CSCW 2024 Workshop on Labor, Visibility, and Technology

[Joy Ming]

We are hosting a workshop at the 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing in San Jose, Costa Rica on November 10, 2024. We would love to have you join us in discussing labor visibility and technology with local experts from the Costa Rican context!

Labor, Visibility, and Technology: Weaving Together Academic Insights and On-Ground Realities

Technologies are transforming work and worker experiences, shifting labor visibility and power across occupations. These disruptions on labor visibility—especially for workers already vulnerable positions—raise critical concerns and implications for the future of work. Our one-day, in-person workshop aims to discuss some of these novel challenges around visibility and labor induced by technology by weaving together academic insights and on-ground realities. We will start with lightning talks from local experts from labor organizations, nonprofits, and universities in Costa Rica. The experts will discuss their experiences and challenges working with, around, or against technology deployments in the Costa Rican workforce, including its impacts on local workers and communities. Building on their shared experiences, the workshop attendees will engage in ideation and design sessions to conceptualize existing challenges and explore potential solutions. Finally, at the end of the workshop, we will report back the key points to the local experts and to the broader academic community.

For more information about the workshop, please see our website or read our full submission.

Call for Participation

If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please fill out this Google form: https://forms.gle/6Q59euxAHacYRcpG6. 

We aim to recruit a maximum of 40 participants based on topic relevance. Early career researchers are especially encouraged to apply. The sessions will be mainly conducted in English, so Spanish proficiency is helpful, but not required. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until September 24, 2024.

If you have any questions or have any suggestions for organizations or individuals based in Costa Rica who could serve as local experts, please contact the organizers via email at labor-visibility-tech-cscw@googlegroups.com. 

Workshop organizers: Joy Ming, Lucy Pei, Rama Adithya Varanasi, Anna Kawakami, Nervo Verdezoto, EunJeong Cheon

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Joy Ming (she/her)
PhD Candidate | Cornell Information Science
https://jming.github.io/