Ethnographies of Conferences and Trade Fairs: Shaping Industries, Creating Professionals

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.