Essays about: "outsourced labour"
Found 3 essays containing the words outsourced labour.
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1. Exhibiting Performing Subjects : Curating Outsourced Performance Labour in Museum Settings
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : The thesis examines challenges museum curators face when outsourced performers – whose role it is to embody the work of other artists – are included in exhibition projects. The research questions are: What are the practical, juridical and ethical challenges that come with situating outsourced performance labour in the museum setting? What does the inclusion of live performance in exhibition projects mean for the role of the museum curator? Two exhibition cases in Stockholm are studied in the thesis: Marina Abramović – The Cleaner (2017) at Moderna Museet and Dora García, I Always Tell the Truth at Bonniers Konsthall (2018–19). READ MORE
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2. The emperor’s old clothes : a consumer behaviour-based case study on second-hand clothing as a sustainable fashion consumption practice in Italy
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : The current fashion system known as Fast Fashion (FF) is responsible for severe environmental and social impacts. Fashion democratisation has increased consumers’ appetite for new trends, leading fashion companies to design an increasing number of collections per year. READ MORE
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3. ...And who sewed your clothes? : Alienation in the time of division of labour – A Marxist analysis on two contemporary Swedish fashion brands
University essay from Centrum för modevetenskapAbstract : This thesis deals with questions of Marx’s concept of alienation in regards to the semi-aware state of it in contemporary society. In the fashion industry, one of the most globalised businesses, the supply chains are getting larger, tasks are being outsourced and labour is divided on several dozens of workers involved, relationships are socially and geographically dispersed. READ MORE