Thomas Allmer (Germany Paderborn University)

Universities and Academic Labour in Times of Digitalisation and Precarisation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a critical perspective on the digitalisation of universities and precarisation of academic labour.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 159mm x 244mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780367654948
• ISBN-10: 0367654946
• Artikelnr.: 68100348

Autorenporträt

Thomas Allmer is a research associate in the Department of Media Studies at Paderborn University in Germany. He is also the coordinator of Research Network 18 - Sociology of Communications and Media Research of the European Sociological Association and a co-editor of the open-access journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. His research and teaching are grounded in critical social theory and the political economy of media and communication, with a special focus on digital media and digital labour. His publications include Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism (2012), Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification (2015) and Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism (co-edited with Ergin Bulut, 2018). Website: http:// thomasallmer.net

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I: British Academic Labour
1. British Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism
2. Precarious, Always-on and Flexible: How Temporarily Employed Staff Experience the Working Conditions at UK Universities
PART II: German Academic Labour
3. German Universities and Academic Labour between Neofeudalism and Neoliberalism
4. Interview with Kerem Schamberger about Occupational Bans, Left-Wing Communication Studies and Critique of German Academia
Conclusion