{"id":233,"date":"2021-11-15T22:05:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T22:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/casei\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2021-11-28T14:40:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T14:40:03","slug":"platform-care-24-january-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/casei\/platform-care-24-january-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Platform Care, 24 January 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

24 January 2022 16.00-17.30 UK GMT – Platform Care<\/span><\/p>\n

Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n

When people speak\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0gig\u00a0economies<\/span>\u00a0they usually refer to transport and delivery sectors such as Uber and Deliveroo. Far less attention is given to platforms that advertise\u00a0care<\/span>\u00a0workers. Yet these platforms have developed rapidly and now form a significant \u201cmarketplace\u201d for a range\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0caring services ranging from nannies to dog walkers. They usually operate significant \u201cgig\u201d features such as a competition over rates\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0pay, no health or safety checks, and reliance on customer ratings and reviews. This session will discuss what happens to\u00a0care<\/span>\u00a0workers when\u00a0care<\/span>\u00a0becomes platformed, and also what happens to social responsibility on platforms with little accountability.\u00a0Care<\/span>\u00a0work has already been subject to destruction\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0protections and privatisation through subcontracting agencies in which wages and conditions have \u201craced to the bottom\u201d, a persistent devaluation globally\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0wages. The experience\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the COVID-19 pandemic starkly revealed how the value\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0care<\/span>\u00a0work is rarely recognised, so what happens when it operates in similar ways to other labour that has been gigged and deskilled?<\/p>\n

Speakers:\u00a0Karin Schwiter<\/strong> (Assistant Professor in Labour Geography at the University of<\/span> Zurich),\u00a0Simon Yuill<\/strong> (artist, writer and software engineer) and\u00a0Emma Back<\/strong> (founder of<\/span> Equal\u00a0Care).<\/span><\/p>\n

Discussant: Helen Hester<\/strong> (Professor of<\/span>\u00a0Gender, Technology and Cultural Politics\u00a0at the University\u00a0of<\/span> West London).<\/p>\n

Chair: Beverley Skeggs<\/strong> (Distinguished Professor of<\/span> Sociology, Lancaster University and Director of the Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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