CCR760 – A World Without Bosses? : Distributed Capitalism & Net Work
The first time I read through chapter five in Eileen’s class I became very, very frightened. I suppose my initial terror was directly tied to my now slowly deteriorating allegiance to Marxist modes of material production and the realities capitalist enterprise in the West’s progressively post-industrial age. The more and more I read about the changing nature of work in the 21st century – especially with respect to Zuboff’s... Read More
CCR691 – Network – Ch. 6 – for Comment
Spinuzzi, Clay. Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Communications. New York: Cambridge UP, 2008. Chapter Six: Is Our Network Learning? Summary: In this chapter S. discusses how the nature of work has changed fundamentally in the age of informational capitalism. By referring to workers as “deskilled” (Haraway), “dividuals” (Deleuze), “reskilled” (Castells), and “lifelong learners” (Zuboff and Maxmin), S. points out that the... Read More
CCR691 – Final Project – Rice
Rice, Jeff. “Urban Mappings: A Rhetoric of the Network.” RSQ: Rhetoric Society Quarterly 38 2 (2008): 198-218. Print. Rice begins with the contention that websites such as Google Maps and MapQuest are really sites of invention where new media is used for inventive practices of informational arrangements The “spaces” being mapped on the net are not only spatial. . . they are often ephemeral and personal. The “territories” where... Read More
