Paid duct taping vs unpaid creation

[MariaEuler]

Check out this comment with an emphasisi on akademic jobs:

The bullshitization of academic jobs: the start of a theory

David Graeber, one of my favorite anthropologists (I am thinking of shortlisting him for our forthcoming Economics vs. Science Fiction seminar), has been for some time a scholar of bureaucracy. Why is bureaucracy so pervasive, resilient and expansionary organizing principle of human activities? Its rise in the modern age was attributed to efficiency gains, and there certainly were plenty of those. But post-modern societies tend to introduce bureaucracy even where they appear to reduce efficiency…

It goes well with our planned summit event on the 22nd of June on precarity in higher education:

Session on endangered researchers and precarity in higher education

2020-06-22T15:00:00Z (UTC) Registration: Fill out this registration form! This event is part of the Edgeryders Online Summit on Resilient Livelihoods Curated by: Asli Telli, diverse_precarious community list, dissent in higher education group Session summary This session wants to bring together knowledge workers and policy makers in higher ed, also allying with unions and rights defenders, with their histories of mobility, migration and refuge. We would like to discuss and reflect on the int…