workplace 2.2

[christian a. gregory]

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      ~~ WORKPLACE 2.2 is now available @ http://www.workplace-gsc.com ~~

 WORKPLACE is an electronic journal addressing the political, historical,

 and aesthetic conditions of academic labor.

                                 *brought to you by the

                                 *graduate student caucus,

                                 *an allied organization of the

                                 *modern language association.

                   ~ http://www.workplace-gsc.com ~

In WORKPLACE 2.2:

 ***Interview with activist Karen Thompson by Tony Scott and tribute to
Thompson

    by Patrick Kavanagh;

 ***"Academic Labor, Social Policy, and the Law," a special forum
guest-edited

    by Randy Martin, featuring articles by Martin on the implications of

    the Higher Education Act, Gary Rhoades on rethinking the strategies of
the

    grad labor movement, Fred Moten and Stefano Harney on the academic
speed-up

    and slow-down, Kitty Krupat on the New York University GSOC-UAW's legal

    battle for the right to organize, Toby Miller on the claims of
collegiality,

    and a photo-essay by Mariani Lefas-Tetenes;

 ***a new section "Radar," featuring an essay by Clint Burnham on indie rock
and

    a heads-up by Vicky Smallman on the World Trade Organization meeting in

    Seattle beginning November 30;

 ***"MLA Matters(?)" with essays by Steve Watt on the MLA Job Information
List

    and Gregory Bezkorovainy on Graduate Student Caucus actions in the MLA's

    Delegate Assembly.

... and more.

*Interested in getting involved (writing, working, thinking) with

  Workplace?  We're looking for columnists and editors of our new lifestyles
and

  book sections.
*For information, contact Christian Gregory (chrisgregory11 at email.msn.com),

  Bruce Simon (simon at fredonia.edu), Matthew Gold (mgold1 at gc.cuny.edu), Kent

  Puckett (ksp6 at columbia.eu), or Marc Bousquet
(marc.bousquet at louisville.edu).

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Future Issues of WORKPLACE:

 Apr '00 3:1 Pixels in Protest: Information Technology, Electronic
Publishing,

         and Academic Labor.

         Guest Editor: Matt Kirshenbaum.

 Oct '00 3:2 Behind Bars: Prisons, State Priorities, and Academic Labor.

         Guest Editor: Bruce Simon.

 Apr '01 4:1 New Hegemony Studies: Illiberalism and Academic Labor.

         Guest Editor: Marc Bousquet.

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--Bruce
simon at fredonia.edu
http://www.fredonia.edu/department/english/simon/