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Psychic worker is the term first used around 2010 by the DAMTP (DAta Miners Travailleurs Psychique) to self define as a union of Data miners and psychic workers.[1] The term was used initially to describe their activities instead of using the term 'artist', in order to "supersede the art strike.".[2][3] It has subsequently also been used by members of DAMTP to describe and develop their avant-garde activities.[4]

In 2011 the artist Emit Snake-Beings invented the multiple-use name Karen Kranak for their activities with the Industrial Union of Psychic Workers as a breakaway faction from the Industrial Workers of the World union.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Diržys, Redas. "WE ARE THE LABOUR UNION OF DATA MINERS AND PSYCHIC WORKERS". www.4.alytusbiennial.com.
  2. ^ http://www.patogupirkti.lt/Redas-Dirzys-Kestutis-Sapoka-knygos/%7C "Alytus avant-gardeism: from street art to psychic workers strike by Redas Diržys and Kestutis Šapoka"
  3. ^ "Tribute to Comrade Gustav Metzger – IWW 000 Dead and Destructive Reproductive Psychic Workers Union – (hyper/meta/psychogeo/situo)graphy". www.psychogeography.org.
  4. ^ "Asger Jorn and Critique of Eurocentrism - Echo Gone Wrong". 27 August 2015.
  5. ^ Snake-Beings, Emit (May 2013). "The Construction of Karen Karnak: The Multi-Author Function". Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy. 147: 104. doi:10.1177/1329878X1314700106. hdl:10289/4327. Retrieved 15 December 2021.