Disturbing Work
Transforming politics of lifelong learning and work
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| Years funding | 2006 - 2008 |
| Chief investigators | Terri Seddon, Lea Henrikkson (Tampere, Finland), Beatrix Neimeyer (Flensburg Germany) |
Project summaryDisturbing Work is a book project that developed through collaborative work in the international research network Vocational Education and Culture. It examines the way occupational orders are being transformed in various institutional contexts through the effects of contemporary social changes driving flexible capitalism. These economic, social, and cultural processes are disturbing work and its relationship with education. They have problematised the nature and significance of occupations, and challenged the organisation and content of education.
The core research questions that informs this collection are:
- how is work being disturbed
- what are the implications for education and educational work
- what contradictions emerge within disturbed work and education
- how do these contradictions inform and shape practical politics.
The book examines the way work is being disturbed, the implications for the way work is experienced as disturbing, and how the reconfiguration of occupational orders generates tensions and contradictions that provide a focus for practical politics of working life. It draws together research-based analyses of disturbing work to document the way these changes underpin and shape a transforming politics of work and education.
Key products
Project Website Vetculture
Draft introductory chapter
Feedback or contact detailsProfessor Terri Seddon
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