Week 1 - Introduction
Tasks: Notes:
Video 1
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Notes
Modernisation of work
Sociology of Lesuire emerged as a sub-discipline in the 1960s, but not
taken seriously (higher focus on sociology of class).
John Maynard Keynes predicted the 15 hour week.
Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren 1930
Week 1 - Introduction 1
, Post-WWII work had decreased from 12 to 8 hours per day
Annual holidays increased
By the early 1970s critics were expecting a 4 day week and lots of free
time very soon!
More leisure?
This thesis died with Juliette Schor’s The Overworked American in 1991
More leisure time – or just more leisure opportunity?
more options to watch / spend lesuire time on
Who was Keynes talking about?
A lot of work is now precarious – and technology hasn’t saved us!
some people only working zero hour contracts meaning there is
no guarantee
during the rise in tech people didnt think they had to work as
much anymore, but they were sadly wrong. papers suggest that
people are working just as much, just not as hard. i.e. cleaning
and maintanence of the tech they have got to 'make their lives
easier'
Work / leisure
In the 1960s and 1970s, sociological studies found distinctive leisure
patterns based around ‘work’.
What is the relationship between work and leisure activities?
people found strong relationships between work collegues
during work and 'after/lesuire' time afterwards.
Do you socialise with colleagues? Why? Why not?
Is leisure about income?
looking at the work that they did and how that impacted their
lesuire choices. i.e rich man do rich things for fun
Key Point 1 Western ideas modes of time
Our early understandings of leisure were typically based on male
models of work and time:
Working 95
Week 1 - Introduction 2
Tasks: Notes:
Video 1
Video 1
Video Slides
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/cb7f
5d50-a4424fd882d75433c351b011/6SOCL006W_Week_1.pdf
Notes
Modernisation of work
Sociology of Lesuire emerged as a sub-discipline in the 1960s, but not
taken seriously (higher focus on sociology of class).
John Maynard Keynes predicted the 15 hour week.
Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren 1930
Week 1 - Introduction 1
, Post-WWII work had decreased from 12 to 8 hours per day
Annual holidays increased
By the early 1970s critics were expecting a 4 day week and lots of free
time very soon!
More leisure?
This thesis died with Juliette Schor’s The Overworked American in 1991
More leisure time – or just more leisure opportunity?
more options to watch / spend lesuire time on
Who was Keynes talking about?
A lot of work is now precarious – and technology hasn’t saved us!
some people only working zero hour contracts meaning there is
no guarantee
during the rise in tech people didnt think they had to work as
much anymore, but they were sadly wrong. papers suggest that
people are working just as much, just not as hard. i.e. cleaning
and maintanence of the tech they have got to 'make their lives
easier'
Work / leisure
In the 1960s and 1970s, sociological studies found distinctive leisure
patterns based around ‘work’.
What is the relationship between work and leisure activities?
people found strong relationships between work collegues
during work and 'after/lesuire' time afterwards.
Do you socialise with colleagues? Why? Why not?
Is leisure about income?
looking at the work that they did and how that impacted their
lesuire choices. i.e rich man do rich things for fun
Key Point 1 Western ideas modes of time
Our early understandings of leisure were typically based on male
models of work and time:
Working 95
Week 1 - Introduction 2
