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

9:00 - 10:45 (1h45)

Algorithmic management and labor control

Room A S. Cristina

› Whose time counts? Algorithmic management, unpaid waiting time and data extraction in food delivery platforms - Edoardo Biscossi, Goldsmiths, University of London 09:00-09:15 (15min)

› The tensions of a contradictory labor relationship. Corporate culture, privileges and resistance in managerial work in technology-based firms in Argentina. - Diego Szlechter, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento - Conicet 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› The Human Circuit: A Comparative Study of the Semiconductor Industry's Labor Conditions in the US and Taiwan - Ethan Chiu, Yale University 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Managing sellers, shaping markets: How MercadoLibre controls and is contested - Sonia Marina Filipetto, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› The Human Cost of AI – A Case Study of the African Content Moderators Union and Working Conditions in the AI Supply Chain - Henrique Motta, Hertie School of Governance [Berlin] 10:00-10:15 (15min)

9:00 - 10:45 (1h45)

Emerging forms of individual and collective action in digitally mediated work

Room B S. Cristina

› Organising and struggling in a continent: the politics of app-drivers and couriers in Brazil - Caetano Patta Barros, Postdoctoral researcher at Núcleo Direito e Democracia do Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento 09:00-09:15 (15min)

› Organising fragmented labour: the case of migrant cleaning workers at Helpling in Berlin - Valentin Niebler, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin = Humboldt University of Berlin = Université Humboldt de Berlin 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Beyond Efficiency: rethinking automation through collective and individual responsibility in the age of A.I. - Ilaria Ingrao, Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Exploring Factors Influencing Entry into the Gig Economy: A Study of Chinese Workers - Mingming Li, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck - University of Innsbruck, Zhejiang University [Hangzhou, China] 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› FIRST RULE: KEEP PEDALLING. CO-THEORISING WITH FOOD-DELIVERY WORKERS HOW TO MAKE DIGITAL PLATFORMS CAPABILITY-ENHANCING. - Pietro Ghirlanda, Università degli Studi di Pavia [Italia] = University of Pavia [Italy] = Université de Pavie [Italie] 10:00-10:15 (15min)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

INCA Special Panel: BIG TECH POWER: NARRATIVES, LABOUR, INFRASTRUCTURES

Room C S. Cristina

› What do European say when they talk about GAFAM? - Edoardo Mollona, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna 09:00-09:15 (15min)

› Contested Amazonification: comparing Amazon workers' struggles in Italy and Poland - Mattia Frapporti, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Which alternative to Big Tech business model and corporate governance? - Maurilio Pirone, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Big Tech as Infrastructures - Niccolò Cuppini, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana = University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland [Manno] 09:45-10:00 (15min)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Environmental challenges

Seminar room SDE

› Delivering “Broken Promises” to Save the Planet: Climate Crisis, Breakdowns and Socio-Ecological Infrastructure in Platform Capitalism - Hiu Fung Chung, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto - Kaushar Mahetaji, University of Toronto - Ashique Ali Thuppilikkat, Faculty of Infromation, University of Toronto 09:00-09:15 (15min)

› Political ecology of digital labor: towards a Just Transition perspective - Emanuele Leonardi, University of Bologna - Maura Benegiamo, University of Pisa 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› A Sustainable Digital Growth? Labour, Energy and Environmental Challenges in the Data Center Sector - Giorgio Pirina, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna - Vando Borghi, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› The Hands of Digital Work: The Challenges of Climate Change for Logistics Workers - Leonardo Venancio, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo 09:45-10:00 (15min)

11:00 - 13:00 (2h)

Algorithmic management and labor control

Room A S. Cristina

› The fragmentation of working-time in the gig economy: an analysis of Uber drivers in Geneva using worker's data - Núria Sánchez-Mira, Université de Neuchâtel = University of Neuchatel 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› AI Under Capital: Technological Contradictions and Ideological Narratives in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Gabriel Ulbricht, Universidade Estadual de Campinas = University of Campinas 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Algorithmic management and labour control on freelance platforms - Mariana Fernandez Massi, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Algorithms and the politics of production in the platform economy - Kanikka Sersia, Graduate Institute of International and Development studies 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Data Work Management and the Procedural Rationality of AI - Lorenzo De Lellis, Ca' Foscari University [Venice, Italy] 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› From Workers to Oracles: Tracing Human-Machine Assemblages in the Production of AI - Iraklis Vogiatzis, Hellenic Open University [Patras], DiPlab research team 12:15-12:30 (15min)

11:00 - 13:00 (2h)

