Paul Willis Livres

A A highly original and thought--provoking book concerning the nature of ethnography and its importance in social enquiry. A Written by the author of Learning to Labour, this new book is informed by Willisa own ethnographic research. schovat popis

Vivid imagery characterizes this poetry collection, exploring the intricate relationship between nature and the human experience in Washington. Paul J. Willis captures the essence of the natural world, inviting readers to reflect on the beauty and complexity of their surroundings through his evocative verses.

Focusing on the role of public relations professionals, this revised edition offers a framework for articulating their impact on organizational effectiveness. It outlines the essential capabilities that PR leaders need to demonstrate in order to function at the highest levels within an organization, emphasizing the importance of their contributions to overall success.

The collection offers a vivid exploration of personal and communal experiences, taking readers on a journey through diverse landscapes and life stages. From the beauty of nature with sequoia groves to the nostalgia of high school memories and the complexities of love, the narratives weave together themes of connection and self-discovery. The contrast between simple pleasures, such as dumpster diving, and the aspirations tied to Olympic dreams enriches the tapestry of human experience portrayed in this work.

This book analyses modernity and tradition in China today and how they combine in striking ways in the Chinese school. Paul Willis – the leading ethnographer and author of  Learning to Labour  – shows how China has undergone an internal migration not only of masses of workers but also of a mental and ideological kind to new cultural landscapes of meaning, which include worship of the glorified city, devotion to consumerism, and fixation upon the smartphone and the internet.  Massive educational expansion has been a precondition for explosive economic growth and technical development, but at the same time the school provides a cultural stage for personal and collective experience. In its closed walls and the inescapability of its ‘scores’, an astonishing drama plays out between the new and the old, with a tapestry of intricate human meanings woven of small tragedies and triumphs, secret promises and felt betrayals, helping to produce not only exam results but cultural orientations and occupational destinies.  By exploring the cultural dimension of everyday experience as it is lived out in the school, this book sheds new light on the enormous transformations that have swept through China and created the kind of society that it is a society that is obsessed with the future and at the same time structured by and in continuous dialogue with its past.