FLEXIBLE CAPITALISM:
NEW FORMS OF MUTUALITY AND DIVERSITY AT WORK?
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Conveners:
Jakob Krause-Jensen (Danish University School of Education) jakj@dpu.dk
Jens Kjaerulff jk@socant.net
Workshop ID: W057
'Work' as distinctive from other domains of exchange and reciprocity is
a recent phenomenon of "Western" origin. As such work (employment)
remains an important part of social life, where relationships of
mutuality and diversity are continuously at issue. The emergence of
novel visions, conditions and practices of work, e.g. in terms of 'new'
or 'flexible' capitalism over the past decades, provides impetus for new
inquiries and theoretical engagements.
Under New Capitalism, stable forms of work organization are superseded
by more volatile environments, at once pregnant with opportunity and
fraught with insecurity: less clearly bounded 'networks' are promoted,
as are engagements framed as short-term projects and teamwork. New
dimensions to work practice are sought measured or rendered auditable,
while more personalized and mutual relations between management and
employees are also pursued.
The workshop aims at exploring the potentials of ethnographic research
and anthropological imagination in examining experiences of, and changes
in, work under such contemporary circumstances.
DETAILS ON SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND THE CONFERENCE:
The call for papers closes on March 31, 2008. Paper abstracts should be
maximum 250 words. Paper proposals must be submitted online, at:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa08/panels.php5?PanelID=284
Submission of a paper proposal requires EASA membership. To enroll
online in EASA, visit:
http://www.easaonline.org/membership.htm
The workshop is part of the biennial conference of the European
Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), held August 26-30 2008 in
Ljubljana, Slovenia under the general title "Experiencing Diversity and
Mutuality". For further details on the conference, visit:
http://www.easa2008.eu/
Feel free to forward questions regarding the workshop to Jakob
Krause-Jensen or Jens Kjaerulff (email above).