Emerging forms of individual and collective action in digitally mediated work

Room B S. Cristina

› Indifference, Rejection and Fragmentation: Understanding Organizational Attitudes Among Platform Delivery Workers in Mexico's Digital Labor Landscape - Minor Mora-Salas, Minor Mora Salas 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Platformization of Public Healthcare: Union Strategies and the Future of Medical Work in Sweden - Desirée Enlund, Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Relocation Without Borders: Migration Patterns and Economic Adaptation in Online Gig Work - Mengxi Wang, University of Passau 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› The local station as the contested space: the formation of variegated agency of food delivery platform riders in China - Shenyuan Zhang, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Thriving in the Digital Gig Economy: The Impact of Upskilling and Reskilling on Worker Success - Zixin Pan, Radboud University 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› Work mediated by digital platforms: ways and possibilities of resistance - CLARISSA MARANHÃO, Universidade Federal de Alagoas = Federal University of Alagoas 12:15-12:30 (15min)

11:00 - 13:00 (2h)

Platformisation and precariousness

Room C S. Cristina

› Segmented Workers, Unequal Opportunities for Contestation: Characterising Domestic Cleaners Across Digital and Formal Labour Markets in French-speaking Switzerland Using Mixed Methods - Camille Budon, University of Neuchatel - Sofia Kypraiou, University of Neuchatel, PersonalData.io 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Sunset Chasers: Life and Labour of Game Service Workers - Magnus Andersen, Roskilde University 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› “To Have Money but Not to Survive”: Reconciliation Narratives Among European Microworkers - Floor Fiers, Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht], University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› THE BRAZILIAN JUDICIARY AS AN AGENT OF DEREGULATION AND PRECARIZATION OF LABOR LAW - Eduardo Calixto, Universidade Federal do Parana [Curitiba] - Sidnei MACHADO, Universidade Federal do Parana [Curitiba] 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› The Precarious Labor Market of Digital Platforms in Chile: Companies, New Legal Frameworks and Workers. - Antonio Stecher, Universidad Diego Portales [Santiago - Chili] 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› Precarity in Motion: Gendered Experiences in India's Ride-Hailing Platform Work - Subhashri Sarkar, Subhashri Sarkar 12:15-12:30 (15min)

11:00 - 13:00 (2h)

Gender and digital labor

Seminar room SDE

› Platformisation of domestic & care work in India - Abhishek Nemuri, Independent researcher 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› The Digital Transformation and Continuities of Domestic and Care Work: Social Reproduction and the Role of Digital Labour Platforms (DLPs) in India - Chakma Kinchan, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India - Rahul Sapkal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Gender and digital labor in agricuture: setting a research agenda - Paola Mascheroni, Departamento de Sociología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› From Double to Triple Burden: Gender Stratification in the Latin American Data Annotation Gig Economy - Mushro Lauren, Johns Hopkins University 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Recalculating Route: mapping the experience of women drivers and delivery workers through digital platforms in Brazil. - Gabriela Siqueira Salomão, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Fairwork Brasil 12:00-12:15 (15min)

› “GENDERING” NEO-CRAFT WORK: FROM MASCULINISED DOMAIN TO FEMINISED PLATFORM LABOR - Gaia Casagrande, University of Milan 12:15-12:30 (15min)

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 (2h)

Algorithmic management and labor control

Room A S. Cristina

› From fragmentation to collectivity: resistance and reconstruction of union organisation among app delivery workers in Brazil - Marina Rosado Dias, Berlin School of Economics and Law 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› HETEROMATING MACHINES, ISOLATION AND INVISIBILITY: PREELIMINARY RESULTS ABOUT CHILEAN MICROWORKERS SUBJECTIVITY. - Diego Rivera, Universidad de Chile, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, FAIR 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Hidden Underbelly of the Silicon Valley: Data Work for Artificial Intelligence, Value Chains and Labour Markets Transformation. - Mophat Okinyi, Techworker Community Africa - Richard Mathenge, Techworker Community Africa - Mohammad Amir Anwar, The University of Edinburgh, University of Johannesburg [South Africa] 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› The protection of personal data in the context of AI systems used for professional purposes: a neglected issue - Ludovica Robustelli, Nantes Université 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Reconsidering the implementation of Artificial intelligence in call centre jobs: Ethnographic study - ISIRABAHENDA Gonzague, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai [Cluj-Napoca] 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› Migration, algorithmic governance, solidarity and resistance in the gig economy - Lutfun Nahar Lata, University of Melbourne 15:15-15:30 (15min)

14:00 - 16:00 (2h)

