LFI Course Materials 2020/Week seven

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Week 7: Worker surveillance and the Amazonification of Everything[edit]

Overview[edit]

For most of us, coronavirus is resulting in devastating personal and economic losses, and a serious uncertainty and disease about what the future holds. That's likely not true for Amazon, one of the most powerful corporations in the world, and one that is well-positioned to emerge from all this even more powerful than ever. This week, Janus Rose, editor at Vice's technology publication, Motherboard, joins us to talk about Amazon and its discontents, in particular the ways that Amazon uses surveillance to thwart worker organizing, other ways that it uses data to profit, what else is happening in the realm of workplace surveillance, and how we can prepare to fight back.

Readings[edit]

Guest lecturer[edit]

Janus Rose, editor at Vice's Motherboard

Discussion[edit]

TBD

Tasks[edit]

  • Lecture, readings, discussion forum, and final project work