[ecrea] one day workshop on the 'gig economy' / Deal or Ordeal?

Please see below a one day workshop on the 'gig economy' organised by 
the Centre for Digital Culture at King's College, London on 5 June, 2017.


/The Gig Economy: Deal or Ordeal?/


Organised by the Centre for Digital Culture, Department of Digital 
Humanities (King's College, London) in collaboration with ENDL - 
European Network on Digital Labour research.


Contacts: Dr Alessandro Gandini (Digital Humanities), 
(alessandro.gandini /at/ kcl.ac.uk) <mailto:(alessandro.gandini /at/ kcl.ac.uk)> and 
Dr Wing-Fai Leung (CMCI), (wing_fai.leung /at/ kcl.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(wing_fai.leung /at/ kcl.ac.uk)>


When: 5 June, 2016


Where: King's College, Waterloo Campus, Franklin Wilkins Building - Room 
1.71


This workshop aims to discuss the rise of the mode of nonstandard 
employment described as a ‘gig economy’, and its significance in the 
current post-crisis, post-class and ‘populist’ scenario. Digital 
platforms today intermediate work processes to a significant extent, 
fostering an ‘on-demand’ rationale and regulating workers’ revenue 
stream through undisclosed algorithmic elaboration. This poses new 
challenges to workers and unions in relation to forms of mobilisation, 
solidarity and class relations. This workshop aims to bring together a 
group of academics and activists from media and communication studies, 
digital culture, sociology, critical management and beyond, to question 
the rise of the ‘gig economy’ and discuss the potential long-term 
consequences of its emergence.


The event is free to attend and there are still a few places left to 
register.


For all details on the programme and to register your attendance go to: 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gig-economy-deal-or-ordeal-tickets-34316850624



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