Reseña de “The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England”: Marchand, Trevor H. J. (2020). The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England: Oxford/Berghahn. University of London 482 páginas ISBN: 978-1-80073-274-2

Hugo Valenzuela

doi:10.5565/rev/periferia.935

Review of “The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England”

Marchand, Trevor H. J. (2020). The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England: Oxford/Berghahn. University of London 482 pages ISBN: 978-1-80073-274-2

Authors

Hugo Valenzuela UAB

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Abstract

“The pursuit of pleasurable work” is an ethnographic volume made up of 10 chapters (some republished) around what the author calls the “anthropology of crafts”. In particular, the author focuses on the current training curriculum of fine carpentry in one of the most prestigious and oldest schools in London, Building Crafts College. The book covers various topics related to skill, tacit knowledge, mechanical versus manual work, and utopias and aspirations of vocational and artisanal work.

Keywords

Crafts, Carpentry, Work, Mind-Body, Skill, Thick description

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