Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Gernot Grabher
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: Fachübergreifende Studienangebote
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Q:Sharing
Anrechenbar für:
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Standort: Hamburg
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Anzahl Teilnehmer:innen: - | 20
Anmeldegruppe: Q-Studies Master
Leistungsnachweis:
Zusätzliche Informationen zu Terminen: Due to the current situation the leture will takes place only online
Beschreibung: It all began as promise. Soon after the financial crisis of 2008 a sense of awakening seemed to capture imaginations about an alternative to neoliberal capitalism: sharing. Rather than echoing the long-gone modes of rural commoning, sharing suddenly held the promise of a (digital) revitalization of exchange based on community, reciprocity and sustainability. The mantra of the new digital sharing economy, “what’s mine is yours”, presented the prospect of reinvigorating social connectivity through the collaborative utilization of idle resources (like vacant homes or unused cars). More recently, though, a line of reasoning has gained increasing momentum that starts from a diametrically opposed vantage point: Instead of a post-capitalist alternative rooted in the social practice of sharing, this line of reasoning anticipates a capitalism supercharged by the compulsive business logic of platforms. Instead of focusing on the communal practice of food-sharing or couch-surfing, the platform-narrative celebrates the disruption of regulations by start-ups like Uber and the market dominance of super-platforms like Amazon. By discussing key notions like gift, commons and sharing and by exploring the variety of sharing phenomena, this course will critically explore the ambivalences of the emerging economy.
Kontakt: gernot.grabher@hcu-hamburg.de
Module: Q-M-Mod-001
Voraussetzung für die Vergabe von CP: Erfolgreiche Teilnahme an einer der vorgegebenen Prüfungsarten. Es besteht Anwesenheitspflicht. Prüfungsleistung: 2.5 ECTS: Presentation and discussion of two papers from the course reading-list (digital format)
