[Commlist] Graduate Colloquium on Digital Labour

CfP: Graduate Colloquium on Digital Labour – University of Toronto, 
October 3, 2019

The International Network on Digital Labour is an association of 
scholars working on the different aspects of the relation between work 
and digital technology. In its desire to integrate young scholars and 
foster collaborations with senior members, the network has launched a 
first series of graduate colloquia to take place during its 2019 events. 
The 1st INDL colloquium was part of the conference "Microwork platforms" 
that we organized in Paris in June. This second call for participants 
aims to select papers to be presented during a workshop on "Robots and 
Labour" that will take place at the University of Toronto on October 3rd.

The colloquium will welcome all graduate students (master's & PhD) in 
different stages of their research who work on the many aspects of 
computer-mediated work, platform economies, online value production, 
automation, robotics, and tech-enabled outsourcing. It aims to give 
junior researchers the chance to interact with other scholars working in 
similar areas of interest, and discuss their current projects, 
methodological issues and receive advice on the thesis writing process 
and career prospects. Please note that, while the registration to the 
colloquium is free, the network cannot provide funding for travel or 
accommodation in Toronto.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics:
* labour and robotics
* the gig economy
* work in the sharing economy
* the gendered and racialized nature of digital labour
* technology and precarious labour
* automation and labour
* platform capitalism
* freelancing
* data as labour
* social media and labour
* online content creation
* playbour
* platform co-operativism
* technology and the commons
* cultures of digital work

Participation in the colloquium is limited. Interested applicants should 
prepare a two-page summary of their current project that indicate their 
research context, hypotheses or research questions, methods, issues, 
progress to date, and a brief statement indicating their interest in the 
colloquium. These documents should be addressed to 
(julian.posada /at/ mail.utoronto.ca) <mailto:(julian.posada /at/ mail.utoronto.ca)>.

Key dates
Deadline for submission: July 19, 2019
Acceptance notification: From July 31, 2019
Colloquium: October 3, 2019
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