Abstract
Using the trope of Gates's house, this paper examines the restructuring of home, privacy and work by new information and communications technologies, and the transformation of the "smart house" into a site of both work (through telecommuting) and leisure, as well as privatised consumption. It also looks at the work patterns and practices organised by post-industrial capitalism (or what Gates calls "friction-free capitalism"), with its emphasis on the flexibility of labour and decentralisation. The networked house - a node for the circulation of media and information, as well as a new domain of production and consumption appears as a significant site upon which changes in the social economy of power and control can be observed.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Southern review |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
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