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SKILL
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
SKILL: Laurie Taylor explores the social construction of skilled and unskilled work. Far from being objective categories, Chris Warhurst, Professor & Director of the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick, suggests a more complex history, one which has favoured male workers. They're joined by Natasha Iskander, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service at NYU, whose new study takes us into Qatar’s booming construction industry in the lead-up to the 2022 World Cup. She argues that the experiences of migrant workers reveals the way in which the distinction between the “skilled” and “unskilled” is used to limit freedom and personhood. Does skill make us human?
Producer: Jayne Egerton
Producer: Jayne Egerton
Released:
Feb 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
British Society of Criminology Conference at Leicester University: Laurie Taylor visits the British Society of Criminology Conference at Leicester University by Thinking Allowed