Under The Table: An Anthropology of Corruption Podcast
We are two cultural anthropologists, Drs. Aaron Ansell and Sylvia Tidey, who write about corruption and the fight against corruption in non-Western cultural settings. Our lighthearted podcast consists of interviews with fellow experts on this topic. We try to keep it jargon-free, but we do geek out every now and then, so fair warning.
Podcasting since 2021 • 10 episodes
Under The Table: An Anthropology of Corruption Podcast
Latest Episodes
Audit Culture and Dirty Elites: A Talk with Cris Shore (9/10/2024)
Sylvia and Aaron chat with Cris Shore (Professor of Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths) about his work on corruption in the European Union. We talk about the EU's "parallel system of administration," methodologies for studying that which s...
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"Transparency and Anti-Corruption in India, a chat with Anu (Aradhana) Sharma" (1/19/2024)
Sylvia and Aaron chat with Anu Sharma about her work on corruption and good governance in India, including that country's "Right to Know" movement and related Transparency of Information legislation. We discuss the relationship between anti-cor...
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Alan Smart on Corruption and Informality in Hong Kong (11/1/23)
Sylvia and Aaron interview Alan Smart about his research on Chinese practices of gift-mediated friendship (guanxi) and the role of guanxi relations in capitalist ventures. Guanxi is increasingly viewed as ...
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