A Critical Rereading of Oman’s Labour and Development Story

Contenu

Titre

A Critical Rereading of Oman’s Labour and Development Story

Type

Conférence

Créateur

Ennis, Crystal A. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2021-11-30

Résumé

This lecture offers a critical re-reading of Omani development and work history. Dr. Ennis will reflect on what we can learn when we shift the entry point of our analysis from oil to human beings, or in this case, from one ‘factor of production’ to another – labour. Because the oil industry is capital rather than labour intensive, the story of work remains at the margins. By “centring” these margins—the living and working— she explores some of the lineages of differentiation and resistance that have shaped the contemporary labour market young Omanis face. Such analytical shifts do not discount the importance of oil, but signal that we lose valuable comparative insights by focusing on one puzzle and emphasizing exceptional narratives. Using labour as a lens allows us to build our understanding of development trajectories, the human impact of Oman’s embeddedness in global markets, the changing nature of work and workers, and the production of difference, regulation, and governance over time.

Place

Leibniz

Langue

en

uri

https://www.zmo.de/en/events/a-critical-rereading-of-omans-labour-and-development-story

Ennis, Crystal A., “A Critical Rereading of Oman’s Labour and Development Story”, 2021-11-30, bibliographie, consulté le 19 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/21214