Victoria Tedder is a PhD student in sociology at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent.
February 23, 2011 Working for an Occupation
On Wednesday 5 January 2011 the University of Kent’s Occupation came to an end after 4 weeks. The Senate building, normally used for administrative meetings, saw a very different kind of decision-making as the group of students who occupied the building worked on a fully consensual principle to create a base for political action across…
October 1, 2009 The Fun is in Getting it Done! Bob the Builder as an example of ideologies of work present in children’s TV
Introduction During a holiday spent with my five year old nephew I reluctantly began to become an authority on children’s TV characters. Nostalgically I thought back to my own childhood remembering Postman Pat and Fireman Sam. It struck me how so many popular children’s TV programmes focus solely on the area of work, a theme…