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Thinking Allowed: Factory music, Volunteering post-recession

01/07/2015

Factory music, Volunteering post-recession

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Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening mundane assembly line work.

Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening mundane assembly line work. Plus the impact of the recession on volunteering in the UK.

Factory music:the role that popular music plays in workers' culture. Marek Korczynski, Chair in Sociology of Work at the Nottingham University Business School, talks to Laurie Taylor about his study of a British factory that manufactures window blinds, revealing how pop music can enliven monotonous work, providing a sense of community as well as moments of resistance to the tyranny of the workplace.

Also, volunteering in 'hard times': James Laurence ESRC Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, examines how the 2008-9 recession has affected peoples' willingness to do formal voluntary work as well as informal helping.

Producer:Jayne Egerton.

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