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• 20 avr 2019

  Neuchâtel

  Call for papers - Economy

  Politicizing and Depoliticizing Work in the Contemporary Firm and Beyond

  " The Future of Work", Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association 2019 | Workshop n°25

  The employment relation that emerged after World War II has undergone significant transformations in the present context. Phenomena such as job precariousness, difficult working conditions and the increasing number of working poor become more relevant. In addition to this, the spatio-temporal boundaries between professional and private life are increasingly blurred. These challenges are sometimes tackled via individual arrangements, e.g. about the working time, in such cases a “depoliticizing” of work can be observed. However, counter-processes of “politicization” are also taking place in case of reactions – such as resistances or mobilizations – aimed to negotiated more broadly and collectively the issues linked with the employment relation. Those reactions can involve new actors and their scope depends on the country and/or the economic sector. This workshop questions the extent of such politicizing and depoliticizing processes in order to grasp their size, the issues and the involved actors.

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• 30 mai 2013

  Neuchâtel

  Study days - Ethnology, anthropology

  Alternative developments

  Ce colloque propose à des spécialistes de contribuer au débat scientifique sur les liens entre différentes formes émergentes de développement alternatif issues des cultures des mouvements altermondialistes. Au sein de ces cultures politiques qui se revendiquent comme alternatives, un accent spécifique sera porté sur celles qui se déclinent aujourd’hui autour des pratiques d’agriculture durable et / ou de proximité, de consommation critique, d’échanges économiques horizontaux ou de solidarité internationale. Il s’agit de mouvements qui s’inscrivent dans une histoire longue, mais qui à partir des années septante, ont développé des formes de participation politique qui articulent les thèmes de l’écologie, des alternatives à la société industrielle et de la vie rurale comme cadre de reconstruction de la sphère sociale.

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