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Edited by Adrian Scribano · Pedro Lisdero

Digital Labour, Society and the Politics of Sensibilities

Adrian Scribano  •  Pedro Lisdero Editors

Digital Labour, Society and the Politics of Sensibilities

Editors Adrian Scribano CONICET Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pedro Lisdero CONICET Córdoba, Argentina

ISBN 978-3-030-12305-5    ISBN 978-3-030-12306-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12306-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019931001 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © Alex Linch / shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Foreword

I am very delighted to see Adrian Scribano and Pedro Lisdero publishing Digital Labour, Society and the Politics of Sensibilities with Palgrave Macmillan. Although I was not able to contribute with my own chapter, I have tried to support the project as much as I can from the beginning onwards. This foreword gives me the opportunity to reflect on some developments within the field the book aims to cover. In the following, I would like to bring your attention to the ongoing research and debates in the fields of the gig economy, digital labour and Big Data analytics. Firstly, in a similar way as the emergence of social media was mainly a reaction to the explosion of the dot-com bubble around 2000, online sharing platforms such as Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo are often discussed as a reaction to the global financial crisis in 2008  in order to find new strategies of capital accumulation. These online sharing platforms can be considered as a new business model trying to commodify the idea of sharing in neoliber