This episode features Professor Cheryll Ruth Soriano in conversation with Professor Mohan Dutta. Professor Soriano discusses her research on Filipino platform workers, expanding on linkages between migrant workers and the rise of entrepreneurial solidarity amongst digital workers. They further discuss the implications of the Philippines' past as a colonial subject and the country’s present as a site of political, particularly anti-neoliberal, activism.
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Featuring
Mohan Dutta
Cheryll Ruth Soriano
Sponsor:
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University Qatar
More from our guests:
Dean’s Chair Professor of Communication | Journalism and Marketing
Massey University | University of New Zealand
Director, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Twitter: @mjdutt; @CAREMasseyNZ
Professor of Communication | De La Salle University
Principal Investigator, Fairwork Philippines
Twitter: @chesoriano
Works Referenced in Episode:
Soriano, C. R. R., & Cabañes, J. V. A. (2020). Entrepreneurial solidarities: Social media collectives and Filipino digital platform workers. Social Media+ Society, 6(2), 2056305120926484.
Munck, R. (2002). Globalisation and labour: the new'Great Transformation'. Zed Books.
Copy and Audio Editor:
Sharlene Burgos
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown