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

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Høyer Leivestad, Hege. (Editor), Nyqvist, Anette. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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ISBN: 9783319530970
Physical Description: X, 174 p. online resource.

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Summary: 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
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