Madrid: Re-visiones, n. 122022
Abstract
This paper proposes a visual archeology of the rider —app-based delivery workers— subjectivity produced by platform capitalism and silicolonization. A descriptive analysis of this subjectivity is carried out throughout five pairs of dialectical images —set in dialogue—, dividing the article into five parts: it begins with the description of the context that makes rider subjectivity possible; next, some of the most notable features of their problems are exposed to finish by proposing images and statements that refer to other future scenarios from which to frame contemporary rider subjectivity.
Keywords
delivery platform worker (rider), production of subjectivity, platform capitalism, silicolonization, smartphone, labor.