Our Time Famine
A Critical Look at the Culture of Work and a Re-evaluation of 'Free' Time

Iowa Memorial Union  
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

March 8 - 10, 1996

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                        Final Conference Schedule

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

 4:00 - 5:30 pm Registration

 5:45 - 6:00 pm Welcome - David L. Gould, Conference Coordinator

 6:00 - 7:00 pm The Historical Origins of the Culture of Work and the
                Politics of Jobs, Jobs, Jobs - Benjamin Hunnicutt, Ph.D. 

 7:00 - 8:00 pm Time, Work, and Money:  Escaping the Cycle of Work and
                Spend - Juliet Schor, Ph.D. 

 8:00 -11:00 pm Reception
 

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

 7:30 - 8:15 am Continental Breakfast and Registration

 8:15 - 8:30 am Welcome - Lynn Jamieson

 8:30 - 9:30 am How Much is Enough? - Vicki Robin

 9:30 -10:30 am Concurrent Sessions

                Topic Area: Labor and Management Issues
                  Session 1: Is Shorter Hours an Option for American Labor?
                             Jerry Tucker
                  Session 2: The Business Response to Shorter Work Time
                             Deborah Holmes, J.D.

 10:30-10:45 am Break

 10:45-11:45 am Concurrent Sessions

                Topic Area: Labor Issues/Consumerism
                  Session 1: The Basics: Money and Our Economic Life
                             Jerome Segal, PhD

                Topic Area: Education
                  Session 1: Leisure and Higher Education: Keeping the
                             Dream Alive - Richard MacNeil, PhD

 11:45- 1:00 pm Lunch

 1:00 - 2:00 pm Shorter Hours: A New Paradigm Beyond Sexual Politics
                Betty Friedan

 2:15 - 3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions

                Topic Areas: Women and the Family
                  Session 1: Women: The New Providers - Ellen Galinsky
                  Session 2: That Delicate Balance: Production and Reproduction
                             in Modern Society -Jennifer Glass, Ph.D. 

 3:15 - 3:30 pm Break

 3:30 - 4:30 pm Second Shift - Arlie Hochschild, Ph.D. 

 4:30 - 6:00 pm Optional Activities:
                1) An interview with John Kenneth Galbraith videotaped
                   in Boston 1/3/96
                2) Shorter Hours Activist Planning Session
                3) "Running out of Time" Tape Viewing

 6:00 - 8:00 pm Banquet Dinner
                The Future at Issue: Overwork or The End of Work - Which
                Will It Be? - Jeremy Rifkin and Stanley Aronowitz, Ph. D.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

 7:30 - 8:15 am Continental Breakfast

 8:30 - 9:30 am Shorter Hours and Governmental Policy - Eugene McCarthy

 9:30 -10:30 am Concurrent Sessions

                Topic Area: Practical Solutions 
                  Session 1: Shorter Work Times: A Canadian Perspective
                             Bruce O'Hara
                  Session 2: The Hidden Agenda: On the Expropriation of
                             Time in Europe - Theo Beckers, PhD

 10:30-10:45 am Break
 
 10:45-12:00 pm Practical Steps for Moving Forward  - Round Table Discussion
                Moderator: Jennifer Glass
                Panel: Barbara Brandt, Betty Friedan, Juliet Schor,
                       Benjamin Hunnicutt

 12:00-12:15 pm Closing Remarks - Benjamin Hunnicutt, Ph.D.