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NightWorkPodThe Night ShiftThe nadir point is sometimes reached between 4 and 6 in the morning and represents the lowest level of activity of the human body during the 24-hour life cycle. During that time, I often felt like I was losing my balance and my whole body was getting tired. It was strange, physically and mentally, as if the ground was running from underneath my feet, as if I would ‘hear’ my body ‘screaming’ that it wants to lie down, but I couldn't stop, because I had to carry crates and bags, most of the time with a client in my shadow. I have hea...2023-09-2716 minNightWorkPodContrasens in conversation with the nocturnal anthropologistOriginal title: "24 - Nightwork: migrant labour and embodied precarity in the global city"By contrasens is licensed under a Creative Commons License.Produced & edited by: Maria Martelli & Karol Pataki Visuals: Maria Martelli Intro & Outro: KindStudios Support contrasens on Patreon: www.patreon.com/podcastcontrasens"How often do we consider the work that goes on at night? How do we think about the ones that make night culture possible, the ones that keep things moving, so in the morning we have fresh vegetables, and deliveries are made? In this e...2023-09-271h 08NightWorkPod2020 E.A.S.A. Talk on the use of visual methods in capturing the hidden lives of migrant night workersThis episode is based on the talk that I gave at the 2020 European Association for Social Anthropologists. I was delighted to take part in the first virtual 2020 EASA panel on Ethnography beyond the looking glass. I presented the work that I have been doing as part of the Nightworkshop project designed to research nightwork communities in urban spaces. In this talk I focus on the use of the body in research and the use of cyberethnographic methods to capture the sensorial experiences of a researcher immersed in night ethnography. The audio-visual methods that I have used to bring this...2023-09-2718 min
NightWorkPodEp 10 | Hello! ... Do we know each other? | A talk about a platforming woman in North-Western Romania | NightworkpodThis Nightworkpod episode is based on a talk centred on the experiences of a platforming woman offering ‘alternative transport’ services with Bolt, Romania. The talk focuses on one day in the life of S. a Bolt driver. "In July 2021, S. switched from the long hours of international driving between Oradea and Milan, to offering 'alternative transport' services on a 2km radius and four rides per hour (during high demand or 'red code' time)."You can also read the text online at StoryMaps https://bit.ly/30WDyS9--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ni...2021-11-2921 min
NightWorkPodEp 09 | Night Owls I :: The 2021 Night Gallery and Exhibit Columbus Event :: Julius-Cezar MacQuarie talks about his film Nightshift SpitalfieldsThis talk is part of a conversation moderated by Ann Lui, principal @futurefirm. To listen to the full conversation and watch both films go to Future Firm's website: https://www.thenight.gallery/2021_MacQuarie-and-Penarroyo I was delighted to join @cyruspenarroyo discussing our films at this event organised @futurefirm and hosted by @exhibitcolumbus and moderated by Ann Lui, principle at Future Firm. You can also watch both films (Nightshift Spitalfields, 2020, UK and Manifest Destiny, 2021, US) throughout November 2021 at Midnight Palace, Columbus, IN and in Chicago, US.In the next episode, Ann Lui is joined by Cyrus Peñar...2021-11-0510 min
NightWorkPodThe Night ShiftThe nadir point is sometimes reached between 4 and 6 in the morning and represents the lowest level of activity of the human body during the 24-hour life cycle. During that time, I often felt like I was losing my balance and my whole body was getting tired. It was strange, physically and mentally, as if the ground was running from underneath my feet, as if I would ‘hear’ my body ‘screaming’ that it wants to lie down, but I couldn't stop, because I had to carry crates and bags, most of the time with a client in my shadow. I have heard an...2021-02-2816 minCEU PodcastsThe Night ShiftThe nadir point is sometimes reached between 4 and 6 in the morning and represents the lowest level of activity of the human body during the 24-hour life cycle. During that time, I often felt like I was losing my balance and my whole body was getting tired. It was strange, physically and mentally, as if the ground was running from underneath my feet, as if I would ‘hear’ my body ‘screaming’ that it wants to lie down, but I couldn't stop, because I had to carry crates and bags, most of the time with a client in my shadow. I have heard an...2021-02-2800 min
NightWorkPodEp 08 | The Night Shift | NightWorkPodThe nadir point is sometimes reached between 4 and 6 in the morning and represents the lowest level of activity of the human body during the 24-hour life cycle. During that time, I often felt like I was losing my balance and my whole body was getting tired. It was strange, physically and mentally, as if the ground was running from underneath my feet, as if I would ‘hear’ my body ‘screaming’ that it wants to lie down, but I couldn't stop, because I had to carry crates and bags, most of the time with a client in my shadow. I have heard an...2021-02-2816 min
NightWorkPodContrasens in conversation with the nocturnal anthropologistOriginal title: "24 - Nightwork: migrant labour and embodied precarity in the global city"By contrasens is licensed under a Creative Commons License.Produced & edited by: Maria Martelli & Karol Pataki Visuals: Maria Martelli Intro & Outro: KindStudios Support contrasens on Patreon: www.patreon.com/podcastcontrasens"How often do we consider the work that goes on at night? How do we think about the ones that make night culture possible, the ones that keep things moving, so in the morning we have fresh vegetables, and deliveries are made? In this episode, Dr Julius-Cezar MacQuarie tells us about his research on migrant and precarious labour...2021-02-281h 08CEU PodcastsContrasens in conversation with the nocturnal anthropologistOriginal title: "24 - Nightwork: migrant labour and embodied precarity in the global city"By contrasens is licensed under a Creative Commons License.Produced & edited by: Maria Martelli & Karol Pataki Visuals: Maria Martelli Intro & Outro: KindStudios Support contrasens on Patreon: www.patreon.com/podcastcontrasens"How often do we consider the work that goes on at night? How do we think about the ones that make night culture possible, the ones that keep things moving, so in the morning we have fresh vegetables, and deliveries are made? In this episode, Dr Julius-Cezar MacQuarie tells us about his research on migrant and precarious labour...2021-02-2800 min
NightWorkPodEp 07 | Contrasens in conversation with the nocturnal anthropologist | NightWorkPodOriginal title: "24 - Nightwork: migrant labour and embodied precarity in the global city"By contrasens is licensed under a Creative Commons License.Produced & edited by: Maria Martelli & Karol PatakiVisuals: Maria MartelliIntro & Outro: KindStudiosSupport contrasens on Patreon: www.patreon.com/podcastcontrasens"How often do we consider the work that goes on at night? How do we think about the ones that make night culture possible, the ones that keep things moving, so in the morning we have fresh vegetables, and deliveries are made? In this episode, Dr Julius-Cezar MacQuarie tells us about his research on migrant and precarious labour in Europe’s b...2021-02-281h 08
NightWorkPod2020 E.A.S.A. Talk on the use of visual methods in capturing the hidden lives of migrant night workersThis episode is based on the talk that I gave at the 2020 European Association for Social Anthropologists. I was delighted to take part in the first virtual 2020 EASA panel on Ethnography beyond the looking glass. I presented the work that I have been doing as part of the Nightworkshop project designed to research nightwork communities in urban spaces. In this talk I focus on the use of the body in research and the use of cyberethnographic methods to capture the sensorial experiences of a researcher immersed in night ethnography. The audio-visual methods that I have used to bring this information to...2021-02-2818 min
NightWorkPodEp 06 | E.A.S.A. 2020 Talk on the use of visual methods in capturing the hidden lives of migrant night workers | NightWorkPodThis episode is based on the talk that I gave at the 2020 European Association for Social Anthropologists. I was delighted to take part in the first virtual 2020 EASA panel on Ethnography beyond the looking glass. I presented the work that I have been doing as part of the Nightworkshop project designed to research nightwork communities in urban spaces. In this talk I focus on the use of the body in research and the use of cyberethnographic methods to capture the sensorial experiences of a researcher immersed in night ethnography. The audio-visual methods that I have used to bring this information...2021-02-2818 min
NightWorkPodEp 05 | A N.I.T.E. Talk on Embodied Precariousness | NightWorkPodThis podcast episode is based on a talk that I gave as part of Night Modes panel, a NIGHT SCENE Virtual event by UCL Urban Laboratory (London, 2020). The episode is complemented by a video recording, which you can watch here. This talk is about the embodied precariousness experienced by migrant nightshift workers. The findings of this research result from a night ethnography that I did in 2015 in a fruit and vegetable market in Leyton, East London. This presentation, nonetheless, was (video)recorded during the full pandemic lockdown 2020. Apologies for the silence breaks due to the online recording quality. ...2021-02-2818 min
NightWorkPodEp 04 | In conversation with Emeritus Prof Marion Roberts, University of Westminster | NightWorkPodEpisode: 04Time: 21’45”Date: Nov 2018Place: Interview recorded in Sofia, Bulgaria. Produced in London @anightworkshopGuest: Marion Roberts, Professor in Urban Design, University of Westminster | UKSynopsis: In this third and last episode of the series called “London the Glocturnal City, and its 'other workers' “our first guest, Marion Roberts, Emeritus Professor in Urban Design at the University of Westminster talks about her invested interest and research that she has carried out on various themes related to the night-time city since 2001. Currently she serves on the board of Data and Research sub-committee of the Greater London Authority, the sub-committee on London's night-time commission. Roberts...2021-02-2221 min
