PhD Symposium, The Future of the Platform Economy and Platform Work October 27-28, 2021 Free and open event Hosts: DigiLabour Research Lab, Unisinos University, and Dimmons,IN3, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya REGISTRATION LINK: https://digilabour-br.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MX_10ZCdSfCXNBP chWNkTA Check your time zone: https://www.timeanddate.com/ October 27 08AM BRT/GMT-3 – 1 PM GMT+2 – Opening Session Rafael Grohmann, Unisinos University Melissa Renau Cano, Open University of Catalonia 08:15AM BRT/GMT-3 – 1:15 PM GMT+2: Content Creation: Evidence From China, Europe, the US and West Africa Yin Liang (Durham University) – A typology of content creative platforms: evidence from the UK, the US and China Jordan Duran (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) – Centering the platform in content creation: the role of monetization in creators’ relational work and identity Tugce Bidav (Maynooth University) – Global platform, local labour: YouTube Creators in Ireland and Turkey Godwin Simon (Queensland University of Technology) – Adapting to platform logics: platform practices among YouTube-centric Nollywood filmmakers Discussants Taina Bucher (University of Oslo) Arturo Arriagada (Adolfo Ibáñez University) 10:30AM BRT/GMT-3 – 3:30 PM GMT+2- Platform Work Across Different Sectors Konstantinos Floros (IT University of Copenhagen) – Danish housecleaning platforms: producing, governing and resisting flexibility in the platform economy Lan Li (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) – Online Freelancing for Data Scientists Julian Posada (University of Toronto) – Support Networks in Platform Work Pedro Veiga de Almeida (University of Massachusetts – Amherst) – Rethinking Digital Consumption Ruth Livier Nuñez (University of California, Los Angeles – UCLA) – Injustice by Design: A Chicana/Latina feminist analysis of Amazon’s ACX labor platform Discussants Julie Chen (University of Toronto) Julia Ticona (University of Pennsylvania) Maria Clara Aquino (Unisinos University) 12:30PM BRT/GMT-3 – 5:30 PM GMT+2 Gamers, Streamers, Subtitlers, and Cosplayers: Work Conditions and Platform Practices Christine Tran (University of Toronto) – Pink-Collar playbour: the digital housework of video game livestreaming Beatriz Blanco (Unisinos University) – Visibility labor and feminist activism among gaming streamers in Brazil Suryansu Guha (University of California, Los Angeles – UCLA) – Scribes for hire: the work of subtitling and the changing contours of precarity in the Indian creative industries Beatrys Rodrigues (Cornell University) – “Becoming Waifu” – Cosplayers’ commodification of digitally mediated intimacy Discussants Michael Siciliano (Queen’s University) Angèle Christin (Stanford University) Adriana Amaral (Unisinos University) 3PM BRT/GMT-3– 8 PM GMT+2 – Workshop 1: Co-designed strategic planning and agile project management for PhD candidates Enric Senabre Hidalgo (Dimmons Research Group, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya/ Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Université de Paris) October 28 08AM BRT/GMT-3 – 1 PM GMT+2 – Platform Cooperativism: current challenges in the platform economy and platform work Chenai Chair (Mozilla Foundation), Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur (SEWA Cooperative Federation), Denise Kasparian (University of Buenos Aires), and Vera Vidal (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) – Building feminist platform cooperatives: initial reflections from the fields Damion Bunders (Rotterdam School of Management) – Member participation in digital cooperatives: Silicon law of oligarchy or democratic disruptor? Lorena Vilarins (University of Brasília) – Platform cooperativism and the challenge of confronting the hegemonic political economy Rashid Owoyele (The Weizenbaum Institute) – Design for Economic Transformation — cooperativist futures Discussants Francesca Martinelli (Fondazione Centro Studi Doc) Rafael Grohmann (Unisinos University) 10:30AM BRT/GMT-3 – 3:30 PM GMT+2: Algorithmic Management and Feminist Approaches in Last-Mile Delivery and Ride-Hailing Platforms Kalle Kusk Gjetting (Aarhus University) – Lenient algorithmic management: Ethnographic research on a food delivery platform in Scandinavia Onat Kibaroglu (National University of Singapore) – Gojek as City Pallavi Bansal (Erasmus University Rotterdam) – Feminist approaches to ride-hailing sector in India Francesco Bonifacio (Catholic University, Milan) – Resistance or expertise? Reframing riders’ interaction with algorithms, exploring workers’ distinctions. Discussants: Noopur Raval (AI Now Institute, New York University) Gavin Mueller (University of Amsterdam) 1PM BRT/GMT-3 / 6 PM GMT+2 – Workshop 2: Dissemination of Research Beyond Journals Rafael Grohmann (DigiLabour Research Lab, Unisinos University) and Adriana Amaral (CultPop Lab, Unisinos University) 3PM BRT/GMT-3 – 8 PM GMT+2 – Closing Keynote: Lilly Irani (University of California, San Diego) “Turkopticon: From Software to Worker Organization” If you have any queries or doubts, send an email to hello@digilabour.com.br Best, Rafael Grohmann