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ABSTRACT
This paper uses the case of mobilization of delivery workers from digital platform Deliveroo in order to illustrate the production of space of resistance, which develops as a result of the tension of two emerging factors shaping the digital labour realm: logistics and precarity. On the one hand, I consider how logistics in the digital capitalist context produce precarious workers whose ICT-driven connectivity and flexibility responds to the logistical imperatives of effective commodities circulation. On the other hand, taking advantage of the tech-savvy precarious position they were hired for, Deliveroo workers display the capability to strategically cut across “abstract” and “differential” space, and therefore re-territorialize a third space dimension where digital labour can organize and antagonize digital capitalism.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Susana Martinez Guillem for the encouragement and continuous support.
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Notes on contributor
Marco Briziarelli is an Assistant Professor at Communication and Journalism Department, University of New Mexico. He studies critical approaches to media and communication, especially as these fields intersect with broader issues in political and social theory, intellectual and cultural history. Dr Briziarelli is currently interested in media and social movements, critical conceptualization of digital labour, and left-wing populism.