Espaço (im) produtivo e trabalho não docente na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This is a geographic study about work at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora; more precisely, considering its spatial dynamics and the consequent reflection on the social relations of production. We take the university in question as a spatial profile to which research is directed, a space first and foremost a science producer, but also a producer of added value. The space that we investigate, however, is public, which brings to the agenda the old Marx discussion about labor productivity. What we seek to demonstrate is how the spatial (re-) arrangements promoted by managers from different spheres attempt to consolidate a process of work mutation, from unproductive to productive, modifying a whole set of relations between the various spatial agents involved in the labor question at the institution.