Working for a productive activity that makes meaning

Travailler pour une activité productive qui a du sens

Laurence Lize ()
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Laurence Lize: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

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Abstract: This text analyses what gives meaning of work in a multi-production farm in rural areas. We use data from a qualitative interview survey. This place was chosen because of the originality of the work collective and the variety of people's career paths: thus, we have distinguished portraits of "bifurcators", "experimenters" and volunteers. For the most part, these are young adults with a varied professional background: engineer, manager at the SNCF, salesman, employees in catering, chef... Some people have started organic farms and others have developed different activities around and on the farm. A critical reflection on productivity, productivism and the division of labor within this collective is at the center of the question about this experience of search for meaning.

Keywords: professional mobility; bifurcation; division of labor; meaning of work; sens du travail; mobilité professionnelle; productivité; division du travail (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-09
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Published in L'harmattan. Travail, protection sociale et inégalités : Approches critiques de l'action publique, ed. Campus ouvert L'harmattan, pp.31-49, 2025

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