{"product_id":"notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry-paperback","title":"Notes Toward a Digital Workers' Inquiry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThe Capacitor Collective\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003cbr\u003e theory-driven account of the stakes and knowledge-building practices of\u003cbr\u003e the resurgent labor movement from organizers across the gig economy and\u003cbr\u003e tech industry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs\u003cbr\u003e tech billionaires align with Trump, they are also launching a renewed \u003cbr\u003epolitical and technological assault on labor. But it still takes workers\u003cbr\u003e to make fortunes for the bosses, and collective action is again on the \u003cbr\u003erise. The rank and file are coming from the precarious new \"gig jobs\" \u003cbr\u003eand drawing strength from a new class of worker who does the jobs that \u003cbr\u003ecomputers still cannot. Previously thought to be \"unorganizable,\" these \u003cbr\u003eworkers are part of a North American collective movement that is \u003cbr\u003ereaffirming faith in collective revolutionary action with new forms of \u003cbr\u003eorganizing, new ways of association, and new ways of thinking and \u003cbr\u003erecombining labor organizing and research. To\u003cbr\u003e capture this growing class consciousness as it happens, the Capacitor \u003cbr\u003eCollective has conducted ten illuminating interviews with platform \u003cbr\u003eworkers who are also organizers committed to connecting old motivations \u003cbr\u003eand new tactics in a text that shakes up the worker inquiry tradition to\u003cbr\u003e imagine new ways to produce knowledge with and for workers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapacitor Collective \u003c\/b\u003eis a research collective dedicated to digital worker inquiry rooted in labor organizing within and against digital capitalism. The collective includes: Enda Brophy, Julie Chen, Alessandro Delfanti, Brian Dolber, Lilly Irani, and Tamara Kneese. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnda Brophy\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Yujie Chen\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHiu Fung Chung\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlessandro Delfanti\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at the University of Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWei Ding\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at Shenzhen University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Dolber\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at California State University San Marcos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD candidate at York University in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCailean Gallagher\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate lecturer at the University of St. Andrews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQi Ge\u003c\/b\u003e is a taxi driver with the Shenzhen V Fleet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeamus Bright Grayer\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the Simon Fraser University School of Communication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik H\u003c\/b\u003e is an organizer, systems engineer, and food service worker in Seattle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Hanna\u003c\/b\u003e is director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMostafa Henaway\u003c\/b\u003e is an organizer with the Immigrant Workers' Centre in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikaiil Hussein\u003c\/b\u003e is the President of United Taxi Workers San Diego.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLilly Irani\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at the University of California San Diego.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKrystal K and Phil\u003c\/b\u003e are organizers at Turkopticon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamara Kneese\u003c\/b\u003e is a research director at Data \u0026amp; Society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Limbaga\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate student at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Jean Salman\u003c\/b\u003e is a Communication PhD student at Cornell University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTyler Sandness\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of Rideshare Drivers United and former Lyft driver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Sim\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher and organizer with No Tech for Apartheid and TWC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRK Upadhya\u003c\/b\u003e is an electrical engineer based in San Antonio and an organizer with TWC and IWW.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMilla Vodello\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym of an organizer with the Amazon Worker Solidarity group in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Zschiesche\u003c\/b\u003e is a founder of the Employee Rights Center in San Diego.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154383372351,"sku":"9781945335488","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/MkvjXvDiV19781945335488.webp?v=1776956325","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}