Alexia Cameron continues to develop and refine her practice in sociology. Her work is interested in the intersections between affect and emotion; work, production and economy; and postmodern cultures. She can be contacted at: a.m.cameron@hotmail.com.

• 1. Being Moved in Immaterial Economies/ Work and self in the precarious postmodern / In pursuit of ‘life-value’: the ascendency of immaterial production / Affect: the feelings before emotion / Spinoza: on desiring pleasure and pain 2. Melbourne’s Affect: The Production of a ‘Hip’ Industry / ‘Melbourne style’ cafés / Common sense knowledge in ‘hip’ spaces / Unpredictability and production in ‘the moment’ 3. The Customer is Not Always Right / ‘Feel your crowd’: the force of the first encounter / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: transparency / Fit in, or fuck off 4. Behind Bars: A Logic of Detachment / View from the top: the social platform in affective workspaces / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: detachment / Pastiche, misrepresentations, and smokescreens 5. Only Give Up on a Good Day: The Force of Pleasure in ‘The Moment’ / Short-term trajectories / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: ephemerality / Affected investments: identifying with the workplace 6. The ‘Hip’ Gentrification of Precarious Work 7. Research Methodology

Alexia Cameron continues to develop and refine her practice in sociology. Her work is interested in the intersections between affect and emotion; work, production and economy; and postmodern cultures. She can be contacted at: a.m.cameron@hotmail.com.

• 1. Being Moved in Immaterial Economies/ Work and self in the precarious postmodern / In pursuit of ‘life-value’: the ascendency of immaterial production / Affect: the feelings before emotion / Spinoza: on desiring pleasure and pain 2. Melbourne’s Affect: The Production of a ‘Hip’ Industry / ‘Melbourne style’ cafés / Common sense knowledge in ‘hip’ spaces / Unpredictability and production in ‘the moment’ 3. The Customer is Not Always Right / ‘Feel your crowd’: the force of the first encounter / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: transparency / Fit in, or fuck off 4. Behind Bars: A Logic of Detachment / View from the top: the social platform in affective workspaces / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: detachment / Pastiche, misrepresentations, and smokescreens 5. Only Give Up on a Good Day: The Force of Pleasure in ‘The Moment’ / Short-term trajectories / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: ephemerality / Affected investments: identifying with the workplace 6. The ‘Hip’ Gentrification of Precarious Work 7. Research Methodology

Alexia Cameron continues to develop and refine her practice in sociology. Her work is interested in the intersections between affect and emotion; work, production and economy; and postmodern cultures. She can be contacted at: a.m.cameron@hotmail.com.

• 1. Being Moved in Immaterial Economies/ Work and self in the precarious postmodern / In pursuit of ‘life-value’: the ascendency of immaterial production / Affect: the feelings before emotion / Spinoza: on desiring pleasure and pain 2. Melbourne’s Affect: The Production of a ‘Hip’ Industry / ‘Melbourne style’ cafés / Common sense knowledge in ‘hip’ spaces / Unpredictability and production in ‘the moment’ 3. The Customer is Not Always Right / ‘Feel your crowd’: the force of the first encounter / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: transparency / Fit in, or fuck off 4. Behind Bars: A Logic of Detachment / View from the top: the social platform in affective workspaces / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: detachment / Pastiche, misrepresentations, and smokescreens 5. Only Give Up on a Good Day: The Force of Pleasure in ‘The Moment’ / Short-term trajectories / ‘Hip’ ecologies of interaction: ephemerality / Affected investments: identifying with the workplace 6. The ‘Hip’ Gentrification of Precarious Work 7. Research Methodology