Date of Award
8-9-2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Women's Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Amira Jarmakani
Second Advisor
Dr. Tiffany King
Third Advisor
Dr. Susan Talburt
Abstract
The 2008 economic crisis crippled the global public higher education sector, leaving a generation questioning the practicalities of pursuing higher education. In response to the neoliberalization of the public university, I examine the proliferation of DIY ethics and practices Millennials (AKA the Recession Generation) have strategically developed to evade institutions that further indebt their members. I further examine how the Recession Generation shapes affective labor, also described as immaterial labor, which serves as a necessary condition in the informational age of late capitalism. In examining a range of DIY sites, I show how Millennials strategically develop para-academic practices in order to rewrite harmful institutional practices that reify and weaponize static identitarian categories.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/8914943
Recommended Citation
Mahmood, Syeda, "Planning Obsolescence: Generational Labor, Welcoming Crisis, and Actualizing Immaterial Bonds." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2016.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/8914943