COGNITIVE-CULTURAL PRODUCTION, DIGITAL LABOUR AND THE NEW FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE. A CONVERSATION WITH ALLEN J. SCOTT

ABSTRACT. What is the role played by cognitive-cultural production? What are the meanings and the stakes of the “feminization” of labor? What is the meaning of “Digital Taylorism”? Is the metropolis today a functional substitute for the factory in the context of industrial capitalism? What is the role of universities in cultural-cognitive capitalism? Is there a contradictory relationship between knowledge-based economy and cognitive capitalism? Stefano Lucarelli, Michael A. Peters and Carlo Vercellone interview Allen J. Scott. pp. 167–178

Keywords: cognitive-cultural capitalism; digital Taylorism; affective labor; creative class; knowledge externalities; creative class; André Gorz