Ethnographies of Conferences and Trade Fairs : Shaping Industries, Creating Professionals / [electronic resource] : / edited by Hege Høyer Leivestad, Anette Nyqvist.. — 1st ed. 2017.. — X, 174 p. : online resource.

1. Individuals and Industries: Large-Scale Professional Gatherings as Ethnographic Fields -- 2. Scheduled Schmoozing: Notes on Interludal Practices at Responsible Investors’ Conferences -- 3. White Corporate Feminine Spirituality: The Rise of Global Professional Women’s Conferences in the New Millennium -- 4. The Therapeutic Square: The Psychotherapy Fair from an Anthropological Perspective -- 5. Establishing the Complexity of Obesity: The Conference as a Site of Understanding Obesity as a Medical Condition -- 6. The Biennial of Dakar: Scales of Art Worlds-Networks -- 7. Beyond Informality: Intimacy and Commerce at the Caravanning Trade Fair -- 8. Traversing Trade Fairs and Fashion Weeks: On Dependence and Disavowal in the Indian Fashion Industry.

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Анотація:
This anthology is an attempt to make sense of conferences and trade fairs as phenomena in contemporary society. The authors describe how these large-scale professional gatherings have become key sites for making and negotiating both industries and individual professions. In fact, during the past few decades, conferences and trade fairs have become a significant global industry in their own right. The editors assert that large-scale professional gatherings are remarkable events that require deeper analysis and scholarly attention. .

ISBN: 9783319530970

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-53097-0 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethnology.
Ethnography.
Economic sociology.
Trade.
Business.
Commerce.
Social Anthropology.
Ethnography.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Trade.

LC Class. No.: GN301-674

Dewey Class. No.: 306