Anthropology of Work Review
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South Carolina's Black Belt counties are perennial targets of economic development programs. Economic development personnel focus on industrial recruitment and workforce development to remedy the eco...
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In “Don't Complain”: Labor Anxiety, Racial Ideologies, and Moral Micromanagement in Rural South Carolina Sydney Pullen situates the neoliberal turn towards “soft skills” training programs w/in historical context, showing how they represent continuity of racial ideologies and racialized labor regimes
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Reading this, written by a comrade, and it's ace books.google.com.au/books/about/...
Motivations for Refusal
In Motivations for Refusal: Work, Value, and the Limits of Postworkerism, Mark Gawne develops a critical account of how the affective politics of capital and class are formed and contested in contempo...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Reading this, written by a comrade, and it's ace books.google.com.au/books/about/...
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if you're interested in this story, you might be interested in our reading group; we're reading chapter 5 of "The AI Con" by @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social this week
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
if you're interested in this story, you might be interested in our reading group; we're reading chapter 5 of "The AI Con" by @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social this week
📢 Varieties of academic precarity across (and beyond) Europe: @easainfo.bsky.social Anthropology of Labour network Webinar TOMORROW w/ Bhargabi Das, Martin Fotta, @mariya-ivancheva.bsky.social , Roberto Mozzachiodi & Aslı Vatansever ! easaonline.org/event/variet...
Varieties of academic precarity across (and beyond) Europe: Anthropology of Labour Network Webinar
Join us for the upcoming Anthropology of Labour Network webinar on experiences of academic precarity. 12 November, 17-19 CET. With Bhargabi Das, Martin Fotta, Mariya Ivancheva, Roberto Mozzachiodi and...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
📢 Varieties of academic precarity across (and beyond) Europe: @easainfo.bsky.social Anthropology of Labour network Webinar TOMORROW w/ Bhargabi Das, Martin Fotta, @mariya-ivancheva.bsky.social , Roberto Mozzachiodi & Aslı Vatansever ! easaonline.org/event/variet...
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Write a blogpost for the World of Work Blog on the Anthropology Career Readiness Network (ACRN) website! More details👇 @anthrocareerready.bsky.social
Whether you're a student, recent graduate, or experienced professional, this is your space to share how anthropology shapes the way you work, think, and make an impact: anthrocareerready.net/would-you-li...
Would you like to write a blogpost for the World of Work Blog? - The Anthropology Career Readiness Network
Have you ever met an anthropologist who did not want to share a story, an idea, or an insight with you? Maybe you have—but not I—and I have almost 50 years in
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November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Write a blogpost for the World of Work Blog on the Anthropology Career Readiness Network (ACRN) website! More details👇 @anthrocareerready.bsky.social
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Great to see @caileangallagher.bsky.social and @workersobservatory.org here:
New book alert!📘
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY by The Capacitor Collective delivers first-hand accounts from the tech sector’s burgeoning labor movement.
Preorders save a couple bucks and get a free zine on the history of workers' inquiries! Checkout with coupon code DIGITALWORKERS: buff.ly/9Li5A3U
Preorders save a couple bucks and get a free zine on the history of workers' inquiries! Checkout with coupon code DIGITALWORKERS: buff.ly/9Li5A3U
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Great to see @caileangallagher.bsky.social and @workersobservatory.org here:
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Take a listen! Joined hosts Justin and Jay on the @librarypunk.bsky.social podcast to chat about The American Worker pamphlet, Grace Lee Boggs and Phil Singer, Karl Marx and CLR James, workers’ inquiry and organizing in the US, and neighboring topics. Thanks to for having me on!
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Take a listen! Joined hosts Justin and Jay on the @librarypunk.bsky.social podcast to chat about The American Worker pamphlet, Grace Lee Boggs and Phil Singer, Karl Marx and CLR James, workers’ inquiry and organizing in the US, and neighboring topics. Thanks to for having me on!
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Attending London’s Historical Materialism? Join Common Notions collaborator Kevin Van Meter for a free public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement at MayDay Rooms in London on Monday 10 November at 19:00!
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November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Attending London’s Historical Materialism? Join Common Notions collaborator Kevin Van Meter for a free public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement at MayDay Rooms in London on Monday 10 November at 19:00!
events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
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New book alert!📘
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY by The Capacitor Collective delivers first-hand accounts from the tech sector’s burgeoning labor movement.
