Trebor sara' a Roma alla Camera per un incontro organizzato dall'intergruppo innovazione il giorno 22 alle 830. se qualcuno fosse interessato ad assistere, me lo faccia sapere che vedo cosa si puo' fare.. ciao, s. On 07/06/2016 12:09, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
From the Corporate Sharing Economy to Platform Cooperativism
Trebor Scholz, scholar-activist and Associate Professor for Culture & Media at The New School in New York City, and expert in sharing consumerism. The event is co-organized by CCCBLab and the Dimmons research group of the IN3
The CCCB will host the conference " From the Corporate Sharing Economy to Platform Cooperativism <http://www.cccb.org/en/activitats/fitxa/de-la-economia-collaborativa-al-coop...>" by Trebor Scholz <http://www.cccb.org/en/participants/fitxa/trebor-scholz/223892>. The event is organized jointly with the Dimmons <http://dimmons.net/> research group of the IN3, and the collaboration of Procomuns.net, IGOP.net, P2Pvalue and BCNActiva.
The presentation will be led by Mayo Fuster <http://www.cccb.org/en/participants/fitxa/mayo-fuster/45356>, director of the Dimmons group about sharing economy. The session will be held in _English_ and there will be _Spanish simultaneous translation_. This activity _can be seen live_ from the CCCB website. _Free admission but seating is limited_.
Trebor Scholz is the author of the book entitled /Cooperativismo de plataforma. Desafiando la economía colaborativa corporativa/ (Dimmons, 2016). The book is an essay on mistrust being created in sharing consumerism. Big companies are eliminating democratic values such as responsibility labor, workers' rights, etc., and Scholz introduces the concept of platform cooperativism to propose an economic movement that benefits most citizens.
Cases such as Airbnb, Uber or eBay have popularised the concept of sharing economy. Digital platforms allow for the exchange of products and services, defying the business model of traditional companies. In many cases, though, the expansion of these platforms goes against the rights of their workforces. All these dilemmas and their alternatives will be discussed by Trebor Scholz.
For Scholz, however, these software companies have created markets where they did not exist before, basing them on the infrastructure of other people: your car, your apartment, your time… Logistics companies where the intermediary gets paid and the employees lose their working rights: no unemployment, no social security and no retirement. Scholz highlights that we need to understand the long-term implications of these platforms and consider alternatives. Platform cooperativism matches the technology of digital platforms with a cooperative organisation model. It also asks the question of what would happen if the Internet was used and ruled in a different way, bringing the economy closer to its citizens in a way that benefited everyone.
*Trebor Scholz* is a scholar-activist and Associate Professor for Culture & Media at The New School in New York City. His book /Uber-Worked and Underpaid. How Workers Are Disrupting the Digital Economy/ (Polity, 2016) develops an analysis of the challenges posed by digital labor and introduces the concept of platform cooperativism as a way of joining the peer-to-peer and co-op movements with online labor markets while insisting on communal ownership and democratic governance. In 2009, Scholz started to convene the influential digital labor conferences at The New School. Today, he frequently presents on the future of work, solidarity, and the Internet to media scholars, lawyers, activists, designers, developers, union leaders, and policymakers worldwide. His articles and ideas have appeared in /The Nation/, /The Chronicle of Higher Education/, /Le Monde/ and /The Washington Post/.
Where: The Mirador - CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, c/ Montalegre, 5, 08001 Barcelona When: Thursday, 09 June 2016 (18:30 - 20:30)
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