Digital Day Labourers-Sleepless in the Gig Economy: Fieldwork Photo Essay
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Urban Nightlife and Contested Spaces: Cultural Encounters After Dusk. ed. / Sara Brandellero; Kamilia Krakowska Rodrigues; Derek Pardue. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2025. p. 127-132.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Digital Day Labourers-Sleepless in the Gig Economy
T2 - Fieldwork Photo Essay
AU - Litschel, Laura Solmaz
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © All authors/Taylor & Francis Group 2025. All rights reserved.
PY - 2025/10/1
Y1 - 2025/10/1
N2 - If you take a night walk through Berlin, you will see green and red flashing scooters, fast Uber drivers, food couriers, delivery vehicles everywhere. In metropolises like Berlin, digital platforms now allow central human needs such as food, mobility and housing to be satisfied on-demand in a 24/7 rhythm via app-based ordering platforms. All it takes is a smartphone. What kind of working conditions does this so-called gig economy promote? As part of a three-year research project, Laura-Solmaz Litschel (NITE/HU Berlin) collected numerous photos of app-driven night work in Berlin, ten of which are shown here. UX designer Lee Hielscher helped with the graphic realization of the four image collages, which were also presented in June 2022 at FREIRAUM in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, among other places. The following article accompanies the photo essay. A similar version by Laura-Solmaz Litschel was first published on July 7th, 2021 in issue 20/27 of the German weekly newspaper Der Freitag.
AB - If you take a night walk through Berlin, you will see green and red flashing scooters, fast Uber drivers, food couriers, delivery vehicles everywhere. In metropolises like Berlin, digital platforms now allow central human needs such as food, mobility and housing to be satisfied on-demand in a 24/7 rhythm via app-based ordering platforms. All it takes is a smartphone. What kind of working conditions does this so-called gig economy promote? As part of a three-year research project, Laura-Solmaz Litschel (NITE/HU Berlin) collected numerous photos of app-driven night work in Berlin, ten of which are shown here. UX designer Lee Hielscher helped with the graphic realization of the four image collages, which were also presented in June 2022 at FREIRAUM in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, among other places. The following article accompanies the photo essay. A similar version by Laura-Solmaz Litschel was first published on July 7th, 2021 in issue 20/27 of the German weekly newspaper Der Freitag.
KW - Cultural studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105024373338&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5117/9789048558742_ch07
DO - 10.5117/9789048558742_ch07
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105024373338
SN - 9789048558742
SP - 127
EP - 132
BT - Urban Nightlife and Contested Spaces
A2 - Brandellero, Sara
A2 - Rodrigues, Kamilia Krakowska
A2 - Pardue, Derek
PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.
ER -