With apologies for cross posting, those with interests in architecture,
<br>design, creativity, work, ethical self-formation, knowledge and imagination
<br>may be interested in my recent book, just out with Cornell UP: Architects:
<br>portraits of a practice.
<br>
<br>Further details available here:
<br>http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140103130180
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<br>The book is an ethnographic account of the life and work of architects that
<br>explores some simple but profound questions, through the lens of a small UK
<br>practice: Where do designs come from? What is imagination as a social
<br>practice? What is the relationship between a personal and a working life?
<br>Perhaps most profoundly, it is an account of the everyday struggle to live a
<br>good life in professional circumstances that constantly challenge the ethical
<br>positions and ideals of those involved. It's written from the perspective of
<br>an anthropologist but tries to convey the interest of these everyday working
<br>lives, for a broad readership.
<br>
<br>Best wishes,
<br>
<br>Tom.
<br>
<br>
<br>Associate Professor, Social Anthropology
<br>Subject Head, Social Anthrpology
<br>
<br>Recent publications:
<br>2019. Architects: portraits of a practice (Cornell UP)
<br>2019. Electrifying Anthropology: exploring electrical practices and
<br>infrastructures (with S. Abram and B. Ross Winthereik eds.,Bloomsbury)
<br>2019. How conservation matters: ethnographic explorations of historic building
<br>renovation. Journal of Material Culture. 24(1).
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