Periodic Reporting for period 2 - CRAFTWORK (Craft work: Understanding the relationship between identity and work in the context of the future of work)
Reporting period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-12-31
The project has 4 core objectives:
a) the mapping, classification and description of ‘neo-craft’ work across different sectors and geographical contexts within the EU;
b) the in-depth investigation of the relationship between neo-craft workers, their identity, and their lived experiences of work, with a peculiar focus on class and educational background, gender, race and ethnicity, life aspirations and occupational trajectory, and social status;
c) a better understanding of the role of digital technologies in neo-craft work and in relation to its depiction as ‘cool’, meaningful work;
d) the development of a new theoretical framework to understand the relationship between identity and work in the context of the ‘post-employment’ society, from a sociological perspective.