Feminist Futures of Work : : Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy /

Feminist Futures of Work : : Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy / / edited by Payal Arora, René König, Usha Raman.

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The future of work is at the centre of debates related to the emerging digital society. Concerns range from the inclusion, equity, and dignity of those at the far end of the value chain, who participate on and off platforms, often in the shadows, invisible to policymakers, designers, and consumers....

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TeilnehmendeR:
Arora, Payal,
König, René,
Raman, Usha,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Digital Studies
Physical Description:1 online resource (294 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface (Gillian Dowie)
  • Introduction - The Tangled Web of Women in Work: A Feminist Account (Usha Raman, Payal Arora, and René König)
  • Design
  • 1. AI Design of Ride-hailing Platforms: A Feminist Analysis (Pallavi Bansal)
  • 2. Making Opportunities Inclusive for First-time Digital Users (Shrinath V)
  • 3. Globalized Creative Economies: Rethinking Local Craft, Provenance, and Platform Design (Laura Herman )
  • 4. Leveraging Platforms to Bridge the Gender Divide and Drive Inclusive Growth: Perspectives and Recommendations from India (Aishwarya Raman and Chhavi Banswal)
  • 5. Women Resellers in India's Gig Economy: From Access to Confidence (Achyutha Sharma)
  • 6. Whisper Networks and Workarounds: Negotiating Urban Company's Interface ( Sai Amulya Komarraju)
  • Governance
  • 1. Entrepreneurship in Collective Craft Economies in Bangladesh (Upasana Bhattacharjee)
  • 2. Enabling Women's Digital Participation: The Case for Meaningful Connectivity (Radhika Radhakrishnan, Ana María Rodríguez Pulgarín, and Teddy Woodhouse)
  • 3. Not Quite the Death of Distance in Chennai: Challenging the Resettlement Utopia of Perumbakkam (Sunitha Don Bosco and Maartje van Eerd)
  • 4. Superbrands-Too Big to Be Fair? (René König and Paula Wittenburg)
  • 5. Teachers in India and EdTech: A New Part of the Gig Economy? (Krishna Akhil Kumar Adavi and Aditi Surie)
  • 6. Migrant Workers and Digital Inclusion in the Construction Sector in India (Shweta Mahendra Chandrashekhar)
  • Networks
  • 1. What Lies in the Shadows of a Stakeholder Analysis? A Methodological Analysis to Contextualize the Lives of Women Workers in the Global South (Chinar Mehta)
  • 2. Why Stories Matter for Representation, Action, and Collectivization (Siddharth de Souza and Siddhi Gupta)
  • 3. Ethical Consumerism: Gig economy's Road Ahead (Brinda Gupta)
  • 4. Climate Change and the Future of Work in Developing Countries (Jamil Wyne)
  • 5. Challenging Capitalist Patriarchy and Negotiating for Women Worker Rights: Exploring the 'Right to Sit' Movement in Kerala (Anila Backer)
  • 6. Digital Leisure and Aspirational Work among Venezuelan Refugee and Migrant Women in Brazil (Daniela Jaramillo-Dent, Julia Camargo, Payal Arora, Amanda Alencar, John Warnes, and Erika Pérez)
  • Vision
  • 1. Beyond Underpaid Women and Robots: Towards a Better Future of Care Work (Sharmi Surianarain and Kathryn (Kate) Boydell)
  • 2. Work and Place: The Non-Boundaries of Women's Work (Usha Raman)
  • 3. The Future of Dishonourable Work (Payal Arora)
  • 4. The Future of Development Innovation and Finance is Feminist (Ramona Liberoff)
  • 5. Rethinking a Crippled Society (Soumita Basu)
  • Conclusion
  • Defining FemWork for Labour Futures (Payal Arora, Usha Raman, and René König)
  • Index
  • List of Tables, Graphs, and Images.

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