Tiziano Bonini & Emiliano Treré: The Emergence of Algorithmic Solidarity

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Algorithms increasingly shape our lives across a variety of social domains, including politics, culture, financial systems, and labour. In this talk, based on a forthcoming book with MIT Press, the authors zoom in on how algorithmic systems govern the work of gig workers – and particularly riders – in different countries around the world. Professor Tiziano Bonini from the University of Siena and Professor Emiliano Treré from Cardiff University reflect on their recent work, “The Algorithmic Resistance Project,” a study that focuses on the behaviors of delivery service drivers which aims at advocating for digital equity. Their research focuses on digital activism and social movements in critical data studies, with an emphasis on Latin America and the global south. The lecture shows how riders are able to adapt, resist and react to these systems and develop new forms of resistance through algorithms, as well as solidarity around algorithms.

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