The secret world of doing nothing / Billy Ehn and Orvar Lofgren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehn, Billy, 1946-

Contributor:

Löfgren, Orvar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leisure--Philosophy.

Leisure.

Leisure--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this insightful and pathbreaking reflection on "doing nothing," Billy Ehn and Orvar Löfgren take us on a fascinating tour of what is happening when, to all appearances, absolutely nothing is happening. Sifting through a wide range of examples drawn from literature, published ethnographies, and firsthand research, they probe the unobserved moments in our daily lives-waiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine task-and illuminate these "empty" times as full of significance. Creative, insightful, and profound, The Secret World of Doing Nothing leads us to rethink the ordinary and find meaning in today's hypermodern reality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction

Chapter One. Waiting

Chapter Two. Routines

Chapter Three. Daydreaming

Chapter Four. In the Backyards of Modernity?

APPENDIX. DOING AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF "NON-EVENTS"

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612772801

9781282772809

1282772805

9780520945708

0520945700

OCLC:

646788629