Ilana Gershon
U.S.-focused anthropologist and Herbert S. Autrey Chair of Anthropology at Rice University, co-director of the Program in Science and Technology Studies, and author of The Pandemic Workplace: How We Learned to Be Citizens in the Office (U Chicago Press, 2024).
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Feb 25, 2026 • 46min
Ilana Gershon, "The Pandemic Workplace: How We Learned to Be Citizens in the Office" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Ilana Gershon, an anthropologist at Rice University, explores how pandemic-era workplaces became laboratories for democratic life. She discusses how contracts, community norms, and pandemic decisions reshaped workplace authority. Short scenes include schools, retail, and grassroots problem solving. The conversation highlights why workplace rules feel political and how we learned civic skills on the job.
