The Secret World of Doing Nothing
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2010
280 pages
978-0-520-94570-8 (ISBN)
Description
In 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 in our daily lives-waiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine task-and illuminate these "empty" times as full of significance. Creative, insightful, and profound, The Secret World of Doing Nothing leads us to rethink the ordinary and find meaning in today's hypermodern reality.
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Persons
Billy Ehn is a Professor in the Department of Culture and Media Studies at Umea University and Orvar Löfgren is Professor of Ethnology at the University of Lund, both in Sweden. Löfgren is the author of On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (UC Press).
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Waiting
Chapter 2. Routines
Chapter 3. Daydreaming
Chapter 4. In the Backyards of Modernity?
Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of "Non-events"
Notes
References
Index
Introduction
Chapter 1. Waiting
Chapter 2. Routines
Chapter 3. Daydreaming
Chapter 4. In the Backyards of Modernity?
Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of "Non-events"
Notes
References
Index
