This academic panel brings together research on the potential for cooperative models among refugees and sex workers, as well as an exploration of collective action among food couriers.
“Collective Action Among Uyghur Food Couriers in the Platform Economy”
Gulinigaer Yishake (City University of Hong Kong)
“Reclaiming Autonomy: An Anti-Work Manifesto for Sex Workers”
Josie West (King’s College London)
“Between Platform Capitalism and Platform Cooperativism: A Collaborative Network Model of Platform Work for Refugees”
Michelle Lee (Northwestern University)
Discussion moderated by Professor Shaun Pather (University of the Western Cape)
Speakers
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Gulinigaer Yishake Ph.D. student at City University of Hong Kong
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Shaun Pather Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Professor of Information Systems, University of the Western Cape
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Josie West Ph.D. in digital humanities, King’s College London
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Michelle Lee Ph.D. student in Sociology, Northwestern University