Salve a tutt*, Sono lieto di annunciare che il 5° Convegno del nostro International Network on Digital Labor (INDL) si terrà ad Atene dal 3 al 5 novembre 2022. Organizzato dall'Università nazionale e capodistriana di Atene, dal mio gruppo di ricerca DiPLab (Digital Platform Labor) a Parigi, dall'Organizzazione internazionale del lavoro di Ginevra e dall'Istituto del lavoro della Confederazione generale dei lavoratori greci (GSEE), il colloquio si concentrerà sull'economia delle piattaforme, sull'automazione, sull'impatto della crisi sanitaria sul telelavoro, sul micro-lavoro, sulla soggettività al lavoro e sul ruolo dei sindacati nell'era dell'IA e della gestione algoritmica. Spero vorrete condividere con chiunque sia interessato l'annuncio su questa pagina web: https://diplab.eu/indl-5-features-and-futures-of-digital-labor-3-5-november-... Di seguito, il bando di concorso (deadline per inviare una proposta: 15 luglio 2022). Cari saluti, Antonio --- INDL-5: FEATURES AND FUTURES OF DIGITAL LABOR • Department of Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens • Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Telecom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris • DiPLab (Digital Platform Labor), Telecom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris • International Labor Organization • Labor Institute of the General Confederation of Greek Workers The INDL (International Network on Digital Labor) project started as ENDL (the “E” standing for “European”) 5 years ago with an inaugural meeting in Paris. Since then, it has expanded internationally, and its members have organized larger conferences in Paris (2019), Toronto (2019), Milan (2020), and Edinburgh (2021). INDL’s next conference will take place on November 3-5, 2022 in Athens and will be the first entirely in-person meeting since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The network encourages the participation of researchers in all academic stages and from any part of the world. Call for submissions The concept of digital labor is central to the digital transformation of society. New jobs like online freelancing, gig-work, and remote crowdwork are made possible by digital intermediaries. Under the impetus of work from home, conventional jobs have changed to teleconferencing and have introduced algorithmic management. Despite the pervasiveness of this phenomenon, the notion of digital labor remains elusive. Different disciplines and fields in the social and economic sciences, political theory, law, and philosophy have attempted to capture the attributes of labor in the digital age. These academic endeavors take place against the backdrop of the rise of platformization of work and the introduction of new activities that produce data and meanings for large sociotechnical systems. Thus, digital labor not only necessitates the transformation of the traditional concepts and methodologies we employ to study this essential human activity but also calls for a new understanding of labor relations to overcome the looming threats of unfair remuneration, job instability, harsh working conditions, lack of social grounding and, very often, self-alienation. This conference aims to map these new working environments by connecting different disciplines and fostering dialogue around the nature of digital work, as well as the possible futures that academic research may help bring about. PRACTICAL INFO Venue: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Dates: 3-5 November 2022 ➢ Please send your abstract (max. 300 words excluding title) to: contact@indl.network ➢ Deadline for submission: 15/07/22 ➢ Acceptance notification: 10/08/22 For registration: TBA TOPICS A non-exhaustive list of topics to be addressed by the conference: 1. New forms of digital labor a. Atypical work and platforms b. New types of contracts c. Digital labor platforms and labor as a service d. Platformization of remote work e. Covid-19 and the great “work-from-home experiment” 2. The transformation of the working subject a. Issues of personal identity (fragmentation, self-alienation) b. Emergent classes (digital nomads, precariat, cybertariat etc.) 3. Digital labor and economic theory a. Digital labor and value theory b. Surveillance as value-producing mechanism c. Cryptomining and new forms of capital accumulation d. From commodification to ‘assetization’ of work 4. Digital labor and inequalities 5. Digital labor and the Global Souths a. Coloniality b. Global supply networks c. Migrations d. Labor arbitrage e. Global workers’ competition 6. Digital labor and career development a. What jobs are available to former platform workers? b. Competency development c. Formal and informal skills d. Workforce polarization e. Platform labor and unemployment/underemployment 7. Organizing digital workers a. Negotiating the algorithm b. Unions and platforms c. Platform cooperativism d. Global digital activism and platform labor e. Labor regulations and digital markets f. Patterns of professional regulation g. Emerging working subjectivities SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Paola Tubaro (CNRS), Antonio Casilli (Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris), Clément Le Ludec (Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris), Milagros Miceli (The DAIR Institute & Weizenbaum-Institut), Julian Posada (University of Toronto & Yale University), Uma Rani (International Labor Organization), Manolis Patiniotis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Iraklis Vogiatzis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Valia Aranitou (University of Crete), Christos Goulas (Labor Institute of the General Confederation of Greek Workers), Manos Spiridakis (University of the Peloponnese).