[Commlist] New Book: Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy

New Book Announcement: Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in 
the Digital Economy (Open Access)

Edited by: Payal Arora , Usha Raman and René König (Volume 2 in the 
series Digital Studies)

Access to free pdf of book: https://shorturl.at/noLQ2 
<https://shorturl.at/noLQ2>

*About this book:*

The future of work is at the center of debates related to the emerging 
digital society. Concerns range from the inclusion, equity, and dignity 
of those at the far end of the value chain, who participate on and off 
platforms, often in the shadows, invisible to policymakers, designers, 
and consumers. Precarity and informality characterize this largely 
female workforce, across sectors ranging from artisanal work to salon 
services to ride hailing and construction. A feminist reimagining of the 
futures of work—what we term as “FemWork” —is the need of the day and 
should manifest in multiple and various forms, placing the worker at the 
core and drawing on her experiences, aspirations, and realities. This 
volume offers grounded insights from academic, activist, legal, 
development and design perspectives that can help us think through these 
inclusive futures and possibly create digital, social, and governance 
infrastructures of work that are fairer and more meaningful.

*Editors information:*

Payal Arora is a digital anthropologist and author of award-winning 
books, including The Next Billion Users with Harvard Press. Her 
expertise lies in digital cultures, inequality, and inclusive design. 
She is a Professor and Chair in Technology, Values, and Global Media 
Cultures at Erasmus University, and Co-Founder of FemLab.Co, a future of 
work initiative.

Usha Raman is a professor in the Department of Communication, University 
of Hyderabad. Her research and teaching span the areas of journalism 
pedagogy, critical studies of science, health and technology, feminist 
media studies, and digital culture. She was elected Vice President of 
IAMCR for the period 2020-2024. She is co-founder of FemLab.Co, an 
IDRC-funded initiative on feminist futures of work.

René König is a sociologist interested in the co-evolution of the 
internet and society. He has worked in the field of Technology 
Assessment and is currently a PhD student at the University of Stuttgart.

*Table of Contents:*

Preface: Gillian Dowie

INTRODUCTION

The Tangled Web of Women in Work: A Feminist Account (Usha Raman, Payal 
Arora and René König)

DESIGN

1. AI Design of Ride-hailing Platforms : A Feminist Analysis of Workers’ 
Precarity (Pallavi Bansal)

2. Making Opportunities Inclusive for First-time Digital Users (V. Shrinath)

3. Globalized Creative Economies : Rethinking Local Craft, Provenance, 
and Platform Design (Laura Herman)

4. Leveraging Platforms to Bridge the Gender Divide and Drive Inclusive 
Growth: Perspectives and Recommendations from India (Aishwarya Raman and 
Chhavi Banswal)

5. Women Resellers in India’s Gig Economy: From Access to Confidence 
(Achyutha Sharma)

6. Whisper Networks and Workarounds : Negotiating Urban Company’s 
Interface (Sai Amulya Komarraju)

GOVERNANCE

7. Entrepreneurs Craft the Future of Collective Artisanal Economies in 
Bangladesh (Upasana Bhattacharjee)

8. Enabling Women’s Digital Participation : The Case for Meaningful 
Connectivity (Radhika Radhakrishnan, Ana María Rodríguez Pulgarín and 
Teddy Woodhouse)

9. Not Quite the Death of Distance in Chennai : Challenging the 
Resettlement Utopia of Perumbakkam (Sunitha Don Bosco and Maartje van Eerd)

10. Superbrands—Too Big to be Fair? (René König and Paula Wittenburg)

11. Teachers in India and EdTech: A New Part of the Gig Economy? 
(Krishna Akhil Kumar Adavi and Aditi Surie)

12. Migrant Workers and Digital Inclusion in the Construction Sector in 
India (Shweta Mahendra Chandrashekhar)

NETWORKS

13. What Lies in the Shadows of a Stakeholder Analysis? A Methodological 
Analysis to Contextualize the Lives of Women Workers in the Global South 
(Chinar Mehta)

14. Why Stories Matter for Representation, Action, and Collectivization 
(Siddharth Peter de Souza and Siddhi Gupta)

15. Ethical Consumerism: Gig Economy’s Road Ahead (Brinda Gupta)

16. Converging Forces : Navigating Climate Change and the Future of Work 
in Developing Countries (Jamil Wyne)

17. Challenging Capitalist Patriarchy and Negotiating for Women Worker 
Rights: Exploring the “Right to Sit” Movement in Kerala (Anila Backer)

18. Digital Leisure and Aspirational Work among Venezuelan Refugee and 
Migrant Women in Brazil (Daniela Jaramillo-Dent, Julia Camargo, Payal 
Arora, Amanda Alencar, John Warnes and Erika Pérez)

VISION

19. Beyond Underpaid Women and Robots : Towards a Better Future of Care 
Work (Kathryn Kate Boydell and Sharmi Surianarain)

20. Work and Place: The Non-Boundaries of Women’s Work (Usha Raman)

21. The Future of Dishonourable Work (Payal Arora)

22. The Future of Development Innovation and Finance is Feminist (Ramona 
Liberoff)

23. Rethinking a Crippled Society (Soumita Basu)

Conclusion: Defining FemWork for Labour Futures (Payal Arora, Usha Raman 
and René König)

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