Working Knowledge: Skill and Community in a Small Shop - Softcover

Harper, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520079701 ISBN 13: 9780520079700

Verlag: University of California Press, 1992

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Book by Harper Douglas

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"A case study, as warm and lively as it is reflective, that records an important example of 'material and folk culture.'"--Philip Morrison, "Scientific American

Reseña del editor:

In this ethnography Douglas Harper examines the "working knowledge" of a machinist with a small shop in upstate New York. Harper gives us this man's philosophy of work and shows how his work fits into the web of life in his community. In addition to fairly conventional auto and farm equipment repair, he rebuilds and creates new machines out of salvaged materials, drawing on his deep knowledge of these materials and how machines work. Harper's study addresses the large issues of the historical shift from the independent work of the medieval artisan to industrial production and the increasing automation of today. His ethnographic skills bring substance to his consideration of de-skilling, alienation and the rationalization of work in the contemporary world.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0520079701
• ISBN 13: 9780520079700
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224