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12C Article - SlideRule - 03-14-2024 09:13 PM
Chapter 21, The Life of a Cult Object Before, During, & After an Ethnographic Study: The HP 12c Financial Calculator, pages 396 through 411 in Handbook of Anthropology in Business is a most interesting read with respect to the many incarnations and life cycle of the long lived Hewlett-Packard's landscape financial calculator.
Introduction
The problem in 2001, According to HP
Research Argonautes
Itinerary & Practices Involving the 12c
Representations of the 12c: A Plurality of Meanings
Strategies Developed by HP (Post-2001)
Limited Series
Launching the 12c Platinum in 2003
The 12c's 25th Anniversary in 2006
The 12c's 30th Anniversary in 2011
Cult Objects & Their Ethnographies
Conclusion
References
Notes
BEST!
SlideRule