Kendra Briken
@kbriken
Followers
1K
Following
53K
Media
346
Statuses
6K
Sociologist, interested in everything that works (and maybe should not). Tweeting my own views.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined March 2016
Lewis has obviously been preparing his notes for the Strathclyde UCU AGM on 30th October. Be like Lewis, be at the AGM.
Finally had time to hyperfocus on something I've been wanting to research for months. Feels really good to scratch that itch!
0
1
4
Come work with me. @UKRI_News -funded project on Planetary AI. #UKRIFLF Positions: Research Fellow (X2). Duration: 42 months. Location: Edinburgh. Links to apply given below. Get in touch if you have questions. #artificalintelligence #MachineLearning #Workers #digital
1
13
13
In den 1960er-Jahren hielt Adorno mehrere Vorträge in Wien. Einige Veranstaltungen wurden von der Österreichischen Mediathek mitgeschnitten und können heute im audiovisuellen Archiv des Technischen Museums Wien nachgehört werden: https://t.co/6QXevKR5Ri
1
28
80
Last week I passed my viva (minor corrections). A big thanks to my examiners @kbriken and Charles Umney for a tough but enjoyable discussion. I am also very grateful for the advice and support of my supervisors, Mark @CERIC_LUBS and @A_Beresford. I was a lucky PhD student!
10
1
53
Neue Podcastfolge GLOBAL TROUBLE 🎙️🔊: About #Apartheid — Rassismus, Widerstand, Neuanfang? Vor 30 Jahren endete das Apartheidsregime in #Südafrika — was hat sich seitdem verändert? JETZT ANHÖREN: https://t.co/Z8JIrAJL7G
2
3
5
Stop the deeming of FE lecturers in Scotland’s Colleges. https://t.co/VFZ6C1amAT
change.org
Stop Edinburgh College Principal from withholding wages from working Lecturers
0
27
38
Finally published on an issue (45:3). Feel free to share it! @SageJournals New theories and politics for working class organizing in the gig and precarious world of work - Maurizio Atzeni, Lorenzo Cini, 2024
journals.sagepub.com
The emergence of labour conflicts across different sectors of the gig and precarious economy is challenging established industrial relations (IR) frameworks and...
2
10
42
this is tomorrow!
Doing a book talk in Edinburgh @Lighthousebks as part of the Book Fringe on Tues 13 August at 1pm https://t.co/qQwtkHASHX
0
2
4
"bossware doesn't just let your boss spy on you – it lets your boss control you" @doctorow read my research on algorithmic management and wrote about how Microsoft, Oracle and other software vendors "are transforming our workplaces with virtual whips": https://t.co/TK8sDVznmH
In thinking about the relationship between tech and labor, one of the most useful conceptual frameworks is "centaurs" vs "reverse-centaurs": https://t.co/gtHHXzOHth 1/
1
16
36
Our policy report written for the @BRAID_UK (2023) consultation with the UK government was published this week. This report was written with @apudscotos and explores the double regulatory gap that platform workers face. https://t.co/ueV94Q0JWe
zenodo.org
The regulation of employment and artificial intelligence (AI) in the platform economy matters at both an individual and social level. The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and...
0
14
21
The collected works of our late comrade Marina Vishmidt have been compiled in this wonderful website. https://t.co/PAlJBjP9Yp
marina-vishmidt-collected-works-tomislavmedak-437f6059be706df0d.gitlab.io
Welcome to Marina Vishmidt Collected Works. These pages are a portal for the collection preserved on Memory of the World. The collection was created in loving memory of Marina. Marina Vishmidt...
0
30
71
Doing a book talk in Edinburgh @Lighthousebks as part of the Book Fringe on Tues 13 August at 1pm https://t.co/qQwtkHASHX
0
4
10
Join us for a joint @RedFuturesMag + @LSFRC_ launch of the new Star Wars Andor book on August 6! Andor Analysed explores the politics and impact of the series. It's a different kind of #StarWars, telling stories of rebellion and struggle Sign up here:
luma.com
London Science Fiction Research Community and Red Futures presents: The Seep Reading Group + Andor Analysed Launch! 6-7.30pm: Reading Group Session…
0
4
4
Chatted to @HelenhCarr for @intelligence2 about gut feelings, gendered colons and the demons that lurk in our bowels @ProfileBooks @ExploreWellcome. Available here
open.spotify.com
Intelligence Squared · Episode
0
3
6
History will remember the seven who did the right thing for parents and stood by their class 👏 🙌🏽 ✊️ BBC News - Labour suspends seven rebel MPs over two-child benefit cap https://t.co/3ilyQccRCy
bbc.com
The government comfortably won the vote despite growing pressure from some of its own MPs to scrap the policy.
0
8
27
The Automated Heart: Digital Domesticity and Emotional Labour Saving https://t.co/4txdfaH9GV A little piece extending the analysis of domestic tech in 'After Work' to social robots. Regressive gender dynamics! Digital death! The automation of 'quality time'! It's got it all.
uwlpress.uwl.ac.uk
This article considers the relevance of domestic labour saving devices to emotional labour. Starting with an account of the ways in which household technologies failed to relieve the burdens of...
0
4
14
"We no longer need to abolish it, since it’s already abolishing itself. Our task in the present and the future is rather to manage its decline." Excellent @Cominsitu!
0
3
39
2018… UG student on the UCU pickets 2024… PG Masters and about to start a PhD. Congratulations @declanmclean
A joy to be back in Cardiff to graduate with a Master of Laws. I am particularly pleased to have picked up two awards - one of which is the LLM Dissertation Award. Ready and excited to get started on my PhD here under the guidance of @Huw_Pritchard and @RWynJones this October.
2
1
9