No Way To Make A Living is a sociological space about work, generating discussion and exchange on what work, paid or unpaid, is like in today’s world


March 16, 2010 The Damage of the Strike Lynne Pettinger

Tags consumer, customer service, emotional labour, trade union, transport, work identity

Categories: Thoughts

March 8, 2010 Bodywork Dawn Lyon

Tags customer service, embodiment, gender, image of worker, photography, transport

Categories: Thoughts

The Postman’s Uniform Lynne Pettinger

Tags aesthetic labour, customer service, embodiment

Categories: Thoughts

December 22, 2009 A Day’s Work at Billingsgate Fish Market Dawn Lyon

Tags customer service, embodiment, ethnography, food, market, speed

Categories: Projects, Stories

November 12, 2009 The Piano Tuner Toby Peecock

Tags autobiography, customer service, musical instruments, work identity

Categories: Stories

October 27, 2009 When Home is Work Lynne Pettinger

Tags customer service, home work, sex work

Categories: Thoughts

October 13, 2009 The Letter and the Parcel and the Eternity of the Postman’s Job Lynne Pettinger

Tags customer service, technology, transport

Categories: Thoughts

September 12, 2009 What is the Bus Driver’s Job? Lynne Pettinger

Tags customer service, transport

Categories: Thoughts

August 8, 2009 Small Businesses in Recession Lynne Pettinger

Tags customer service, emotional labour, recession, small business

Categories: Thoughts

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