redundancy

  • redundancy is necessary in certain contexts
    • fundamental to the scientific process that an experiment is repeated with the same result
  • redundancy is undesirable in certain contexts, but made necessary by circumstance
    • lack of access to resources that are [unnecessarily made proprietary](problems with proprietary)
  • redundancy can be desirable in certain contexts
    • repeating processes or emulating events for teaching and learning
    • useful to have redundant tech hardware, spares, surplus
  • use of the word redundancy for work and what it tells us about labour structures/relations - being made extra, surplus, against your wishes - yet cultural onus, blame and shame goes on the unemployed