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Global Platform Work

Negotiating Relations in a Translocal Assemblage
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An overview of how graphic designers in India use global platforms. Digital freelance platforms promise workers flexibility, independence, and access to a global labour market. But what does organising and positioning oneself in this environment look like? Global Platform Work focuses on the everyday lives of... Read More
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An overview of how graphic designers in India use global platforms.

Digital freelance platforms promise workers flexibility, independence, and access to a global labour market. But what does organising and positioning oneself in this environment look like? Global Platform Work focuses on the everyday lives of graphic designers in India who use gig platforms to connect to a global client base.

Drawing on interviews, observations, and photo diaries, Anna Oechslen describes how important it is for gig workers to constantly put themselves in a positive light, build relationships, and adapt to an ever-changing work environment. In doing so, she formulates gig work as making and sustaining relationships and sheds light on everyday practices that common understandings of work often leave unconsidered.

Series: Work and Everyday Life. Ethnographic Studies on Work Cultures

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783593518077

Publisher: Campus Verlag

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 April 2024

Country: Germany

Imprint: Campus Verlag

Edition: New edition

Illustration: 2 halftones

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 286g

Pages: 204

About the Author

Anna Oechslen researches diverse forms of paid and unpaid work in the context of digitalization. She holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Hamburg and works as a research associate at the Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research in Erkner.

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