Overview
Explores networking and other social processes at large-scale professional gatherings
Argues that conferences and trade fairs allow industries to develop
Asserts that conferences and trade fairs are excellent sites for ethnographic research
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethnographies of Conferences and Trade Fairs
Book Subtitle: Shaping Industries, Creating Professionals
Editors: Hege Høyer Leivestad, Anette Nyqvist
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53097-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53096-3Published: 05 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85061-0Published: 13 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53097-0Published: 21 June 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 174
Topics: Social Anthropology, Ethnography, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Trade