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Cleaving to the Medieval, Journeymen Ply Their Trades in Europe (2017)
- steve_gh 8y agoThanks for sharing this. You learn something new every day
- ginko 8y agoThey're quite a rare sight, though. I've only ever seen one at a train station in Vienna. Maybe they're a bit more common in Germany.
- pax 8y agoThey're not such a rare sight in Transylvania/Romania. There are even some "journeyman friendly" pubs. I've once encountered 4 that made it all the way to Indonesia.
- shoo 8y ago> Traditionally, a journeyman was not allowed to travel or seek work within a 60-kilometer radius of his hometown — a guideline intended to encourage an exchange of ideas among those practicing any given trade. this also works like a regional non-compete with whoever has trained the formerly-apprentice journeyman
- jmkd 8y agoWould be interesting to consider what a digital version of this looks like. The concept is entrancing, but very structured towards physical labour and travel. How not to be found, thinking on your wits, working in exchange for food and accommodation only. It seems developers who live in vans and boats are undergoing a broadly equivalent process, albeit less formalised.