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"Labor out of place: On the varieties and valences of (in) visible labor in data-intensive science"

by Scroggins, Michael J; Pasquetto, Irene V (2020)

Abstract

We apply the concept of invisible labor, as developed by labor scholars over the last forty years, to data-intensive science. Drawing on a fifteen-year corpus of research into multiple domains of data-intensive science, we use a series of ethnographic vignettes to offer a …

Keywords

Invisible Work, Platform Work, Platform Economies, Gig Economies, Hyperflexible Work, Algorithmic Labor, Precarious Work

Themes

Employment, Platforms, Automation

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