This article explores the growing interest in care within geography. Focusing on care as waged work, we trace current transformations through commodification and digitalisation …
M Li, C Laughlin - Gender, Work & Organization, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, the United States government promoted the idea of care as infrastructure to justify government spending on nonphysical infrastructures. In this article …
G Avram, JH Choi, S De Paoli, A Light, P Lyle… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Digital platforms, often labeled as part of the" sharing economy", are becoming increasingly relevant to both the daily lives of private individuals and to researchers. As these tools are …
Care workers are increasingly using digital technology in their daily lives, for monitoring, financial compensation, training, coordination, and more. State and corporate actors have …
On-demand labor platforms offer many in-person services, from ride-hailing to childcare. However, scholars have focused on ride-hailing, leading to a model of “Uberization” that …
K Long, LL Bakewell, RC McNaney… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Care provision in many nations increasingly relies on the work of informal, or non- professional, carers. Often these carers experience substantial disruptions and reductions to …
This thesis takes up “care work platforms” as an object of study. I define 'care work platforms' as digital infrastructures that enable care work service providers and individuals seeking …
How do digital technologies shape both how people care for each other and, through that, who they are? With technological innovation is on the rise and increasing migration …
This paper illustrates the multifaceted aspects of caring practices, and the ways they are entangled with the organizing of community-driven initiatives. Highlighting the situated inter …