This panel explores the current status and potential of the cooperative digital landscape in India. Is there an “Indian” context distinct from the growth of platform cooperatives elsewhere? What can we learn from the growth of platform cooperatives outside of India? What is gained, and at what expense, in the platformization process and, who will benefit from these changes? What opportunities and constraints do the broad cooperative sectors present for platform cooperative development? How can platform cooperators bridge the immense digital divide?
Speakers
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Arun M Program Head, International Center for Free and Open Source Software
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Anita Gurumurthy Executive Director, IT for Change
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Vibodh Parthasarathi Associate Professor, Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia
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Sonia George General Secretary, SEWA-Kerala
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Aman Bardia Assistant Director, Platform Cooperativism Consortium
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Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur Ph.D. student, The Institute of Development Studies, and SEWA Cooperative Federation