Erika Andersson Cederholm - Böcker

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003108436, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.This book argues that the expansion of administrative activities in today’s working life is driven not only by pressure from above, but also from below. The authors examine the inner dynamics of people-processing organizations—those formally working for clients, patients, or students—to uncover the hidden attractions of doing administrative work, despite all the complaints and laments about "too many meetings" or "too much paperwork." There is something appealing to those compelled to participate in today’s constantly multiplying and expanding administration that defies popular framings of it as merely pressure from above. Hidden Attractions of Administration shows in detail the emotional attractiveness, moral conflicts, and almost magical features that administrative tasks often entail in today’s organizations, supported by ethnographic studies consisting of over 200 qualitative interviews and participant observations from ten organizational settings and contexts across Sweden. The authors also question and complement explanations in administration-related research that have previously been taken for granted, arguing that it is a simplification to attribute all aspects of the change to New Public Management and instead taking into account what the classic sociologist Georg Simmel called an Eigendynamik: a self-reinforcing tendency that, under certain circumstances, needs only a nudge in an administrative direction to get going. By applying ethnography to issues of bureaucratization and meeting cultures and by drawing on findings in emotional sociology and social anthropology, this volume contributes to both the sociology of work and the study of human service organizations and will appeal to scholars and students working across both areas.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003108436, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.This book argues that the expansion of administrative activities in today’s working life is driven not only by pressure from above, but also from below. The authors examine the inner dynamics of people-processing organizations—those formally working for clients, patients, or students—to uncover the hidden attractions of doing administrative work, despite all the complaints and laments about "too many meetings" or "too much paperwork." There is something appealing to those compelled to participate in today’s constantly multiplying and expanding administration that defies popular framings of it as merely pressure from above. Hidden Attractions of Administration shows in detail the emotional attractiveness, moral conflicts, and almost magical features that administrative tasks often entail in today’s organizations, supported by ethnographic studies consisting of over 200 qualitative interviews and participant observations from ten organizational settings and contexts across Sweden. The authors also question and complement explanations in administration-related research that have previously been taken for granted, arguing that it is a simplification to attribute all aspects of the change to New Public Management and instead taking into account what the classic sociologist Georg Simmel called an Eigendynamik: a self-reinforcing tendency that, under certain circumstances, needs only a nudge in an administrative direction to get going. By applying ethnography to issues of bureaucratization and meeting cultures and by drawing on findings in emotional sociology and social anthropology, this volume contributes to both the sociology of work and the study of human service organizations and will appeal to scholars and students working across both areas.

How do creative workers work? This book brings together insights from a range of relevant disciplines to help answer this significant research question.Featuring case studies from the European context, contributors tap into the experiences and practices from creative workers, demonstrating their attempts to navigate a changing environment which affects spaces, identities, and professional roles. As cross-disciplinary re-thinking of work, labour processes and management practices in the creative and cultural industries, the book offers perspectives on the importance of highlighting creative work as a phenomenon and practice beyond a particular industry, market, or public sector. Providing an opportunity to expand our conception of what creative work is, the book draws on studies of a range of activities, practices and sectors that are usually included in the cultural and creative industries as well as ones that are more untraditional.The result is a volume that will interest students, practictioners, and scholars with an interest in the creative industries.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

How do creative workers work? This book brings together insights from a range of relevant disciplines to help answer this significant research question.Featuring case studies from the European context, contributors tap into the experiences and practices from creative workers, demonstrating their attempts to navigate a changing environment which affects spaces, identities, and professional roles. As cross-disciplinary re-thinking of work, labour processes and management practices in the creative and cultural industries, the book offers perspectives on the importance of highlighting creative work as a phenomenon and practice beyond a particular industry, market, or public sector. Providing an opportunity to expand our conception of what creative work is, the book draws on studies of a range of activities, practices and sectors that are usually included in the cultural and creative industries as well as ones that are more untraditional.The result is a volume that will interest students, practictioners, and scholars with an interest in the creative industries.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Vad innebär det egentligen att vara akademiker i vår tid? Vilka är förväntningarna på oss som universitetslärare och forskare och hur lever vi upp till dem? Vad utmärker en skicklig akademiker och vilka är våra skyldigheter som lärare och kolleger? Går det att kombinera forskning och undervisning på ett fruktbart sätt? Och hur når vi ut med vår forskning? Ska vi publicera oss i tidskrifter eller ge ut böcker, skriva på svenska eller engelska? Detta är frågor som akademiker dagligen ställer sig. Med anledning av Lunds universitets 350-årsjubileum bjöd Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten in ett antal forskare och lärare från olika discipliner till ett symposium på temat Academic skills – skapar kompletta akademiker excellenta utbildningsmiljöer? Samtliga talare gav sig in i diskussionen med liv och lust och vände och vred på perspektiven. Här är resultatet!

"Luffarturismen" har blivit en populär form av resande. Många svenskar för under en tid - ibland flera månader eller år -- en vagabonderande tillvaro på platser långt hemifrån. Resan blir en parentes i vardagen en extraordinär sfär fylld av förväntningar på äventyret och den äkta upplevelsen. Vad har resenären för bild av det "Långtbortistan" hon lockas av, och hur skapas den bilden? Vad karaktäriserar en lyckad eller misslyckad resenär? Varför fotograferar man, eller låter bli att fotografera, och vilken roll spelar fotograferandet under resan och efter hemkomsten? Dessa är några av de frågor som diskuteras i boken. Vi får en guidad visning av luffarturismens sociala arena med dess aktörer, normer och gränser. Författaren beskriver de paradoxala villkor som karaktäriserar den här typen av turism, och resenärerna själva får komma till tals och berätta om sina upplevelser.