Abstract

MADRID, Juan Carlos Cea. “Work like a mad person”: Meanings towards labor inclusion of the “Locooperativa” work community. Psicol. Conoc. Soc. [online]. 2023, vol.13, n.3, pp.83-98.  Epub Dec 01, 2023. ISSN 1688-7026.  https://doi.org/10.26864/pcs.v13.n3.6.

This article investigates the meanings of labor inclusion in the “Locooperativa” work community, an initiative for associative work in mental health in Santiago, Chile. Through a qualitative approach, the critical approaches of its participants on the mechanisms of ascription and naturalization of salaried work are addressed, establishing a rejection of the demands of capitalist production as forms of “sane work.” Faced with this, the members of the “Locooperativa” promote the right to “work like crazy”, an alternative conception of work associated with proactive, creative and horizontal participation in the workplace, based on the valuation of Economic democracy, solidarity and collective work. It is concluded that these orientations imply a questioning of traditional forms of labor inclusion, configuring new meanings in the world of work from cooperativism in contemporary society.

Keywords : Work; cooperativism; mental health; community.

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