BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.177.157//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240521T114251EDT-9498dG80UW@132.216.177.157 DTSTAMP:20240521T154251Z DESCRIPTION:\n \n This is a hybrid event. Join in-person in Leacock 738 or on line on Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81447328478\n\n The talk articulates conversations between worker-owned technologies/platform cooperativism an d AI/data/platform governance to discuss how workers can govern platforms and AI\, building technologies and policies from below. Based on the theor ization\, it presents two cases\, the Homeless Worker Movement in Brazil - through its technology division - and the Hollywood writers' strikes in t he United States. This is part of a book proposal on the topic. Some detai ls can also be seen in the recently published article 'Not just platform\, nor cooperatives: worker-owned technologies from below' (Communication\, Culture & Critique). \n \n\n\nAbout the speaker: Assistant Professor of Med ia Studies with focus on Critical Platform Studies at the University of To ronto. Leader of DigiLabour initiative and co-director of Critical Digital Methods Institute. Researcher of Fairwork and Platform Work Inclusion Liv ing Lab (P-WILL) projects. Editor-in-chief of the forthcoming Platforms & Society journal. Rafael is leading a SSHRC project on worker-owned platfor ms and intersectionality in Latin America and working on a book project on how Homeless Worker Movement in Brazil is creating worker-owned technolog ies and organizing workers.\n DTSTART:20231120T193000Z DTEND:20231120T223000Z LOCATION:738\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 rue Sh erbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Hybrid event: Rafael Grohmann 'Workers Governing Platforms and AI' URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/channels/event/hybrid-event-rafael-grohmann- workers-governing-platforms-and-ai-352690 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR