• "Calling it a Crisis : Modes of Creativity, Work and Magic in an Elite Architect Company 

      Hagen, Aina Landsverk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      In recent years we have seen a resurfacing of magic as an analytical category in anthropological literature, with particular emphasis on modern forms of occultism and witchcraft. Magic has yet to prove itself a useful ...
    • Sketching with Knives: Architects & The Confidence Theory of Magic 

      Hagen, Aina Landsverk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      ‘Isn't gravity wonderful? That's the magic trick in a way'. The Malinowskian ‘confidence theory of magic’ (1935) points to how a person, through the ritual act, becomes empowered to believe he can master nature's obstacles, ...
    • Writing and Risk: Magic, Occult, Exorcisms 

      Muir, Tom (Journal of Academic Writing;Vol. 8 No 2 Winter 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      What does it mean to take a risk when I write? Can I? Should I? The idea of risk has preoccupied a number of scholars recently, including those interested in discourse, writing and education (e.g. McWilliam 2009 and Thesen ...