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Introductions and overview

Welcome!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to Sociology of Work. In this class we will explore the social organization of work, the political economy of work and labor, as well as the relationship of work to everyday life, including the experience of race, class, and gender/sexuality.

Here is a little bit of information about me:  I received my PhD in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center in May 2015.  My research addresses the influence of technology on the way the body and social problems are being conceptualized in the field of sociology.  I am interested in how the history of information can be read as part of an altered configuration of the body emerging in discourses that are related to our “human” security.

Our first order of business this week is to get all of you up and running on the WordPress site for this course.  I have sent all of you an invitation to WordPress.   Please check your inbox and junkmail folders for this invite.  The invitation will prompt you to create a WordPress account.  Take note of your login and password.  Each week, you are required to login to WordPress to post a “response” to our readings.  The response is due no later than midnight on Sunday. Your response will refer to a question that I will pose that relates to our readings for the upcoming week.

Your first writing assignment is due this Sunday, September 4th. Write an introductory post that tells the class who you are and about your interest in this class. Then, in no less than 400 words, write your own labor history by reflecting on the following questions: Do you work now? If so, where? How did your grandparents and your parents work? How do you think this history has affected your sense of what work is, the relationship of education to work, and your goal and hopes for the future? Given your understanding of what Weber means by an “ethic” of work, reflect on your sense of what work means to you.

Please review the writing assignment rubric for more details on how these assignments will be graded.  Be advised: these assignments count for a significant component of your final grade. It is impossible to do well in this class if you do not complete the writing assignments or if the majority of your assignments are late and / or incomplete.

I look forward to working with all of you!

Elizabeth

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