Working the Fabric: Resourcefulness, Belonging and Island Life in Scotland's Harris Tweed Industry. By JoanaNascimento, Berghahn Books. 2023. 230 pp. New York: Berghahn Books Series: Anthropology at work; volume 4 ISBN: 9781800738829 (hardback) ISBN: 9781800738836 (ebook).
Year: 2026
Type: book-review
Abstract: In her new ethnography, Working the Fabric: Resourcefulness, Belonging and Island Life in Scotland's Harris Tweed Industry, Joana Nascimento artfully examines the work-life strategies of people who confront economic uncertainty.She argues that despite different work strategies and life experiences in the Harris Tweed industry, her interlocutors in Scotland's Outer Hebrides shared similar values and morals regarding flexibility, resourcefulness, and dedication to their craft in their endeavor to achieve "lives worth leading" (28).Furthermore, Nascimento contends that economic anthropology is in a unique position to contribute to greater understandings of the dynamic and complex methods that people employ to mitigate uncertainty in work, belonging, and place-making.
Source: Economic Anthropology
DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70035
Author: Genevieve Soucek
Institution: Southern Methodist University
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7118717148
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