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Introduction 1) What is Work? 2) Note how are definitions tend to: § Deny most of human history. § Deny unpaid work in this economy § Limit our imagination of what’s possible

Introduction § 3) Work in this economy is organized money. § Structure (formal rules and laws that organize how people interact) § Culture (ideologies and informal interactions that convey values, ideas and beliefs) § How does this limit our imagination about what’s possible? § Worker as Symbolic Analyst

Introduction: 3 themes of Class § 4) 3 themes of class § A) Theme 1: Work is Socially Constructed § What – goods and services are produced. § Who – creates the goods and services § Tchamabuli of New Guinea; Russia, children § Way – people interact to create these goods § Cooperation vs competition

Introduction: 3 themes of Class § B) Theme 2 – § Over come moral dichotomies. § How do we let our moral dichotomies influence information?

Introduction: 3 themes of Class § C) Theme 3: Reflect on Contradictions § Progress and Stagnation occur from contradictions. § Examples…. . schools, democracy, etc.