Past Futures of Work (II)
May 12–13, 2022
The “future of work” has long been a topic that has fascinated economists, sociologists and philosophers, and it has been a topic of broader political and cultural discussions already in the past. While some thinkers predicted dystopian scenarios involving mass unemployment and subjection to all-powerful machines, others hoped for improvements, for instance, in the form of radically shortened working hours. Yet others started practical experiments, such as utopian settlements with integrated working communities. This international conference will return to such “past futures of work” in order to contextualize and historicize the current debates. The conference will examine examples and cases of “past futures of work” from around the globe and discuss their meaning for the present. It builds on a workshop held in October 2021 and aims to further explore the topic of "past futures of work" through a dialogue between international scholars. The event is part of the work of the research network "Working Futures" at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
Speakers
Srujana Boddu
Madras Institute of Development Studies Chennai
Christian Kremser
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Michel
Lallement
Fellow
2020/2021
CMAM, LISE, Paris
Hannah
Landecker
Fellow
2021/2022
University of California, Los Angeles
Céline
Marty
Université de Franche-Comté
Harald
Mieg
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Madeleine
Sallustio
Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, SciencesPo Paris
Blanche
Segrestin
MINES Paris Tech
Sonal
Sharma
John Hopkins University