Author archives: Joerg Markowitsch
Comparative work studies with the camera: Darcy Lange
With his camera, the artist Darcy Lange provided important scientific material on work and education, which still begs to be analysed in social and educational research.
Society without connection
The new film "Please hold the line" (2020) by Pavel Cuzuioc loosely follows the work of service technicians in the telecommunications industry in the far east of Europe while actually portraying their customers more. Those who are in danger of losing their connection to society.
Forklift-Conflicts
In the Aisles (2018) by Thomas Stuber is the ultimate warehouse-worker feature film. There has never been so much 'workplace' featured in a movie, set in a wholesale market, with so much insight into learning the ropes of an unskilled job. On top of that, romance.
Korea’s Generation Internship 4.0
The TV series "Misaeng: Incomplete Life" gives deep insights into South-Korea's working world and the difficult transition to get there.
Gundermann: Swan song on a work paradigm
The biopic 'Gundermann' (2018) reveals en passant the decline of open-cast mining in Lusatia and the fleeting work paradigm of the German Democratic Republic.
Wittgenstein stop motion
Ana Vasof's cinematic anecdotes inspire praxeology and incisively question our ways of thinking and acting.