Preorders save a couple bucks and get a free zine on the history of workers' inquiries! Checkout with coupon code DIGITALWORKERS: buff.ly/9Li5A3U
Preorders save a couple bucks and get a free zine on the history of workers' inquiries! Checkout with coupon code DIGITALWORKERS: buff.ly/9Li5A3U
October 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New book alert!📘
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
Our book on workers talking about their experiences of workers inquiry research, and working with academic workers to build power! with the Capacitor Collective
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November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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📢 New article alert 📢 "Unlikely Organizers: The Rise of Tech Worker Labor Activism" is out with @ilrreview.bsky.social
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📢 New article alert 📢 "Unlikely Organizers: The Rise of Tech Worker Labor Activism" is out with @ilrreview.bsky.social
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
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"Academia is precarious" - a statement most (if not all) of us have come to experience in one way or another. The EASA Anthropology of Labour Network invites you to a webinar on experiences of academic precarity on 12 November.
We encourage you to attend this timely event.
Info in the comments.
We encourage you to attend this timely event.
Info in the comments.
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"Academia is precarious" - a statement most (if not all) of us have come to experience in one way or another. The EASA Anthropology of Labour Network invites you to a webinar on experiences of academic precarity on 12 November.
We encourage you to attend this timely event.
Info in the comments.
We encourage you to attend this timely event.
Info in the comments.
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Excited to be in the Big Red Apple so soon after its conversion to communism. Make sure to join us!
NEW YORK CITY: I hear you're in a celebratory mood over there. Well how would you like to use some of that energy to help dismantle big tech?
Join me, @parismarx.com, @edwardongwesojr.com, @jathansadowski.com, @veenadubal.bsky.social, and special guests for the Second NYC Luddite Tribunal.
Join me, @parismarx.com, @edwardongwesojr.com, @jathansadowski.com, @veenadubal.bsky.social, and special guests for the Second NYC Luddite Tribunal.
RSVP to THE LUDDITE TRIBUNAL | Partiful
It's time to put technology on trial, and to smash it if necessary. Join Paris Marx, Jathan Sadowski, Ed Ongweso Jr, Veena Dubal, Brian Merchant, and special guests for an evening of booze, discussion...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Excited to be in the Big Red Apple so soon after its conversion to communism. Make sure to join us!
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Castoffs of Capital
Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh www.upress.umn.edu/978151791336...
Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh www.upress.umn.edu/978151791336...
September 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Castoffs of Capital
Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh www.upress.umn.edu/978151791336...
Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh www.upress.umn.edu/978151791336...
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New preprint alert! 🚨
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New preprint alert! 🚨
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
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New article alert 🔬📚 "...labor management practices associated with soft skills have as much to do with old ways of disciplining labor as new and highlights the co-constitution of labor anxiety and racial ideologies", writes Sydney Pullen in "Don't Complain." @anthropologyofwork.bsky.social 👏 📣
In “Don't Complain”: Labor Anxiety, Racial Ideologies, and Moral Micromanagement in Rural South Carolina Sydney Pullen situates the neoliberal turn towards “soft skills” training programs w/in historical context, showing how they represent continuity of racial ideologies and racialized labor regimes
Anthropology of Work Review | AAA Labor Studies Journal | Wiley Online Library
South Carolina's Black Belt counties are perennial targets of economic development programs. Economic development personnel focus on industrial recruitment and workforce development to remedy the eco...
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New article alert 🔬📚 "...labor management practices associated with soft skills have as much to do with old ways of disciplining labor as new and highlights the co-constitution of labor anxiety and racial ideologies", writes Sydney Pullen in "Don't Complain." @anthropologyofwork.bsky.social 👏 📣
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In “Don't Complain”: Labor Anxiety, Racial Ideologies, and Moral Micromanagement in Rural South Carolina Sydney Pullen situates the neoliberal turn towards “soft skills” training programs w/in historical context, showing how they represent continuity of racial ideologies and racialized labor regimes
Anthropology of Work Review | AAA Labor Studies Journal | Wiley Online Library
South Carolina's Black Belt counties are perennial targets of economic development programs. Economic development personnel focus on industrial recruitment and workforce development to remedy the eco...
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In “Don't Complain”: Labor Anxiety, Racial Ideologies, and Moral Micromanagement in Rural South Carolina Sydney Pullen situates the neoliberal turn towards “soft skills” training programs w/in historical context, showing how they represent continuity of racial ideologies and racialized labor regimes
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Capacitor Collective = @julieychen.bsky.social, @enda-b.bsky.social, Alessandro Delfanti, Brian Dolber, @gleemie.bsky.social and myself. Thanks to folks we interviewed including @krystalkauffman.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @katejsim.bsky.social and to @veenadubal.bsky.social for the blurb
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Capacitor Collective = @julieychen.bsky.social, @enda-b.bsky.social, Alessandro Delfanti, Brian Dolber, @gleemie.bsky.social and myself. Thanks to folks we interviewed including @krystalkauffman.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @katejsim.bsky.social and to @veenadubal.bsky.social for the blurb
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Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
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RAYMOND WILLIAMS: Ecology & the Labour Movement
YouTube video by Richard Wise
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November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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For the Minnesotans out there, see post below for upcoming book talk! My host, @justcode.bsky.social, wrote a lovely review of my book right when it came out. Also it's the final days of the @dukepress.bsky.social Fall book sale (thru Nov 9). Use FALL25 code on the press website to get 50% off!
