http://www.elon.edu/E-Net/Article/103679
Mussa Idris publishes peer-reviewed journal article
The assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and
Anthropology had his research published by African and Black Diaspora:
An International Journal.
Mussa Idris, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and
Anthropology at Elon University, published an article, “The
multidimensional roles of food and culture-centered entrepreneurship
among Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants: Ethnographic case studies in
Washington, D.C.”, in African and Black Diaspora: An International
Journal.
The online version of this article became available online recently.
The DOI link for the article is 10.1080/17528631.2014.966956. The
print version of the article is forthcoming in January 2015.
Idris’ paper examines business experiences among Ethiopian and
Eritrean transnational migrants in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan
area. It primarily draws from ethnographic and entrepreneurial case
studies to explain how Ethiopian and Eritrean entrepreneurs establish
food and culture-centered businesses in Adams Morgan and the U Street
Corridor.
The paper describes the positive and multidimensional roles (cultural,
social and economic) of the Ethiopian and Eritrean food and
culture-centered businesses in the area. It argues that these
restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores use an “ethnic entrepreneurship
niche” model to conduct business with a focus on the re-creation of
ethnic identities in a specific geographic area, building at the same
time a transnational space, but with the intention of doing business
with their migrant communities, host societies, and tourists alike.
African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal is an academic,
double-blind, peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge (part of
Taylor & Francis Group). The article can be found at
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17528631.2014.966956?queryID=%24{resultBean.queryID}#.VF_fV2dWZnk
Received on Thu Nov 13 2014 - 08:06:38 EST