Abstract

ADAMINI, Marina. Precarious formations in the State: University internships as a pedagogical labor control device. Trab. soc. [online]. 2014, n.22, pp.161-173. ISSN 1514-6871.

University internships are a labor insertion mechanism that that aims to give students a learning experience in the workplace in their area of study. From a legal standpoint, they are presented as educational practices that do not involve any kind of employment relationship and therefore are exempt from its protections and social benefits. We consider that internship training is confounded with the working conditions under which it is carried out, so that the absence of labor rights and their instability condition the notion of what it means to "be a worker" and "do work" that interns incorporate via this mechanism of labor socialization. The aim of this paper is to analyze the internship as a pedagogical control device, observing their impact on the material conditions of the work and the subjectivity of the interns. To that end, we will use the case study of a public workspace La Plata city where approximately 150 interns from the National University of La Plata work. In-depth interviews and analysis of legal documents will be used as methodological strategies.

Keywords : University internships; Precarious employment; Control device; Public employee.

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