November 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
For the Minnesotans out there, see post below for upcoming book talk! My host, @justcode.bsky.social, wrote a lovely review of my book right when it came out. Also it's the final days of the @dukepress.bsky.social Fall book sale (thru Nov 9). Use FALL25 code on the press website to get 50% off!
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❓ What is the current state of migrant food delivery workers in Toronto, Montreal and Milan?
Unpack the discussion with @irms-concordia.bsky.social, featuring research insights from Bridging Divides postdoc @emilebaril.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov. 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
🔗 www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...
Unpack the discussion with @irms-concordia.bsky.social, featuring research insights from Bridging Divides postdoc @emilebaril.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov. 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
🔗 www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...
On the Move: Migrant Workers and Food-Delivery Platforms in Italy and Canada | Institute for Research on Migration and Society - Concordia University
Join Maristella Cacciapaglia and Émile Baril for a conversation on migrant food-delivery work in Italy and Canada, exploring precarity, platform economies, and everyday strategies of agency.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
❓ What is the current state of migrant food delivery workers in Toronto, Montreal and Milan?
Unpack the discussion with @irms-concordia.bsky.social, featuring research insights from Bridging Divides postdoc @emilebaril.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov. 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
🔗 www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...
Unpack the discussion with @irms-concordia.bsky.social, featuring research insights from Bridging Divides postdoc @emilebaril.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov. 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
🔗 www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...
In “Don't Complain”: Labor Anxiety, Racial Ideologies, and Moral Micromanagement in Rural South Carolina Sydney Pullen situates the neoliberal turn towards “soft skills” training programs w/in historical context, showing how they represent continuity of racial ideologies and racialized labor regimes
Anthropology of Work Review | AAA Labor Studies Journal | Wiley Online Library
South Carolina's Black Belt counties are perennial targets of economic development programs. Economic development personnel focus on industrial recruitment and workforce development to remedy the eco...
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In “Don't Complain”: Labor Anxiety, Racial Ideologies, and Moral Micromanagement in Rural South Carolina Sydney Pullen situates the neoliberal turn towards “soft skills” training programs w/in historical context, showing how they represent continuity of racial ideologies and racialized labor regimes
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Early View!
In Connected Horizons: Exploring Online Work Aspirations Among Western Digital Nomads and Lao Youth Eeva Keskula & Phil Wilcox argue that despite differing socioeconomic backgrounds, both groups share strikingly similar aspirations for autonomy and self-reliance through online work.
In Connected Horizons: Exploring Online Work Aspirations Among Western Digital Nomads and Lao Youth Eeva Keskula & Phil Wilcox argue that despite differing socioeconomic backgrounds, both groups share strikingly similar aspirations for autonomy and self-reliance through online work.
Anthropology of Work Review | AAA Labor Studies Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article explores the aspirations for digital work among two seemingly disparate groups: Lao rural–urban migrant youth and Western digital nomads. Based on ethnographic research in Laos and Thail....
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October 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Early View!
In Connected Horizons: Exploring Online Work Aspirations Among Western Digital Nomads and Lao Youth Eeva Keskula & Phil Wilcox argue that despite differing socioeconomic backgrounds, both groups share strikingly similar aspirations for autonomy and self-reliance through online work.
In Connected Horizons: Exploring Online Work Aspirations Among Western Digital Nomads and Lao Youth Eeva Keskula & Phil Wilcox argue that despite differing socioeconomic backgrounds, both groups share strikingly similar aspirations for autonomy and self-reliance through online work.
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Another great issue from the @contexts.org crew! Check out @kaareeenah.bsky.social's review of @karenlevy.bsky.social's Data Driven and Madison Van Oort's Worn Out! - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... - I really appreciate the part on moving from an either/or to a both/and approach to organizing.
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Another great issue from the @contexts.org crew! Check out @kaareeenah.bsky.social's review of @karenlevy.bsky.social's Data Driven and Madison Van Oort's Worn Out! - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... - I really appreciate the part on moving from an either/or to a both/and approach to organizing.