Once hidden behind the veils of entrepreneurship, it is now clear that platforms are reshaping the world of work, and Amazon has been a forerunner in setting the trend.

In this talk, Sarrah Kassem will be presenting her newly published book which examines two key and contrasting Amazon platforms that differ in how they organize workers: its e-commerce platform and digital labor platform (Mechanical Turk). With access to the people who are working at the heart of these platforms, it explores how different working conditions alienate workers, and how, despite these conditions, workers organize within their political-economic contexts to express their agency in traditional and alternative ways.

Spreker

Sarrah Kassem is Lecturer and Research Associate in Political Economy at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Tübingen.

Praktische informatie

• Datum: donderdag 25 mei  2023
• Locatie: Roeterseilandcampus, 1e etage, ruimte B1.03 of online
• Tijdstip: 11:00-12:00 uur

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