Artisan Labor

There are an increasing number of workers that are doing their work from home in today’s society. Sometimes one parent working from home can blur the line between work and family because the two become intertwined. These two things, working home and small-scale artisan labor, can be very similar. Working from home and artisan labor can be compared to capitalism. According to Dalton Conley in, “You May Ask Yourself,” capitalism is an economic system in which property and goods are primarily privately owned.

Working from home can cause tension and become distracting for the family member that is working from home for numerous reasons. One reason why working from home can become distracting is when other family members are home from work or school. This can become distracting because the family members that are not working often try to talk to and engage with the person working and cause them to lose focus of what they are doing. Another reason why working from home can cause blurred lines between work and family is when someone calls home and asks the person who is home to do a favor for them. For example, say that the person that works from home is the parent. If their child goes to school and forgets their homework and asks them to bring it to them, they stop the work that he or …show more content…
When working from home, as well as an artisan, the main possessions and even the possessions that they use for work are primarily privately owned. A person who works from home has the luxury of from their own home, often wearing whatever they would like to, and also getting to multitask while they work. For example, if a person works from home their boss is not there looking over their shoulder ensuring that they are doing their work. It is the person who is working from home who must ensure he or she is staying on task and getting doing the job that is