We reccomend you to read and download for free this interesting book edited by Sandro Mezzadra, Niccolò Cuppini, Mattia Frapporti and Maurilio Pirone on the impact of platform capitalism into urban spaces. The book is the final publication of the Horizon 2020 project PLUS. below you find the presentatio and the index of the volume. …
Doing militant co-research in Bologna
What does it mean to develop subversive knowledge for social transformation? It entails generating knowledge to support struggles. This isn’t about merely ‘understanding’ or ‘interpreting’ reality, but rather about creating knowledge that can be used as a tool to actively intervene in social conflicts and transformation processes. To develop such knowledge, the Into the Black …
Who is Driving the Innovation? From Tech Alarmism to Digital Alternatives
The dominant contemporary paradigm of technological transformation is based on the assumption that a few giant companies have a monopoly on innovation, while people are threatened by mass surveillance and States can simply regulate the market. For this reason, Big Tech has gained overwhelming power nowadays, resembling more and more modern commercial empires. Citizens can …
From Resistances to Reclaming. AI and Future Digital Ecosystems
This working paper has been presented and discussed for the firts time the 26 November 2023 at The International Conference on AI for People (CAIP) organised by the non-profit association AI for People. The critiques and proposals expressed in the paper will be further discussed at the event AI for the People: Immaginari e Politiche dell’Intelligenza …
From resistances to reclaiming. Towards different future ecosystems
Next 26 November 2023 we will have a talk at The International Conference on AI for People (CAIP) organised by the non-profit association AI for People born out of the idea of shaping Artificial Intelligence technology around human and societal needs. See you at 12PM at Palazzo dal Monte (Bologna, Italy). It is possible to read the …
Towards a Fairer Platform Work: Policy Processes and Social Demands
A seminar funded by the COST Action Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab with the support of Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli and Horizon Europe INCA project. Rising at the crossroads between waged labour and self-employment, very often positioned in the labour law grey areas of the legislative systems of European countries, platform work is the subject of …