Critical Leisure Research Cluster – The Humanities Institute

Moira Weigel: “A Genealogy of ‘Like’: Taste, Emotional Labor, and Technology on the Dating Market”

Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating “But I Want A Guy I Like To Like The Things I Like” Taste and Emotional Labor on the Dating Market It is […]

Critical Leisure Studies Winter Seminar: Introduction & The Right to be Lazy

In our introductory Winter Seminar, we hope to foster intellectual dialogue amongst a community of scholars interested in exploring the theoretical implications and transformative possibilities in thinking the category of […]

Melissa Gregg: “8 Hours for What We Will”

Discussion on time management in the workplace and the role of technology in facilitating dominant ideas of productivity. RSVP required. Please email Caroline Kao cakao@ucsc.edu. In preparation, please read 2 […]

Melissa Gregg: “From Productivity to Personal Logistics: A Brief History of Time Management from Shop Floor to Departure Gate”

EVENT PHOTOS: This talk offers a reading of time management in the workplace and the role of technology in facilitating dominant ideas of productivity. It begins by revisiting classic moments […]