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On 22 October, the IGZA was invited by the Fritz Hüser Institute for Literature and Culture of the Working World (Dortmund) and the History of the Ruhr Foundation (Bochum) at the Haus der Geschichte. Dr Cornelius Markert will present the matrix of the work as part of the „Erlesenes“ series.

Book presentation as part of the „Erlesenes“ series“
Matrix of Work. Lecture and discussion with Cornelius Markert
22 October 2024, 6 pm

Moderation: Arnold Maxwill, Fritz Hüser Institute

House of the History of the Ruhr Area
Library of the Ruhr Area
Clemensstr. 17-19
44789 Bochum

Free admission, no registration required.

House of the History of the Ruhr: Announcement
(last accessed: 15.10.2024)

The 7 volumes of the 'Matrix of Labour' (2023) are now available to download free of charge:

Matrix of Work - Download

Herbert Schaaff has written a review of the Matrix of Labour. This was published in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft:

PDF (8 pages)

Economy and Society 49 (4): 103-110

In June 2024, a short version of the »Matrix of Labour« will be published with the title: "Mitten im dunklen Tal - Am Ende Wohlstand und Freiheit?".

While the seven volumes of the materials primarily present the specific epochs of work, this abridged version aims to link the historically broad view more closely with the perspectives of the next 100 years. However, the focus here is also on correctly summarising the empirical evidence from the various research fields of archaeology, anthropology, economics, history and the social sciences - in particular the common thread of productivity development.

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24 Euro, 450 pages, J.H.W. Dietz Verlag
ISBN 978-3-8012-4296-1

From 5 June, the IGZA's travelling exhibition on the Matrix of Work will be on display at the University of Labour for four weeks.

Opening: 5 June, 5 p.m. - University of Labour, Frankfurt am Main

A digital version of the exhibition will be made available at igza.org at the same time.

At the invitation of the Federal Association of Personnel Managers (BPM), the IGZA will be represented at the Personnel Management Congress 2024 (20/21 July, Berlin) with time tables and a presentation entitled »New productivity and the success cycle of sustainable personnel management« by Cornelius Markert.

PMK 2024 programme / PMK Homepage

(as at 12/03/2024)

A review of the matrix of Peter Kern's work has been published in »Jungle World«.

The matrix of work and how to free yourself from it (08/02/2024)

In recent weeks, various reviews of the „Matrix of Labour“ have been published, which we would like to draw your attention to:

Peter Kern

• at Glanz & Elend: »Travail attractif« (06.10.2023)
• at Faust-Kultur: Matrix of living labour, reloaded (09.10.2023)
• at Gegenblende (DGB): The Good Work Manifesto (12.10.2023)

Klaus Lang

• in Sozialismus.de issue 1/24, double review of Axel Honneth „Der arbeitende Souverän“ and IGZA „Matrix der Arbeit“: Prosperity for all and liberated work: clear goal - difficult path (04.01.2024)

Marc Amlinger and Cornelius Markert have published an article in the IAB Forum entitled „History and future of labour: End or half-time of the great productivity leap?“.

To the article (04.01.2024)