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11/17/2022 - 11/19/2022 | Darmstadt

„Flexibility“ and „Agility“: Strategies, Practices, & Ambivalences of a Key Concept since the 1980s

Flexibility has emerged as a key concept to explain social change since the 1970s and 1980s. This conference explores the concept of flexibility along with the strategies, processes, practices, and ambivalences of flexibilization. Even though the focus of the conference will be on work environments, we will also consider broader social contexts.Keynote speaker: Richard Sennett - „The Theatre of Labour: everyday performances in flexible workplaces“.

Flexibility has emerged as a key concept to explain social change since the 1970s and 1980s. Flexibilization shaped industrial and service relations as well as social relations. Examples of this process include flextime succeeding rigid workday time regulations in offices or “flexible automation” becoming the catchphrase in industrial production as the fixed automation that had shaped industrialization up to the 1970s and 1980s gradually vanished. Private life started to shift as well: new modes of life such as singles and cohabitation appeared to coexist with the traditional nuclear family. The latter represented a strict social institution while the former allowed for constant adjustments based on individual needs – a differentiation that needs to be critically analyzed from a historical perspective. This conference explores the concept of flexibility along with the strategies, processes, practices, and ambivalences of flexibilization. Even though the focus of the conference will be on work environments, we will also consider broader social contexts. Keynote speaker: Richard Sennett - „The Theatre of Labour: everyday performances in flexible workplaces“.

Information on participating / attending:
Anmeldung erforderlich unter: https://www.geschichte.tu-darmstadt.de/institut_fuer_geschichte_1/fach__und_arbe...

Date:

11/17/2022 18:15 - 11/19/2022 18:00

Event venue:

Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Haus
Dieburger Straße 241

Venue for for Thursday, 17th of November, will be announced here soon: https://www.geschichte.tu-darmstadt.de/institut_fuer_geschichte_1/fach__und_arbe...
64287 Darmstadt
Hessen
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars, all interested persons

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Cultural sciences, Economics / business administration, History / archaeology, Information technology, Social studies

Types of events:

Conference / symposium / (annual) conference

Entry:

10/07/2022

Sender/author:

Michaela Hütig

Department:

Science Communication Centre - Abteilung Kommunikation

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

German

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event72645


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