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The Secret World of Doing Nothing

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Sifting through a wide range of examples drawn from literature, published ethnographies, and firsthand research, this title probes the unobserved moments in our daily lives - waiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine task - and illuminates these 'empty' times as full of significance.

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The Secret World of Doing Nothing, Orvar Lofgren, Richard Wilk

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2010
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Title
The Secret World of Doing Nothing
Language
English
Released
2010
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0520262638
ISBN13
9780520262638
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Sifting through a wide range of examples drawn from literature, published ethnographies, and firsthand research, this title probes the unobserved moments in our daily lives - waiting for a bus, daydreaming by the window, performing a routine task - and illuminates these 'empty' times as full of significance.