Exploration of the types of labor typically
associated with love, sex, passion, and care - sex
work, care work, political work, creative work,
craft occupations, intellectual labor, and
athletic labor across different historical and
geographical contexts. Investigation of how and
when work becomes associated with pleasure and/or
becomes a source of frustration. Critical
examination of contemporary discourses related to
the value of work. Particular focus on how
dynamics related to gender, class, sexuality,
race, and colonialism shape our experiences of
work: What does it mean to love our work? Should
we love our jobs? Who gets to love their jobs?
What are the consequences of loving our work?
associated with love, sex, passion, and care - sex
work, care work, political work, creative work,
craft occupations, intellectual labor, and
athletic labor across different historical and
geographical contexts. Investigation of how and
when work becomes associated with pleasure and/or
becomes a source of frustration. Critical
examination of contemporary discourses related to
the value of work. Particular focus on how
dynamics related to gender, class, sexuality,
race, and colonialism shape our experiences of
work: What does it mean to love our work? Should
we love our jobs? Who gets to love their jobs?
What are the consequences of loving our work?
- Teacher: Sidra Kamran