230156 SE Class Relations and the Global Digital Economy (2015S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie

Continuous assessment of course work

Prof. Ursula Huws

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 09.02.2015 08:00 to Mo 23.02.2015 08:00
Registration is open from Th 26.02.2015 08:00 to Su 01.03.2015 08:00
Deregistration possible until Fr 20.03.2015 23:59

Details

max. 35 participants

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Termine am 21.05. und 22.05 wurden in das Arbeitszimmer von Prof. Flecker verlegt!

Der Vortrag von Prof. Huws im Rahmen der Marie-Jahoda Summerschool 2015 am 9.7.2015 ab 17:00 ist als verbindlicher Bestandteil der Lehrveranstaltung vorgesehen. Der Raum wird noch bekannt gegeben.

Friday 17.04. 14:15 - 18:15 Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre
Monday 15.06. 14:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum H10, Rathausstraße 19, Stiege 2, Hochparterre

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The 21st century capitalist society is strongly shaped by the digitization of information that affects the cultural, economic and political sphere. Advanced information and communications technology has opened up new fields of capital accumulation and changed working arrangements. In this process, new divisions of race and gender have been created and traditional forms of organization have been reshaped. Relating to class relations, this raises the question whether a ‘cybertariat’ has emerged that is becoming conscious of their common interests.
The course will present recent development in the global capitalist economy and traces the changes that digitization brought to working lives and modern class relations.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in discussions, summarizing texts, writing an essay

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students should get a deeper understanding of the contemporary organization of production in the digital economy and the class relations that are inherent in contemporary capitalism. Additionally students get acquainted to analysing society from a political economy framework informed by a gender perspective.

Examination topics

Lecture, discussions, working with texts
Course assessment: Participation in discussions, summarizing texts, writing an essay

Reading list

Huws, U. (2014). Labor in the Global Digital Economy: The Cybertariat Comes of Age. NYU Press.

Association in the course directory

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