Hacknight #519

Worker-Owned Intersectional Technology: Lessons from Brazil and Argentina

with Rafael Grohmann

Rafael Grohmann will share insights from the Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP) project, conducted with six tech and delivery collectives and cooperatives in Brazil and Argentina, and explore how these lessons can inspire Toronto communities toward worker-led digital futures.

Speakers

Rafael Grohmann

Assistant Professor of Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) at the University of Toronto and research associate at the University of Oxford. He is founding editor of Platforms & Society journal and leader of the DigiLabour initiative. His research focuses on digital labour, AI and work, workers' organizing, platform cooperativism, and the digital solidarity economy, with a particular focus on Latin America.