Ethnographies of Conferences and Trade Fairs: Shaping Industries, Creating Professionals

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Hege Hoyer Leivestad Anette Nyqvist

Ethnographies of Conferences and Trade Fairs

Shaping Industries, Creating Professionals

Hege Hoyer Leivestad, Anette Nyqvist

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English

Springer International Publishing AG
05 July 2017

Sociology: work & labour; Social & cultural anthropology; Domestic trade; Distributive industries

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.

Edited by: Hege Hoyer Leivestad, Anette Nyqvist
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 3.443kg
ISBN: 9783319530963
ISBN 10: 3319530968
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 05 July 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Hege Høyer Leivestad is a researcher in the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden. Anette Nyqvist is Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden.