8th Conference of the International Network on Digital Labor (INDL)

9:00 - 9:30 (30min)

Welcome address

(Venue C) Sala Conferenze

Vincenzo Colla (regione Emilia-Romagna), Mauro Penza (Tecnopolo DAMA)

9:30 - 11:00 (1h30)

Documentary: In the Belly of AI (2025)

(Venue C) Sala Conferenze

A. Casilli (intro)

https://indl-8.sciencesconf.org/data/program/In_The_Belly_of_AI_INDL_8.pdf

11:00 - 13:00 (2h)

Plenary panel: New Unionism, towards global alliances

(Venue C) Sala Conferenze

Francesco Sinopoli (moderator), Michele Bulgarelli (CGIL Bologna), Joan Kinyua (Data Labelers Association, Kenya), Felipe Corredor Álvarez (Riders x Derechos, Spain), Kauna Ibrahim Malgwi (Uniglobal, Nigeria)

https://indl-8.sciencesconf.org/data/program/Plenary_panel.pdf

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 (2h)

Emerging forms of individual and collective action in digitally mediated work

(Venue C) Sala Conferenze

Chair: Mathilde Abel

› Platforms and the individualisation of work experience: a study of data work - Mariana Fernandez Massi, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] - Paola Tubaro, Centre de Recherche en Économie et STatistique (CREST) 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Whistleblowing on AI: translators sharing experience and thoughts - Générale IA-lerte, IA-lerte générale 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Notes Toward a Digital Worker Inquiry - Brophy Enda, Simon Fraser University 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Reshaping platform governmentality: The curious case of moderators' strike on Stack Exchange - Damien RENARD, Université de Louvain 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Labour Regimes and the Algorithmic Logic of Digital Capital: Data Work for Machine Learning Systems in Nairobi's “Silicon Savannah” - Søren Bøgh Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen] 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› Within and Against: Class-Making of Tech Workers in Berlin - Valentin Niebler, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin = Humboldt University of Berlin = Université Humboldt de Berlin 15:15-15:30 (15min)

16:30 - 18:00 (1h30)

Platform cooperativism and alternative business models

(Venue C) Sala Conferenze

Chair: Gianmarco Peterlongo

› De-commodifying labour in tourism through the platform cooperative model - Francesca Martinelli, Fondazione Centro Studi Doc - Sonja Novkovic, ICCM, Saint Mary's University 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Screen Time: The digitalization of the world of work in Latin America, the Case "She Taxi", Rosario, Argentina. - Víctor Fabián Climent Peredo, Universidad de Alicante 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› The Scissor Effect: Diverging Stakeholder Fractures in the Development of a Platform Cooperative — The Case of The Drivers Cooperative - Stefano Tortorici, Scuola Normale Superiore 17:00-17:15 (15min)

› Women, Platforms, and State Power: The Lunch Bell Project and Digital Solidarity Economies in Kerala - Ashique Ali Thuppilikkat, Faculty of Infromation, University of Toronto - Priyank Chandra, Faculty of Infromation, University of Toronto 17:15-17:30 (15min)

19:30 - 21:00 (1h30)

Aperitivo @Rider House (Casa Rider)

We will meet at Porta Pratello (Via Pietralata, 58 – ) for an aperitivo with the activists of Rider House (Casa Rider). Rider House is a welcoming space where delivery workers can rest, connect, and support one another while accessing useful information to defend their rights. During the evening, we will learn more about their projects, and drinks and food will be available for purchase. This event will be cancelled in case of poor weather conditions.

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