Emerging forms of individual and collective action in digitally mediated work

Room B S. Cristina

› AI Workers' rights litigation : AI - WORLd - Thomas LE BONNIEC, Télécom Paris 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Empowering AI's Invisible Workforce: Advancing Transparency and Data Protection for Data Workers. - James Oyange, African Content Moderators Union 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› “I Prefer the Mall to My Home”: Collective Resistance Through the Material and Affective Appropriation of Space - Costanza Ragazzi, Graduate Institute Geneva 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Dari Bayangan, Kami Bertarung “From the shadow we fight”. The ‘silent warriors' of Indonesia's electronic supply chain. - Davide Blotta, University of Urbino 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› From the certainty of injustice to the ambiguity of the fight: Exploring the app drivers protests in Brazil (March - April 2024) - Antônio Olegário Ferreira Neto, Universidade de São Paulo, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (Cebrap) - Alvaro Comin, Universidade de São Paulo, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (Cebrap) - Andre Scerb, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (Cebrap) 15:15-15:30 (15min)

14:00 - 16:00 (2h)

Technology as a tool for worker organization and collective action

Room C S. Cristina

› Algorithmic Tactics: Empowering Platform Workers through Collaborative Data Visualizations - Derly Sánchez Vargas, Universidad del Rosario [Bogota] 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Digital labour & challenges to collectizing in India's Online Food Delivery sector - Neha Arya, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› From Facebook Group to Policy Tables: The Digital Pathway to Organizing Gig Workers in Kenya - Frida Mwangi, Kenya Union of Gig workers (KUGWO), iWorkers Kenya, KaziRemote Limited 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Labouring on Digital Sexual Spaces: Experiences of South African OnlyFans Creators - Phiwokazi Qoza, University of Cape Town 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Meu Corre App: a tool co-created with Brazilian workers to understand the Gig Economy - IGOR DALLA VECCHIA, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg - Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› From Riders to Influencers: The "Gigfluencer" Phenomenon in Ridesourcing DLPs - Dhar Dipsita, Centre for Studies of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University - Ashique Ali Thuppilikkat, Faculty of Infromation, University of Toronto 15:15-15:30 (15min)

14:00 - 16:00 (2h)

Psycho-social and health-related risks

Aula Magna S. Cristina

› Working in the Shadows of the Gig Economy: Development and Validation of the Microworking Conditions Scale - Sofie Schuller, Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht] 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Health status and occupational risks in platform-based food delivery workers in France: a participatory study - Marwân-Al-Qays Bousmah, Institut Convergences Migrations [Aubervilliers], Centre Population et Développement, Institut national d'études démographiques 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› AI and digital technologies as psycho-social infrastructures of death anxiety and algorithmic hacking - Federico Giovannini, Independent researcher 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Title: From Silicon Scars to Solidarity: African Tech workers/Content Moderators' mental health and Collective Resistance to Algorithmic Trauma in the Global South - KAUNA IBRAHIM MALGWI, Digital rights and mental health initiative, Gamayyar African tech workers cooperative society, Uniglobal union, Communications workers union 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Technostress and the Health Related Risks on Content Production of Self-Employed Professionals: A Study with Brazilian Psychologists - Amanda Biazzi, Universidade Estadual de Maringá [Brasil] = State University of Maringá [Brazil] = Université d'État de Maringá [Brésil] 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› Content Moderation and Mental Well-Being in India and Kenya – A Legal Framework - Neha Vyas, Newcastle University, Centre for Transformative Regulation of Work - Abigail Osiki, University of Canterbury, Centre for Transformative Regulation of Work 15:15-15:30 (15min)

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

Platformisation and precariousness

Room Ardigò

› Leveraging Workforce Flexibility to Navigate Platform-Induced Uncertainty: A study of the Italian Restaurant and Hospitality Sectors - Jacopo Tramontano, Sapienza - University of Rome 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Navigating Changes: Technology, Migration, and the Future of Taxi Drivers in the Digital Age - SHAHANA PURVEEN, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) 14:15-14:30 (15min)

15:00 - 16:00 (1h)

Gender and digital labor

Room Ardigò

› Invisible Barriers: Gender and Algorithmic Discrimination in Food Delivery Platforms - Giulia Druetta, Lawyer at La comune Lawfirm 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› Remote Carework and the International Division of Reproductive Labor - Stephanie Santos, Cambridge Digital Humanities 15:15-15:30 (15min)

› AI Governance and Women's Labour: Decolonial and Gendered views on Chile's AI Policy - Daniela Horta, King's College London 15:30-15:45 (15min)

16:00 - 16:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Cloister

16:30 - 17:30 (1h)

Beyond Resistance. Digital Labor, Social Cooperation, and Infrastructural Struggles

Aula Magna S. Cristina

Sandro Mezzadra

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

17:30 - 18:00 (30min)

Closing remarks and INDL-9 reveal

Aula Magna S. Cristina

Uma Rani, Myriam Raymond, Mariana Fernández Massi, Julian Posada

Programme