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Title:
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PICKET LINES IN A VIRTUAL WORLD: LABOUR AND THE PRODUCTION OF (CYBER) SPACE |
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Author(s):
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Bruce Robinson |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-55-3 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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The production of space, cyberspace, Second Life, trade unions, Henri Lefevbre, cybersolidarity |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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212 |
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Last Page:
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218 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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On September 27th 2007 a virtual strike and demonstration took place in the virtual world Second Life in support of
Italian workers for IBM. This paper describes the action and its background. It is used to discuss the nature of the real
and the virtual, the concept of the production of space as a social process, the possibility of labour remaking the spaces
defined by capital and the value of the Internet as a tool for labour organisations. |
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