Ethnographies of Conferences and Trade Fairs

This anthology is an attempt to make sense of conferences and trade fairs as phenomena in contemporary society. The authors describe how these large-scale professional gatherings have become key sites for making and negotiating both industries and individual professions. In fact, during the past few decades, conferences and trade fairs have become a significant global industry in their own right. The editors assert that large-scale professional gatherings are remarkable events that require deeper analysis and scholarly attention. 



Hege Høyer Leivestad is a researcher in the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden.  

Anette Nyqvist is Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden.