Author Description

"Examines a series of work environments at the forefront of automation - from dairy farms and greenhouses to factories and data centers in the Netherlands and China's Pearl River Delta. Through a combination of original material, including the documentation of nine sites, alongside previously published articles, events, site visits, and exhbitions, this publication illustrates the evolution of arguments around automated labor explored throughout five years of research,... debunks the myth that automation replaces people with machines, revealing that human bodies remain present in assembly and supply lines, albeit performing different tasks and governed by the rhythms of automation"--publisher's description.