The Meaning of Work: Or Why Somebody Creates a Chair
(2024) SANM05 20241Social Anthropology
- Abstract
- This thesis an interview-based study that will broach the topic of meaning in work by looking at
how meaning is created amongst Swedish artisans; a group of labourers defined by their
uniqueness in contemporary labour-norms. The focus of this study is the theorisation of two
processes which create meaning within artisan labour: one based on reflexive engagement with
production, and one based on collective creations of meaning through outside structurers. From
these two processes, a third, unified view on the creation of meaning is proposed, where
reflexive engagement and collective creation coalesce to create meaning in labour. Taken
together, these three processes come to represent how meaning is formed in artisan labour,... (More) - This thesis an interview-based study that will broach the topic of meaning in work by looking at
how meaning is created amongst Swedish artisans; a group of labourers defined by their
uniqueness in contemporary labour-norms. The focus of this study is the theorisation of two
processes which create meaning within artisan labour: one based on reflexive engagement with
production, and one based on collective creations of meaning through outside structurers. From
these two processes, a third, unified view on the creation of meaning is proposed, where
reflexive engagement and collective creation coalesce to create meaning in labour. Taken
together, these three processes come to represent how meaning is formed in artisan labour, and
could, in turn, become starting points for further discussions on the nature of meaning in work. (Less)
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- author
- Borell, Jacob LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SANM05 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Keywords: Artisan, Meaning of work, Labour, Identity, Social Anthropology
- language
- English
- id
- 9157240
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-03 13:39:04
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- 2024-06-03 13:39:04
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