Rider Platforms

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ID4436945
AuthorsRafael Grohmann (0000-0003-1063-8668, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume120
Issue4
Pages839-852
Publication date2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth Atlantic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-2876 • E-ISSN: 1527-8026
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00382876-9443392
OpenAlexW4200514828
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited13

The aim of this article is to analyze the emergence of worker-owned platforms-whether cooperatives or collectives-as a laboratory of platform labor, considering the circulation of workers' struggles. The research involves six cases in three different countries (Spain, France, Brazil) according to the following dimensions: productive processes and work organization, technological challenges and building platforms, use of social media to communicate with and organize workers, cooperation among cooperatives, and the future of worker-owned experiences. The analysis highlights that, despite different contexts, there are issues in common, such as the low number of workers, the central role of social media for communicating and organizing work, and the emergence of cooperation among cooperatives. This is an ongoing and emerging process that can be the beginning of a broader process of reinventing local economic circuits of production and consumption that involves digital platforms for the common good

Business · Circulation (fluid dynamics) · Consumption (sociology) · Economics · Political science · Process (computing) · Production (economics) · Public relations · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Marketing · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Social and Economic Solidarity

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