User:Bohye Woo/Special Issue 7: Entreprecariat + Life Hacks
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Research
Entreprecariat
Life Hacks
Managing time to be efficient.
Concept of manage: be in charge of something.
How to live your life efficiently.
No challenge No Success
Self-optimization
How much you control of your life.
A 3-module publication: Time management, space inhabitation, and mind tweaking.
Objects
Question
- What tone of voice (manual/self-help book/novel/survival kit)
- What kind of collection and documentation?
Entreprecariat
Whole Earth Catalog https://monoskop.org/images/0/09/Brand_Stewart_Whole_Earth_Catalog_Fall_1968.pdf http://doorofperception.com/wp-content/uploads/whole_earth_catalog-spring-1969.pdf
Computer Lib/Dream Machines by Ted Nelson http://linkedbyair.net/bin/Ted%20Nelson%20Computer%20Lib%20Dream%20Machines%20-%201st%20edition%201974.pdf
Precarity (san precario) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275447294_San_Precario_A_New_Inspiration_for_Labor_Historians
Life Hacks
Thoughts
Object-based
Based on my experience, I recognised myself:
using a same water bottle to fill the water/juice
using a fruit container as a case of my laptop charger
using a cup as a pot for my plants
using a paper to cool down my wine
Therefore,
water bottle is being used as a juice/water container
fruit container is being used as a laptop charger
cup is being used as a pot
paper is being used as a cooler
= every single objects can be used for a life hack.
scrapped from a random object list:
diary
a daily written record of experiences and observations
bottle
a vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids
water
compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear liquid
packet
a small package or bundle
chewing gum
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
tissue
a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
glasses
optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
watch
a small portable timepiece
sweet
a food rich in sugar
photo
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
camera
equipment for taking photographs
stamp
small adhesive token to indicate postal fees have been paid
postcard
a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
dictionary
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
coin
a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
brush
an implement that has hairs or bristles set into a handle
credit card
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
identity card
a card certifying the identity of the bearer
key
metal device that allows a lock's mechanism to be rotated
mobile phone
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
phone card
a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
wallet
a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
button
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats
umbrella
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
pen
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
pencil
a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement
lighter
a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
cigarette
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
match
a formal contest in which people or teams compete
lipstick
makeup that is used to color the lips
purse
a container used for carrying money and small personal items
case
an occurrence of something
clip
a small fastener used to hold loose articles together
scissors
an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
rubber
an eraser made of rubber
file
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
banknote
a piece of paper money
passport
a document allowing a citizen to travel abroad
driving licence
a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
system-based
Chain / circular system idea:
All things can be used in a different way. One object can be randomly related to another object which could be a trigger to the other object.
Inspiration
Random Things Generator
https://www.randomlists.com/things?qty=100&dup=false&show_images=true
List of Everyday Objects
https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/189583
life hacks video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh4b3jRlKP8
MindHacks
using its absurdity and ambiguity of the objects
Readings
Required reading:
- Bröckling, Ulrich. The Entrepreneurial Self: Fabricating a New Type of Subject. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2016. Chapter 2: Tracing the Contours of the Entrepreneurial Self (Silvio will scan it soon!)File:Chap2.pdf
- Schumpeter, Joseph A. The Creative Response in Economic History The Journal of Economic History 7, no. 2 (1947): 149–59.
- Sennett, Richard. 2015. The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. New York: W.W. Norton. Chapter 1 and 2.
Suggested reading:
- Hardt, Michael, and Antonio Negri. Assembly. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017. Chapter 9: Entrepreneurship of the Multitude
- Ventura, Raffaele Alberto. The Leisure Class Disease
More Readings
- Florida, Richard. The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life. New York: Basic Books, 2014. Introduction, chapter 10 and chapter 14.
- Kitchin, Rob, and Martin Dodge. Code/Space: Software and Everyday Life. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2014. Introduction.