The cultural work of microwork

By Lilly C. Irani. New Media & Society, 2015

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On the genealogy of machine learning datasets: A critical history of ImageNet (2021, background): “This technical dehumanization can lead to “ creation of a nonperson ” which, as in the case of domestic workers (Star and Strauss, 1999, 16 – 19), conceals modes of labor recognition (Irani, 2015).”
The Future of Work in the ‘Sharing Economy’. Market Efficiency and Equitable Opportunities or Unfair Precarisation? (2016, positive): “A group of broadly-defined ethnographic studies provides evidence on what it means to work for MTurk (Bergvall-Kåreborn & Howcroft, 2014; Irani, 2015a; Irani, 2015b; Irani & Silberman, 2013; Martin, et al., 2014; Silberman et al., 2010a; Silberman et al., 2010b).”
Ethical norms and issues in crowdsourcing practices: A Habermasian analysis (2018, background): “As above, a certain level of inscription of Western cultural values in crowdsourcing technologies has been suggested (Irani, 2015).”
Flexibility in the Gig Economy: Managing Time on Three Online Piecework Platforms (2018, neutral): “Administratively they are kept at arm’s-length relationships, often treated as informal workers or self-employed contractors rather than as employees (Irani 2015).”
We Are Dynamo: Overcoming Stalling and Friction in Collective Action for Crowd Workers (2015, background): “These workers are faced with a little-regulated labor marketplace, variable and often low wages, and unbalanced power relations favoring employers [20, 23].”