Working At Night

The night has always and almost universally represented a special -out of the ordinary- temporal zone with its own meanings, possibilities, and dangers. It is only since the modern era that the night has become increasingly -normalised-. Although 24/7 industrial production is often seen as a consequence of capitalist expansion, other political and economic regimes adopted the -night shift-, normalising it as part of an alternative modernity.

Lucie Dušková, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic/University of Leizpig; Ger Duijzings, University of Regensburg.