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On Holiday
University of California Press 1999; US$ 29.95Löfgren takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of "learning to be a tourist" have shaped our own ways of vacationing. We see how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images (written, drawn, painted, and later photographed) teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience... more...
Magic, Culture and the New Economy
Bloomsbury Publishing 2005; US$ 109.95What happens when economies 'heat up'? This book looks at the 1990s, years of intense economic experimentation, when buzz words such as 'network society', 'the experience economy', 'creative cities' and 'glocalization' were everywhere. A fascinating perspective on 'The New Economy' emerges as the authors explore the worlds of coolhunters, biotech brokers,... more...
The Secret World of Doing Nothing
University of California Press 2010; US$ 26.95In this insightful and pathbreaking reflection on ?doing nothing,? Billy Ehn and Orvar Löfgren take us on a fascinating tour of what is happening when, to all appearances, absolutely nothing is happening. Sifting through a wide range of examples drawn from literature, published ethnographies, and firsthand research, they probe the unobserved moments... more...
Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 133.00?It is simply too much? is a common complaint of the modern age. This book looks at how people and institutions deal with overflow - of information, consumption or choices. The essays explore the ways in which notions of overflow ? framed in terms of excess and abundance or their implicit opposites, scarcity and dearth ? crop up in a number of contexts... more...
Nichtstun
Hamburger Edition HIS 2012; US$ 20.48Hauptbeschreibung "Nichtstun ist die allerschwierigste Beschäftigung und zugleich diejenige, die am meisten Geist voraussetzt." Oscar Wilde Was passiert, wenn allem Anschein nach gar nichts passiert? Wenn Menschen sich von der Aussicht, "nichts zu tun", angezogen oder abgestoßen fühlen, wenn sie geduldig oder wütend warten, wenn sie alltägliche... more...
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