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Vägran: en autoetnografisk utforskning av arbete och utmattning

Lindén, Frida LU (2024) GNVM03 20241
Gender Studies
Abstract
This essay is an investigation of labour and of exhaustion disorder (utmattningssyndrom). Through autoethnography in combination with testimonies from others with exhaustion disorder, and writing as research method, I explore the experience of labour – how it feels and its consequences. Using Donna Haraway’s concept of figuration, I investigate three themes connected to labour and exhaustion disorder: the superhuman, life and resistance. In chapter 1, The superhuman, I discuss a recurring narrative of the exhausted person as exceptionally hardworking or productive, and conclude that this makes it impossible for her to testify to the harmful nature of labour in general. In chapter 2, Life, I discuss wage labour as irreconcilable with human... (More)
This essay is an investigation of labour and of exhaustion disorder (utmattningssyndrom). Through autoethnography in combination with testimonies from others with exhaustion disorder, and writing as research method, I explore the experience of labour – how it feels and its consequences. Using Donna Haraway’s concept of figuration, I investigate three themes connected to labour and exhaustion disorder: the superhuman, life and resistance. In chapter 1, The superhuman, I discuss a recurring narrative of the exhausted person as exceptionally hardworking or productive, and conclude that this makes it impossible for her to testify to the harmful nature of labour in general. In chapter 2, Life, I discuss wage labour as irreconcilable with human freedom since it devours our time and thereby our life. When labour leads to exhaustion, it comes to devour life as a whole; it eats away at our relationships, families, bodies, minds and futures. In chapter 3, Strike, I start out by discussing the public system objectifying and oppressing those with exhaustion disorder: the law, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and the healthcare system. I end by suggesting four methods of resistance: counter definitions (motmärkning), refusal, utopian hope, and solidaric unproductivity. (Less)
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author
Lindén, Frida LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVM03 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
arbete, utmattningssyndrom, tid, autoetnografi, figuration, labour, exhaustion disorder, time, autoethnography
language
Swedish
id
9173007
date added to LUP
2024-09-02 10:36:01
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2024-09-02 10:36:01
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  abstract     = {{This essay is an investigation of labour and of exhaustion disorder (utmattningssyndrom). Through autoethnography in combination with testimonies from others with exhaustion disorder, and writing as research method, I explore the experience of labour – how it feels and its consequences. Using Donna Haraway’s concept of figuration, I investigate three themes connected to labour and exhaustion disorder: the superhuman, life and resistance. In chapter 1, The superhuman, I discuss a recurring narrative of the exhausted person as exceptionally hardworking or productive, and conclude that this makes it impossible for her to testify to the harmful nature of labour in general. In chapter 2, Life, I discuss wage labour as irreconcilable with human freedom since it devours our time and thereby our life. When labour leads to exhaustion, it comes to devour life as a whole; it eats away at our relationships, families, bodies, minds and futures. In chapter 3, Strike, I start out by discussing the public system objectifying and oppressing those with exhaustion disorder: the law, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and the healthcare system. I end by suggesting four methods of resistance: counter definitions (motmärkning), refusal, utopian hope, and solidaric unproductivity.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vägran: en autoetnografisk utforskning av arbete och utmattning}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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