28.04.2023

Departmental Seminar: Book Launch: Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy – Amazon and the Power of Organization

Sarrah Kassem, IfP, Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 16:15 - 18:00, IfP, Room 124 or via Zoom

Once hidden behind the veils of entrepreneurship, it is now clear that platforms are reshaping the world of work, and Amazon has been a forerunner in setting the trend.

In this talk, Sarrah Kassem will be presenting her newly published book which examines two key and contrasting Amazon platforms that differ in how they organize workers: its e-commerce platform and digital labor platform (Mechanical Turk). With access to the people who are working at the heart of these platforms, it explores how different working conditions alienate workers, and how, despite these conditions, workers organize within their political-economic contexts to express their agency in traditional and alternative ways.

This talk is open to the public and will be followed by a reception that you are welcome to join!

You can also join us online: zoom.us/j/95858324623