NightWorkPodVignette | Researching night work at New Spitalfields Market | NightWorkPodBonus preview of season 2 in the diaries of a nocturnal anthropologist. Coming from the horse's mouth,as it were ... #night #research #nocturnal #london #ethnography #nightethnography #anthropology #nightshift #nightmarket #sleep #exhaustion #breakfast is #lunchtime #fruits and #vegetables #health #diaries #wellness #food#podcasting #university #mentalhealth #science #work #training #videoseries #education #audio--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nightworkpod/message2021-02-1700 min
NightWorkPodTeaser Season 2 | NightWorkPodWelcome to the hidden world of researching the night. Are you a student or seasoned researcher who wishes to take on the challenge to research at night? Or simply curious about the invisible lives of those up and working all night while the rest of us sleep? In this brand new series, I will be sharing with you my fieldnotes, headnotes, audio recordings and video logs on how I crafted this nocturnal ethnography about the people working all night at New Spitalfields the fruit and vegetable wholesale market, in East London. These are just some of the topics that I...2021-02-1700 min
contrasens24 - Nightwork: migrant labour and embodied precarity in the global cityHow often do we consider the work that goes on at night? How do we think about the ones that make night culture possible, the ones that keep things moving, so in the morning we have fresh vegetables, and deliveries are made? In this episode, Dr Julius-Cezar MacQuarie tells us about his research on migrant and precarious labour in Europe’s big cities. He tells stories from his fieldwork, of his visual methods and of the embodied hardship of night work.
Dr. Julius-Cezar MacQuarie is an anthropologist trained at Central European University, concerned with the invisibility of migrant nightshift workers fr...2021-02-031h 05
Being HumanSocially Distanced?In this week’s episode, host Dr Jennifer Cearns is joined by Professor Noel Salazar (University of Leuven), Dr Costanza Currò (University of Helsinki), and Dr Julius-Cezar MacQuarie (Central European University) to discuss the idea of ‘social distancing’: a term many of us have suddenly become familiar with in the light of COVID-19. What does it mean to socially distance oneself? What does that look like? And what are the ramifications of this at a societal and individual level? In this episode we set out to unpack some of these questions.
Our guests come to these questions from so...2020-08-1439 min
NightWorkPodEp 03 | Reflections from Researching Night Shift Workers in London | NightworkpodHere I reflect on the issues faced by London's 'other workers' invested in the night shift. As a bonus, I add in an excerpt from the interview with guest, Marion Roberts, Emeritus Professor in Urban Design at the University of Westminster. In the next episode she offers insights into the problematics with night-time expansion in London. Some of her important work informed and shaped the Greater London Authority’s policy and vision of London as a 24-hour City - 24-hour London – and the subsequent publication, From Good Night to Great Night: A Vision For London asa 24-hour City. For full-text click ...2019-02-1919 min
NightWorkPodEp 02 | Health Workers and Firefighters | Nightworkpod• Please beware that this episode may contain disturbing content •In this second episode, two professionals and long-term London residents, a public health practitioner and a fire fighter, share how night shift work impacts on their circadian rhythms, and the challenges that each face according to the nature of the job that they have preformed over the years. Two important sectors of work, health and emergency services part of the fire fighting industry rely on professionals working the night shift through rotation. Voice Over by Romanian artist Natalia Carata. EP3 TEASER: I will end this series with one more episode when I inv...2018-08-0336 min
NightWorkPodEp 01 London, the Glocturnal City's 'Other Workers' | NightworkpodIn this episode, Julius-Cezar introduces the listeners to a world of work that is invisible to the diurnal eye and inaudible to the nocturnal sleeper. Ger Duijzings, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Regensburg, joins the host to talk about his Nightlaboratory project. Two other guests, Jeff (a London night bus driver), and an anonymous outreach worker with sex workers in East London, give their views and experiences of working at night.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nightworkpod/message2018-05-2717 min
NightWorkPodTeaser Season 1 | NightWorkPodHello, whenever it is you're listening, day or night, welcome to the first NightWorkPod. NightWorkPod™ or NWP™ is a portmanteau of night shift work and podcast. NWP is inspired by my doctoral research into the sociology of the invisible migrant night shift workers in London. In this podcast, I introduce our listeners to a world of work that is invisible to the diurnal eye and inaudible to the nocturnal sleeper; night shift workers tell frightening, inspiring, as well as rewarding stories of lives lived beyond the frontier of the night. ---The first episode of NightWorkPod™ was created under the guidance of the C...2018-04-0100 min