heather A. HorstRobert J. Foster

digital imaginationcommunicationmedia studiesinternational communicationpacific islands perspectives5g system

Tenuous Connectivity: Time, Citizenship, and Infrastructure in a Papua New Guinea Telecommunications Network. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (2023)

Robert J. Foster

global networkswireless networkstenuous connectivitytechnologytransnational networksanthropologytelecommunication networkscommunicationcommunications systems

Uneven Connections: A Partial History of the Mobile Phone in Papua New Guinea. (2023)

Robert J. Foster

partial historyuneven connectionsmobile phonecommunication

Nancy D. Munn (April 13, 1931–January 20, 2020). American Anthropologist (2022)

Robert J. FosterWebb Keane

american studiesamerican archaeologyanthropology

Adversaries Into Partners? Brand Coca-Cola and the Politics of Consumer-Citizenship. Routledge eBooks (2020)

Robert J. Foster

community engagementconsumer engagementmarketingbrand coca-colabrandingconsumerismcultureconsumer attitudesconsumer researchcommunicationcorporate social responsibilitybrand awarenessconsumer culturecitizenshipconsumer behaviour

The Politics of Media Infrastructure: Mobile Phones and Emergent Forms of Public Communication in Papua New Guinea. Oceania (2020)

Robert J. Foster

media infrastructurepublic communicationemergent formsmobile phonesmobile communicationpolitical communicationcommunication

Top-Up: The Moral Economy of Prepaid Mobile Phone Subscriptions. ANU Press eBooks (2018)

Robert J. Foster

digital economymoral economyeconomicseconomic behaviorconsumer behaviour

The Corporation in Anthropology. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2017)

Robert J. Foster

anthropological theoryphysical anthropologysociocultural anthropologybiological anthropologyevolutionary anthropologysocial anthropologyanthropologymedical anthropologyanthropological archaeologycognitive anthropologyenvironmental anthropologycultural anthropology

Corporations as Partners: “Connected Capitalism” and the Coca‐Cola Company. PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (2014)

Robert J. Foster

international businessinter-firm coordinationmanagementeconomicscorporate financecorporate political activitynetwork governancecapitalismeconomic influencesorganizational theorycoca-cola companygovernanceentrepreneurshipbusiness strategyinterorganizational relationshipsbusinesscorporate governance

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Robert J. Foster

Richard L Turner Professor of Humanities Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies

University of Rochester

Affiliations

School of Arts & Sciences

Anthropology

Environmental Humanities

Visual and Cultural Studies

Robert J. Foster is currently serving as an Anthropology Richard L Turner Professor of Humanities Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies at University of Rochester.

Honors

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Robert J. Foster

University of Rochester

Richard L Turner Professor of Humanities Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Robert J. Foster

african political economyracial discriminationraceafrican developmentcultureafrican studiesafrican identityracial studiesafrican american studiesanti-racismafrican economy

5G and the Digital Imagination: Pacific Islands Perspectives From Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Media International Australia (2023)

Heather A. HorstRobert J. Foster

digital imaginationcommunicationmedia studiesinternational communicationpacific islands perspectives5g system

Tenuous Connectivity: Time, Citizenship, and Infrastructure in a Papua New Guinea Telecommunications Network. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology (2023)

Robert J. Foster

global networkswireless networkstenuous connectivitytechnologytransnational networksanthropologytelecommunication networkscommunicationcommunications systems

Uneven Connections: A Partial History of the Mobile Phone in Papua New Guinea. (2023)

Robert J. Foster

partial historyuneven connectionsmobile phonecommunication

Nancy D. Munn (April 13, 1931–January 20, 2020). American Anthropologist (2022)

Robert J. FosterWebb Keane

american studiesamerican archaeologyanthropology

Adversaries Into Partners? Brand Coca-Cola and the Politics of Consumer-Citizenship. Routledge eBooks (2020)

Robert J. Foster

The Politics of Media Infrastructure: Mobile Phones and Emergent Forms of Public Communication in Papua New Guinea. Oceania (2020)

Robert J. Foster

media infrastructurepublic communicationemergent formsmobile phonesmobile communicationpolitical communicationcommunication

Top-Up: The Moral Economy of Prepaid Mobile Phone Subscriptions. ANU Press eBooks (2018)

Robert J. Foster

digital economymoral economyeconomicseconomic behaviorconsumer behaviour

The Corporation in Anthropology. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2017)

Robert J. Foster

Corporations as Partners: “Connected Capitalism” and the Coca‐Cola Company. PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (2014)

Robert J. Foster

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