Show notes
This week we’re joined by Fobazi Ettarh to talk about the religious underpinnings of vocational awe.
#GiveFobaziAJob
References:
- The original paper on vocational awe: Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
- Anne Helen Petersen talks more about vocational awe here: vocational awe
- Tweet about religiosity: https://haha!twitter.com/Fobettarh/status/1432003244289630208?s=20
- Germinal paper on protestant work ethic, for background (not necessary to know): The protestant work ethic as a cultural phenomenon
- Kathi Weeks, The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries
- Shorter article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1095796014526859
- Article about the problems with the “do what you love” framework: In The Name of Love by Miya Tokumitsu
- How the professional and upper classes have turned work into a religious identity: Workism is Making Americans Miserable by Derek Thompson
