To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism

Autores
Fagioli, Andrea
Año de publicación
2021
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This paper addresses the relation between capital and digital labour in the context of so-called platform capitalism. Based on the taxonomy proposed by A. Casilli – on-demand labour, crowdwork or microwork, and social media labour – I argue that the concept of exploitation is not sufficient to fully account for the logic of platform capitalism, as it only makes up one of its dimensions. The other central dimension is that which targets data capture, which I call, using Harvey’s term, ‘dispossession’. Far from proposing a fixed delimitation of the concept of labour, I argue that the two dimensions operate together and, in many cases, it is difficult to isolate them, but they do demand the invention of different political strategies.
Fil: Fagioli, Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales; Argentina
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PLATFORM CAPITALISM
DIGITAL LABOUR
DISPOSSESSION
BIG DATA
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism
title To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism
spellingShingle To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism
Fagioli, Andrea
PLATFORM CAPITALISM
DIGITAL LABOUR
DISPOSSESSION
BIG DATA
title_short To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism
title_full To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism
title_fullStr To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism
title_full_unstemmed To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism
title_sort To exploit and dispossess: The twofold logic of platform capitalism
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fagioli, Andrea
author Fagioli, Andrea
author_facet Fagioli, Andrea
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv PLATFORM CAPITALISM
DIGITAL LABOUR
DISPOSSESSION
BIG DATA
topic PLATFORM CAPITALISM
DIGITAL LABOUR
DISPOSSESSION
BIG DATA
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper addresses the relation between capital and digital labour in the context of so-called platform capitalism. Based on the taxonomy proposed by A. Casilli – on-demand labour, crowdwork or microwork, and social media labour – I argue that the concept of exploitation is not sufficient to fully account for the logic of platform capitalism, as it only makes up one of its dimensions. The other central dimension is that which targets data capture, which I call, using Harvey’s term, ‘dispossession’. Far from proposing a fixed delimitation of the concept of labour, I argue that the two dimensions operate together and, in many cases, it is difficult to isolate them, but they do demand the invention of different political strategies.
Fil: Fagioli, Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales; Argentina
description This paper addresses the relation between capital and digital labour in the context of so-called platform capitalism. Based on the taxonomy proposed by A. Casilli – on-demand labour, crowdwork or microwork, and social media labour – I argue that the concept of exploitation is not sufficient to fully account for the logic of platform capitalism, as it only makes up one of its dimensions. The other central dimension is that which targets data capture, which I call, using Harvey’s term, ‘dispossession’. Far from proposing a fixed delimitation of the concept of labour, I argue that the two dimensions operate together and, in many cases, it is difficult to isolate them, but they do demand the invention of different political strategies.
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CONICET Digital
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