Hello, I hope you are doing well. I'm writing to invite you to a launch event on 'Platforms, Power and Politics: Digital Labour in India' being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS). The event will launch studies on digital labour in India in three dominant industries: logistics, transportation, and domestic and care work. The studies were undertaken by researchers (currently and previously) hosted at CIS: Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Anushree Gupta, Noopur Raval, Sarah Zia, and Simiran Lalvani. Using deep ethnographic work, each of the studies highlights contours of power, control, and resistance that shape the experience and outcomes of working for digital platforms. Through the presentations and discussions that follow, we hope to unpack strategies for holding platforms accountable, and implications for platform and policy design. The concept note for the event and a reading list are available here: https://cis-india.org/raw/platforms-power-and-politics-digital-labour-in-ind... Date: July 28, 2021 Time: 5pm - 6.45pm IST (11.30am-1.15pm UTC) Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dK1i_pvXSTSXS2gNq80qFA We hope you are able to join us at the launch event, and look forward to seeing you there. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Thanks and regards, Ambika -- Ambika Tandon Senior Researcher The Centre for Internet and Society