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

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Authors

  • 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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUrban Nightlife and Contested Spaces : Cultural Encounters After Dusk
EditorsSara Brandellero, Kamilia Krakowska Rodrigues, Derek Pardue
Number of pages16
PublisherTaylor and Francis Inc.
Publication date01.10.2025
Pages111-126
ISBN (print)9789048558742
ISBN (electronic)9781003708940
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.10.2025

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    Research areas

  • Digitalisation, Gig Work, Night Work, Urban Metropolises, Urban Space
  • Cultural studies