02995nam a2200409 i 450010.3998/mpub.12853444MiU20251008131007.0m o d cr#unu||||||||251008t20262026miua ob 001 0 eng d9780472222575ebook0472222570ebook9780472040209paperback10.3998/mpub.12853444doiEYMengrdapnEYMn-us-mnHD60O'Connor, Amy,author.https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1632-3843https://ror.org/017zqws13The mine next door :turning points in corporate social responsibility communicative practice /Amy O'Connor.Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press,[2026]©20261 online resource (225 pages) :illustrationstexttxtrdacontentcomputercrdamediaonline resourcecrrdacarrierIncludes bibliographical references and index.The Mine Next Door peels back the veneer of corporate public relations to expose the jagged edges that define the boundaries of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Minnesota's Iron Range. With five years of ethnographic and archival research, Amy O'Connor was able to interview over seventy people, including miners, retired miners, community members, elected officials, and representatives from Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. In addition to illuminating the everyday lives of Minnesota's taconite miners and community members, she compares the corporate narratives of CSR with these lived experiences to reveal how CSR boundaries are co-constructed, contested, and consequential. In this rare ethnographic account of iron ore mining in the United States, O'Connor shows how turning points--whether macrolevel (e.g., capitalism, governmental policy, and regulation) or microlevel (e.g., miner experiences, local culture, company proclivities)--create CSR communicative practice boundaries that are influenced by culture, history, and geography. The permanence and precariousness of the mining industry offers a unique opportunity to show how corporations, workers, and communities both collaborate and clash. The Mine Next Door argues that to understand CSR communicative practices, we must move beyond the staid, homogenous CSR reports and glossy public relations documents to reveal the messy and contradictory moments of decision wherein corporations and communities determine where a company has power and responsibility.Description based on information from the publisher.Social responsibility of business.Iron mines and miningMinnesota.Electronic books.Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan),publisher.https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12853444No-worldcatRecordExternalImportMPubCataloging 03679nam a2200529 i 450010.3998/mpub.14426701MiU20251002103158.0m o d cr#unu||||||||251002t20262026miua ob 001 0 eng d9780472905829open access ebook0472905821open access ebook9780472058068paperback9780472078066hardcover10.3998/mpub.14426701doiEYMengrdapnEYMf-nr---DT515.45.I33Nwafor, Okechukwu,author,https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjr9cwByBmGPqdj84Tfg8Chttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7783-3022https://ror.org/05h7xva58Exit of a hero :photography and the visual culture of commemoration in Southern Nigeria /Okechukwu Nwafor.Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press,2026©20261 online resource (246 pages) :illustrations (chiefly color)texttxtrdacontentcomputercrdamediaonline resourcecrrdacarrierAfrican PerspectivesIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-246) and index.Open accessIn Exit of a Hero, Okechukwu Nwafor explores the cultural, political, and socio-economic implications of photography in commemorative practices in southern Nigeria from the nineteenth century to the present. Focusing on obituary and commemorative photographs of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Lagos to contemporary funeral posters, booklets, and social media posts, Nwafor tracks the historical evolution of the iconic and heroic image. He argues that the quest to produce an ideal memorial body is not just a personal aesthetic choice but a deliberate photographic project that resonates with the Igbo aspirations for heroic achievement. Exit of a Hero asserts that the visual canonization transforms the deceased from a fallible being to an unimpeachable character who transcends underachievement, imperfection, and failed social performance to emerge as a saintly icon of the Igbo public sphere. In seeking an alternative, hyper-visible public self, social media reclaims the lost hero image of the deceased, reconstituting the contested Igbo public space as a lived reality where heroes and icons are actively and eternally commemorated. Nwafor unveils the creative imaginations of colonial subjects and postcolonial citizens as memorialization has become entangled within the intersecting discursive spaces of print culture and the public sphere.This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Deed.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Description based on information from the publisher.Igbo (African people)Funeral customs and ritesHistory.Igbo (African people)ObituariesHistory.Igbo (African people)Social life and customs.Postmortem photographyNigeria, SouthernHistory.DeathAnthropological aspectsNigeria, Southern.MemorializationNigeria, SouthernHistory.Memorial rites and ceremoniesNigeria, SouthernHistory.Electronic books.Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan),publisher.African perspectives (University of Michigan. Press)https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.144267010No-worldcatRecordExternalImportMPubCataloging