This is tomorrow (February 23rd)! We hope to see you all! Best, Neha & Akhil
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:41 PM Neha Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We took a break for the holidays and hope you did too! We invite you to > our next session of the X4D Talks <http://x4d.org> on *February 23rd at > 1100 EST/1600 GMT/1800 CAT/2130 IST* on the *Future of Work*. Our > speakers include the following: > > > *Nicola Bidwell*International University of Management, Namibia > > *Temporal Marginalisation by Ride-sharing Platforms*Tensions emerge when > algorithms designed to match supply and demand, such as on-demand service > platforms, do not account for the way time is differential. Automated > on-demand services contribute to, and normalise, temporal orders that > marginalise ‘just-in-time’ workers. This talk considers how platforms for > ride-sharing can undermine the work of drivers when they do not support > mutual, transient awareness of different temporalities, drawing on our work > in India and Namibia in the context of other literature. > > *Julie Hui* > School of Information, University of Michigan, USA > *Watched, but Moving: Negotiating Gendered Mechanisms of Control in Gig > Work* > Women gig workers are impacted by algorithmic and non-algorithmic control > practices in the context of home service platforms in Bangalore. Control is > enacted through location tracking, communication monitoring, customer > ratings, among many other practices commonly deployed by gig work > platforms. However, these mechanisms of control impact workers' lives in > myriad ways beyond just the conditions of work. Women workers negotiate > their identities and sense of agency through the visibility afforded by > platform control. We question, How do platform control mechanisms reinforce > or challenge entrenched socio-cultural structures? How do women gig workers > negotiate platform control in ways that enhance personal agency? > > *Naveen Bagalkot* > Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, India > *Nervo Verdezoto* > School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, UK > *The Invisible Work of Maintenance: Challenges and Implications for the > Future of Frontline Health Work* > As per the imagination of the future embedded in the National Digital > Health Blueprint, the health workers in India are seen as data-collectors > and content-distributors. As we begin to imagine ‘Future of Health Work’, > it is important to pause and really understand how this work happens, > bringing new sociocultural and technical insights to system design. Based > on a case study of frontline health workers in Karnataka (South India), we > describe how Frontline Health workers often act as invisible “maintainers” > of community health infrastructures caring for themselves and the > community. We discuss the implications of what kind of futures we can > imagine in community health. > > *Carlos Toxtli* > West Virginia University, USA > The AI industry has powered a futuristic reality of self-driving cars and > voice assistants to help us with almost any need. However, this industry > has also created systemic challenges. For instance, while it has created > new labor platforms for improving machine learning algorithms, several > workers on these platforms are earning less than minimum wage. In this > talk, I will discuss not only how AI can be benefitted from crowd workers, > but also how crowd workers can be benefitted from AI to improve their > wages, well-being, and work. > > *When:* February 23rd 1100 EST/1600 GMT/1800 CAT/2130 IST > *Where: *https://ucl.zoom.us/j/91854315774 > > Warmly, > Neha & Akhil > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > [email protected] > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >
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