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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Høyer Leivestad, Hege (Editor), Nyqvist, Anette (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Trade.; Business.; Commerce.; Ethnology.; Ethnography.; Economic sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319530970
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-53097-0
• Physical Description: X, 174 p. online resource.

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...