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Exterior of virtual sweatshop from Stephanie Rothenberg and Jeff Crouse's project, Invisible Threads/Double Happiness Jeans (2008)
Conference
The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor
Thursday, November 12 through Saturday, November 14, 2009
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
Registration is required
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This conference, organized by Lang faculty member Trebor Scholz and, among others, supported by the Vera List Center, confronts the urgent need to interrogate the concepts of labor and value in the digital economy and seeks to inspire proposals for action. There are currently few adequate definitions of labor that fit the complex, hybrid realities…
Posted on September 20, 2009
