englischMany are calling for a 'positive failure culture' that does not treat failure as a taboo. Consequently, events are being organised for people to speak openly on stage about their failures and mistakes. This ethnographic study of these series of talks explores how failure is reproduced and [...]

englischThis book makes social change tangible and shows how traditional formulas of social and economic independence in the skilled trades break down in contact with postmodern demands - and people like their businesses "next door" develop new strategies for working and (over)living. Craftsmanship [...]

englischThis volume collates different approaches to a cultural sociology of sport. Referring to recent theories of culture, its different chapters deal with diverse sporting phenomena and analyse them as cultural practices in which social orders and ‘their’ subjects are formed in constellations of [...]