Indeed Alessandro, I do agree that working in front of a computer screen has all kind of bodily implications. The most evident one, being the use of only fingers to expres what ever we feel in front of a screen. The body image in our brain already has very big hands, I am convinced that the body image of for instance a child that uses the computer a lot will have comparatively even bigger hand parts. http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/www/image.php?img=87494 Youngsters nowadays don't have the same brain as I had at the same age or and that is re
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Alessandro Ludovico <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Anne and list, > > Actually, as you pointed out, Bifo is a master in analyzing the > contemporary forms of immaterial and information-related alienation. > > Probably he meant that: capital is composing an almost unbearable > puzzle of alienating practices for the social class that he defines > as the "cognitariat". There's a specific piece of this puzzle related > to women, and it is distancing her from their young babies in various > ways. In post-pregnancy, for example, she has to return to work when > the baby is 3 months old (or even before), usually she works distant > from home, and usually she has to work full time or even more > regardless of her condition, especially in private companies). That's > worst then it used to be. All of the above sums up to her > non-physical work in front of a screen. So her important physical > relationship with the baby is more than ever reduced, and her body is > even more physically deprived, because she's using only hands on a > keyboard with an overstimulation of the "soul", as Bifo defines it in > his latest book "The Soul at Work" (review > http://www.neural.it/art/2010/04/franco_bifo_berardi_the_soul_a.phtml) > > In my humble opinion, > Alessandro Ludovico > > >Lately I have been reading "Precarious Rhapsody" by Franco "Bifo" > >Berardi. It was very interesting to read and gave me the feeling of > >finally meeting a "new" perspective and an original thinker on > >capitalism, sickness, work, boredom, terror and error, machines and > >even poetry. > > > >There is one phrase that I can't forget : > >"In neoliberal society women are forced to work away from home, and > >so they are distanced from their babies, in conditions of > >psycho-psysical stress, anxiety and affective impoverishment." > >What does this mean? > >Does Berardi want women to stay at home? > > > >Anyone on this list that knows his work and writing better than I do > >ca, shed some light? > > > >Yours > >Annie Abrahams > > > > > >-- > >Documentation Huis Clos / No Exit - On Collaboration - > ><http://bram.org/huisclos/oncollaboration/> > http://bram.org/huisclos/oncollaboration/ > >loK8Tr, Matthew Pioro, about the dangers and pitfalls of online > >collaboration > >< > http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/about-the-dangers-and-pitfalls-of-online-collaboration/ > > > http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/about-the-dangers-and-pitfalls-of-online-collaboration/ > > > >#avg_ls_inline_popup { position:absolute; z-index:9999; padding: 0px > >0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 240px; overflow: > >hidden; word-wrap: break-word; color: black; font-size: 10px; > >text-align: left; line-height: 13px;} > > > >_______________________________________________ > >NetBehaviour mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > -- > > > Alessandro Ludovico > - > Neural - english (http://neural.it/) italian ( > http://www.neural.it/neural_it/) > Latest Issue (#35 + extra) - > http://www.neural.it/art/2010/03/neural_35_friends.phtml > Subscribe - http://www.neural.it/subscribe.phtml > - > Twitter: http://twitter.com/_neural > Facebook Group: > http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=41374986391&ref=ts<http://www.facebook.com/#%21/group.php?gid=41374986391&ref=ts> > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- Documentation Huis Clos / No Exit - On Collaboration - http://bram.org/huisclos/oncollaboration/ loK8Tr, Matthew Pioro, about the dangers and pitfalls of online collaboration http://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/about-the-dangers-and-pitfalls-of-online-collaboration/
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