Labor and the Digital, Tuesday Panel
So much work is being done in the digital realm, from Facebook using members to translate pages for free, to Wikipedia’s volunteer reference work, to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program. Not to mention all the creative folk participating in contests for the off chance that their creation (usually based on hours and hours of work) will win and be at best generously compensated, though often just acknowledged. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to digital labor issues.
Join us at The New School for Changing Labor Value a panel discussion this Tuesday September 29, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
Drawing from critical perspectives on labor, digital technology, and social and political theory, this panel addresses the work done by Internet users. It focuses on the relationship between invisible labor and the production of value.
Panelists include Andrew Ross, professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University and author of the recently published collection of essays Nice Work if You Can Get It; Richard Sennett, professor of sociology at New York University and author of The Craftsman; and Tiziana Terranova, associate professor of sociology of communications at Università di Napoli L’Orientale and author of Network Culture: Politics for the Information Age. Moderated by McKenzie Wark, associate professor, chair of Culture and Media, and associate dean for faculty affairs, Eugene Lang College. An installation of Web-based art projects accompanies the presentation.
Location:
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission:
$8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
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Posted on September 27th, 2009 by DeepthiW
Filed under: Media, Participatory Culture, School, Uncategorized
On this topic – what’s happening with translation right now is pretty interesting — tough field, difficult to get work into, and wide-open to “wanabees” (such as myself) who will easily fall into the trap of the pretty badge of recognition…
https://www.atanet.org/pressroom/linkedIn_2009.pdf is a good recent example.
The MLA conference this year is focused on translation–I really wish my language skills were better so that I could have more to contribute on this topic! It’s so obvious that translation is becoming one of the most valuable skills in the new economy–and language proficiency helps your chances in almost any job.
I started teaching a class at the International Center in New York, and we talked about Google’s translator program a little bit too, and how it’s not even remotely a good proxy for a human translation!