Week 9: Papers Workshop
Announcements
Anton Korinek in Economics is offering a course in the Spring on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work…and of Humanity, with lots of themes related to this seminar. A tentative syllabus is posted here.
Next week, Allison Pugh, Professor of Sociology at UVA, will visit us. You should read the paper distributed in class today, Of Seeing and Being Seen: What Humans Do for Each Other.
I will finish reading your papers by my office hours Thursday (9-10:30am). Please stop by if you can to pick up your paper, or find me some other time (feel free to stop by anytime you see my office open).
Reading Assignment
Read Allison Pugh’s paper distributed in class, Of Seeing and Being Seen: What Humans Do for Each Other (if you lost the paper copy, email me for a PDF), and post your responses here by Sunday, 11 November.
You should either post your own question or comment on the paper, respond to someone else’s comment, or respond to one of these questions:
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The paper considers three connective labor relationships: doctor-patient, teacher-student, and minister-congregant. Identify another connective labor relationship and discuss how the ideas in the paper might (or might not) apply to it.
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Why are measurement strategies for connective work so ineffective? Are there strategies that could work?
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“The downside of freedom from shame, it seems, is freedom from caring at all.” Is there a way to have caring without shame?
Announcements
Anton Korinek in Economics is offering a course in the Spring on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work…and of Humanity, with lots of themes related to this seminar. A tentative syllabus is posted here.
Next week, Allison Pugh, Professor of Sociology at UVA, will visit us. You should read the paper distributed in class today, Of Seeing and Being Seen: What Humans Do for Each Other.
I will finish reading your papers by my office hours Thursday (9-10:30am). Please stop by if you can to pick up your paper, or find me some other time (feel free to stop by anytime you see my office open).
Reading Assignment
Read Allison Pugh’s paper distributed in class, Of Seeing and Being Seen: What Humans Do for Each Other (if you lost the paper copy, email me for a PDF), and post your responses here by Sunday, 11 November.
You should either post your own question or comment on the paper, respond to someone else’s comment, or respond to one of these questions:
-
The paper considers three connective labor relationships: doctor-patient, teacher-student, and minister-congregant. Identify another connective labor relationship and discuss how the ideas in the paper might (or might not) apply to it.
-
Why are measurement strategies for connective work so ineffective? Are there strategies that could work?
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“The downside of freedom from shame, it seems, is freedom from caring at all.” Is there a way to have caring without shame?