Civic Hacknight #519: Worker-Owned Intersectional Technology: Lessons from Brazil and Argentina
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Topic:
Worker-Owned Intersectional Technology: Lessons from Brazil and Argentina
Rafael Grohmann will share insights from the Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP) project, conducted with six tech and delivery collectives and cooperatives in Brazil and Argentina, and explore how these lessons can inspire Toronto communities toward worker-led digital futures.
Speaker:
Assistant Professor of Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) at the University of Toronto and research associate at the University of Oxford. He is founding editor of Platforms & Society journal and leader of the DigiLabour initiative. His research focuses on digital labour, AI and work, workers' organizing, platform cooperativism, and the digital solidarity economy, with a particular focus on Latin America.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
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Civic Hacknight #519: Worker-Owned Intersectional Technology: Lessons from Brazil and Argentina
Topic:
Worker-Owned Intersectional Technology: Lessons from Brazil and Argentina
Rafael Grohmann will share insights from the Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP) project, conducted with six tech and delivery collectives and cooperatives in Brazil and Argentina, and explore how these lessons can inspire Toronto communities toward worker-led digital futures.
Speaker:
Assistant Professor of Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) at the University of Toronto and research associate at the University of Oxford. He is founding editor of Platforms & Society journal and leader of the DigiLabour initiative. His research focuses on digital labour, AI and work, workers' organizing, platform cooperativism, and the digital solidarity economy, with a particular focus on Latin America.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
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