Book Forum: More Than Pretty Boxes

In this book forum, based on a session at the American Anthropological Association meetings 2024, anthropologists of work respond to Carrie Lane’s More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn't Working. The book describes organizing and decluttering professionals as "therapists of capitalism," whose work can help us better understand—and perhaps alleviate—the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy. The forum includes reader engagements, an author response, and an interview of Carrie Lane.