SOC341H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Prosumer, Airbnb, Couchsurfing
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Schor the sharing economy the sharing economy is a floating signifier for a diverse range of activities. At the same time, it strips away some of the serendipity involved in meeting new people: interactions are more normalized, less open to chance. Ritzer prosumer capitalism 413-445 this analysis foresees the continuation of capitalism,2 albeit in the form of prosumer capitalism. In that sense, pure production and pure consumption are theoretical possibilities, but they are empirical impossibilities. Uber, among others, well illustrates the idea of augmented reality. In her typology of consumer work, dujarier labels this self-service work. It now occurs, in both material and immaterial forms, in the larger society composed, largely, of those who both produce and consume (prosumers): negri described this phenomenon slightly differently as a factory without walls. Instead of relying on manual or even intellectual laborers, the societal factory draws upon the.
