[csaa-forum] ANU Sociology Seminar Series: "The Economies of Life in the Platform Economy: Social Reproduction, Depletion, and Disposability", A/Prof Oscar Javier Maldonado Castañeda

[Thao Phan]

Hi all, we’re pleased to announce details for the next event in the School
of Sociology Seminar Series which may be of interest for members of the
CSAA community.

All the best,
Thao

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*The Economies of Life in the Platform Economy: Social Reproduction,
Depletion, and Disposability*

https://sociology.cass.anu.edu.au/events/economies-life-platform-economy-social-reproduction-depletion-and-disposability



Speaker: A/Prof Oscar Javier Maldonado Castañeda, Universidad del Rosario



Date: Monday 24 March

Time: 12-1pm

Location: Room 4.69 RSSS Building

Chair: Matt Withers



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*The Economies of Life in the Platform Economy: Social Reproduction,
Depletion, and Disposability*



This paper examines the dynamics of the platform economy through the lens
of social reproduction theory and feminist technoscience approaches to
economics and capitalism. Both perspectives converge in their focus on
situating bodies and the embodied experience of working and existing at the
core of capitalist exploitation. Drawing on data from the action-research
project Fairwork Colombia—an initiative that evaluates digital platform
working conditions—Oscar analyses the different temporalities of gig work
in relation to the life cycle of platform workers.


He explores the short-term temporality of platform labor by examining
nutrition and its role in social reproduction and health depletion. In
contrast, He discusses the long-term temporality of aging and the prolonged
depletion of workers’ well-being. Finally, he addresses the risks and
atemporality of death (including accidents and occupational hazards),
highlighting the disposability of workers' lifetimes within the platform
economy.


*Oscar Javier Maldonado Castañeda* is Associate Professor in the Department
of Sociology at Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia). His area of
research is the social studies of science and technology. Recently, he has
centered his research in the study of the digital economy and mixed and
digital research methods for Social Sciences. He is currently Director of
the Digital and Inventive Methods Laboratory (DiSoR-LAB) at the Universidad
del Rosario and Global South Visiting Fellow at CASS, ANU.
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