Storytelling as connectivity: expanding the digital geographies of the gig economy

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作者
Webster, Natasha A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Orebro Univ, Sch Humanities Educ & Social Sci, Dept Human Geog, SE-70182 Orebro, Sweden
[2] Stockholm Univ, Dept Human Geog, Stockholm, Sweden
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
Connective digital practices; gig economy; work; masculinities; migration; storytelling; Pr & aacute; cticas digitales conectivas; econom & iacute; a colaborativa; trabajo; masculinidades; migraci & oacute; n; cuenta historias; Pratiques num & eacute; riques de connectivit & eacute; & eacute; conomie & agrave; la t & acirc; che; travail; masculinit & eacute; s; narration; MASCULINITY; MEN; GENDER; WORK;
D O I
10.1080/14649365.2024.2367417
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
The last decade has seen unprecedented changes in working forms, not the least through technological innovation while leisure time is equally reshaped by platforms. Although relatively new, the gig economy - temporary work mediated through platforms - is increasingly an important form of employment globally and consequently, the gig economy is represented in popular culture. Popular culture is part of social-technical-spatial relations making these important spaces in digital geographies. However, digital content, for example from streaming programs, is often not considered in labour geography studies. By conducting ethnographic content analysis and doodling 'think-with' work on Beforeigners, a piece of speculative fiction from Norway, I explore how storytelling conjoins parallel digital practices. I show storytelling as a kind of softening of ground narrating technological-spatial relations and demonstrates how, from this Nordic example, storytelling is part of the continuative geographical ordering of work forms in digital spaces and places. Exploring other sites of digital spaces highlights the ways digital geography is multi-layered, inter-relational and gradient, and demonstrates the need to go beyond established sites of inquiry to understand the gig economy as a social-technological-spatial relation. La & uacute;ltima d & eacute;cada ha sido testigo de cambios sin precedentes en lasformas de trabajo, sobre todo a trav & eacute;s de la innovaci & oacute;ntecnol & oacute;gica, mientras que el tiempo de ocio tambi & eacute;n est & aacute;remodelado por estas plataformas. Aunque es relativamente nueva, laeconom & iacute;a de los trabajos por encargo (trabajo temporal a trav & eacute;s deplataformas) es cada vez m & aacute;s una forma importante de empleo a nivelmundial y, en consecuencia, est & aacute; representada en la cultura popular.La cultura popular es parte de las relaciones socio tecnol & oacute;gicas yespaciales que convierten estos espacios importantes en lasgeograf & iacute;as digitales. Sin embargo, el contenido digital, porejemplo, de programas en streaming, a menudo no se considera en losestudios de geograf & iacute;a laboral. Al realizar un an & aacute;lisis de contenidoetnogr & aacute;fico y garabatear un trabajo de"think-with"("pensar con") en Beforeigners,una pieza de ficci & oacute;n especulativa de Noruega, exploro c & oacute;mo lanarraci & oacute;n combina pr & aacute;cticas digitales paralelas. Muestro lanarraci & oacute;n como una especie de ablandamiento del terreno que narralas relaciones tecnol & oacute;gico-espaciales y demuestro c & oacute;mo, a partir deeste ejemplo n & oacute;rdico, la narraci & oacute;n es parte del ordenamientogeogr & aacute;fico continuo de las formas de trabajo en espacios y lugaresdigitales. Explorar otros sitios de espacios digitales resalta lasformas en que la geograf & iacute;a digital tiene m & uacute;ltiples capas,interrelaciones y gradientes, y demuestra la necesidad de acudir asitios de investigaci & oacute;n establecidos para entender la econom & iacute;a delas gig como una relaci & oacute;n socio tecnol & oacute;gica y espacial. Au cours des dix derni & egrave;resann & eacute;es, les mod & egrave;les d'emploi ont subi des changements sanspr & eacute;c & eacute;dent, dus notamment aux innovations technologiques, tandis queles plateformes ont & eacute;galement refa & ccedil;onn & eacute; les temps de loisir. Bienqu'elle soit relativement nouvelle, la << gig economy >>, oul'& eacute;conomie & agrave; la t & acirc;che (le travail & agrave; la pi & egrave;ce m & eacute;di & eacute; par desplateformes) est un type d'emploi de plus en plus important dans lemonde et par cons & eacute;quent elle est pr & eacute;sente dans la culturepopulaire. Cette derni & egrave;re fait partie des relationssocio-technico-spatiales qui cr & eacute;ent ces espaces importants au seinde la g & eacute;ographie du num & eacute;rique. N & eacute;anmoins, le contenu num & eacute;rique,par exemple dans les programmes de streaming, est souvent laiss & eacute; dec & ocirc;t & eacute; dans l'& eacute;tude de la g & eacute;ographie du travail. & Agrave; l'aide d'uneanalyse ethnographique du contenu et de mes griffonnages selon leconcept de << think-with >>(<< penser-avec >>) sur la s & eacute;rie de fiction t & eacute;l & eacute;vis & eacute;enorv & eacute;gienne Beforeigners, j'& eacute;tudie comment la narration faitconverger des pratiques num & eacute;riques parall & egrave;les. Je pr & eacute;sente lanarration comme une sorte d'assouplissement des relationstechnologico-spatiales de r & eacute;cit de base et, & agrave; partir de cet exemplescandinave, d & eacute;montre de quelle mani & egrave;re elle appartient & agrave;l'organisation g & eacute;ographique continue des formes de travail dansles espaces et les lieux num & eacute;riques. L'exploration d'autressites d'espaces num & eacute;riques met en lumi & egrave;re les fa & ccedil;ons dont lag & eacute;ographique digitale est multidimensionnelle, inter relationnelleet & eacute;chelonn & eacute;e, et indique le besoin de se diriger vers des sites derecherche & eacute;tablis pour comprendre l'& eacute;conomie & agrave; la t & acirc;che en tantque relation socio-technologico-spatiale.
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