The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-313-9 (ISBN)
Trevor H. J. Marchand is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at SOAS, University of London, and recipient of the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Rivers Memorial Medal. He is also a trained architect (McGill University) and qualified as a fine woodworker at London’s Building Crafts College. Marchand has conducted fieldwork with craftspeople around the world and published extensively, including the monographs Minaret Building and Apprenticeship in Yemen (Routledge, 2001) and The Masons of Djenné (Indiana, 2009).
List of Figures
Preface: Toiling to Live
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Pursuit of Pleasurable Studies with Woodworkers
Chapter 1. An Anthropologist’s Journey into Craftwork & Apprenticeship
Chapter 2. The Carpenters’ Company & Early London Apprenticeships
Chapter 3. The Building Crafts College: a history
Chapter 4. Getting Started
Chapter 5. Crafting Craftspeople
Chapter 6. Vocational Migrants to Craftwork
Chapter 7. The Intelligent Hand
Chapter 8. Problem Solving at the Bench
Chapter 9. Managing Pleasurable Pursuits
Chapter 10. Skill and Ageing
Epilogue: Towards a Hands-on Curriculum
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 06.03.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-80539-313-8 / 1805393138 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-80539-313-9 / 9781805393139 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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