Transformers of the Urban Night: Platform Work, Migration and Smart City

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  • Laura Solmaz Litschel

In cities like Berlin new time inequities are shaped by the continuous expansion of digitally organized platform labour ("gig work"). While some work under high temporal pressure in the gig economy sector in order to satisfy the basic needs of city dwellers and thus allow them time for other needs and activities, gig workers themselves lack the time sometimes even to sleep or rest. The chapter shows in what way these workers experience the digitally shaped night. Services, offered for example by food delivery services or electric mobility providers, are transforming urban space and therefore the night in "smart cities," such as Berlin.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelUrban Nightlife and Contested Spaces : Cultural Encounters After Dusk
HerausgeberSara Brandellero, Kamilia Krakowska Rodrigues, Derek Pardue
Anzahl der Seiten16
VerlagTaylor and Francis Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum01.10.2025
Seiten111-126
ISBN (Print)9789048558742
ISBN (elektronisch)9781003708940
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.10.2025

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