Idioma:

Unpaid labour and territorial extraction in digital value networks

Howson, Kelle ; Johnston, Hannah ; Cole, Matthew ; Ferrari, Fabian ; Ustek-Spilda, Funda ; Graham, Mark

Texto completo disponível

Citações Citado por

Título:
Unpaid labour and territorial extraction in digital value networks
Autor: Howson, Kelle ; Johnston, Hannah ; Cole, Matthew ; Ferrari, Fabian ; Ustek-Spilda, Funda ; Graham, Mark
Assuntos: Global commodity ; Global production networks ; Governance ; Ict ; Survey ; Value chains
Notas: Global Networks 23(4), 732-754 (2023)
1470-2266
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/431320
Descrição: Production in knowledge and data-intensive industries is powered by work that can, in theory, be done from anywhere, via cloudwork platforms. Cloudwork platforms govern data value chains in distinct ways to concentrate power and extract value at the global scale. We argue that unpaid labour is a systemic mechanism of accumulation in these digital value networks. In this paper we demonstrate how it is tied to platform business models and facilitated by elements of platform governance including monopsony power, a high degree of spatial flexibility in sourcing labour, regulatory unaccountability and digital enclosure. We draw on a survey of 699 workers on 14 platforms in 74 countries to show that unpaid labour is an engine of South–North value extraction, and workers in the global South perform more unpaid labour than counterparts in the global North. Our findings have important ramifications our understanding of the changing international division of labour and platform capitalism.
Data de criação/publicação: 2023-10
Idioma: Inglês

Voltar para lista de resultados

Anterior Resultado 9 Avançar Ir para próxima página