Résumés
Abstract
2022 has been a year of overlapping crises. The so-called “Freedom Convoys” paralyzing Canadian communities, the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to cause excess death and disability, the war in Ukraine, the intensifying effects of climate change, and increasing inflation have all signaled that we find ourselves in a new era, one that can be described as authoritarian capitalism. In this article, we view the restructuring of Canadian universities as yet another facet of authoritarian capitalism, which uses overlapping crises to further proletarianize library labour and fully subsume it into the “learning factory.” Using Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson’s theorization of the politics of capital’s operations, we examine the library restructuring processes taking place at four Canadian universities: Alberta, Brock, Laurentian, and OCAD. We view the reorganizations taking place there as efforts on behalf of university administrators to use the intensification of global forces of capitalism to exploit academic librarian labour. Ultimately, we argue that Canadian librarians are witnessing both formal and real subsumption in Canadian universities, precipitated by the overlapping crises outlined earlier. As a result, we insist that librarians need to develop a politics of struggle to build collective consciousness and action in the face of authoritarian capitalism.
Keywords:
- capitalism,
- collective bargaining,
- labour,
- reorganization,
- self-governance
Résumé
2022 a été une année de crises en chevauchement. Les soi-disant « Convois de la liberté » pour paralyser les communautés canadiennes, la pandémie de COVID-19 qui continue de causer un excès de décès et d'invalidité, la guerre en Ukraine, l'intensification des effets des changements climatiques et l'inflation croissante ont tous signalé que nous nous trouvons dans une nouvelle ère, que l'on peut qualifier de capitalisme autoritaire. Dans cet article, nous considérons la restructuration des universités canadiennes comme une autre facette du capitalisme autoritaire, qui utilise ces crises en chevauchement pour prolétariser davantage le travail bibliothécaire et l'intégrer pleinement dans « l'usine à apprendre ». En utilisant la théorisation de Sandro Mezzadra et Brett Neilson sur la politique des opérations du capital, nous examinons les processus de restructuration des bibliothèques en cours dans quatre universités canadiennes : Alberta, Brock, Laurentienne et OCAD. Nous considérons les réorganisations qui s'y déroulent comme des efforts de la part des administratrices.teurs universitaires d'utiliser l'intensification des forces mondiales du capitalisme pour exploiter le travail des bibliothécaires universitaires. Enfin, nous soutenons que les bibliothécaires canadien.ne.s assistent à une subsomption à la fois formelle et réelle dans les universités canadiennes, précipitée par les crises en chevauchement décrites précédemment. En conséquence, nous insistons sur le fait que les bibliothécaires doivent développer une politique de lutte pour construire une conscience et une action collectives face au capitalisme autoritaire.
Mots-clés :
- autogestion,
- capitalisme,
- négociation collective,
- réorganisation,
- travail
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