My contribution to a special issue on racial capitalism & South African traditions of analysis, edited by Zachary Levenson and Marcet Paret.

Interested in the gig economy? We have a podcast in the works -- being recorded right now -- that looks at platform labour in a number of countries. Our guests in this next episode are from India, South Africa, the UK and Italy. Stay tuned and we'll let you know when it drops

From last evening's panel discussion of Srila Roy's latest book, with Pumla Dineo Gqola, PhD, Bridget Kenny and @ShireenHassim, courtesy WiSER. This event also marks the end of the Governing Intimacies project. But follow along for it's afterlife! Mellon Foundation Duke University Press

Here’s an interesting Workplace Matters podcast episode hosted by Bridget Kenny where myself and other scholars discuss the working lives of food couriers and cab drivers in the platform economy in the global South. Part 1: open.spotify.com/episode/3qKUy3…

1/We are pleased to announce the next episode in our podcast series, Workplace Matters. This is a two part episode on platform workers and the gig economy in global perspective open.spotify.com/episode/3qKUy3…

2/A new body of exciting ethnographic research on platform workers has emerged. We look at labour conditions, contractual relationships and the lived experience of workers in a number of locales. open.spotify.com/episode/3qKUy3…

3/Our guests Paolo Borghi, Fikile Masikane, Kaveri Medappa, Rebecca Prentice, and Edward Webster discuss how workers themselves perceive their work for these platforms and how apps organise the labour process open.spotify.com/episode/3qKUy3…

4/We also explore how workers resist the corporate strategies seeking to control&exploit them. The Episode is hosted by Bridget Kenny with participation of Hasan Ashraf, Kathy Ferguson, Maica Gugolati, Rick Halpern, Nico Pizzolato, Christian Struempell. open.spotify.com/episode/3qKUy3…

INVITATION TO BOOK LAUNCH: Labour Struggles in Southern Africa, 1919-1949: New Perspectives on the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) 8 March 2023, 17H30 Venue: Humanities Graduate Centre Seminar Room, South West Engineering Building, East Campus, Wits University

1/Workplaces:Pasts & Presents is pleased to launch Enid Crow's exhibit "Happy Workers."This is the first in a series that will appear over the next few months featuring visual artists whose creative output centres around themes of labour and the workplace workplaces.omeka.net/exhibits/show/…

Announcing a 1-day workshop, 'Amazon Effects & Logistical Labour: New markets, new tech, new workplaces?', 23 June, Melbourne - a pre-#isawcs2023 event. Join guest speakers Valeria Pulignano Timothy J Kennedy & many more. It's free but pre-rego essential tasa.org.au/content.aspx?p…

Srila Roy's textured and considered response to the review essays in the book forum is superb. So excited for this forum to be coming out. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DTKUZY2E…

Ruth Milkman opening ⁦RC44 Labour Movements⁩’s on #precarious & migrant labour in logistics w a stellar line up incl ⁦Bridget Kenny⁩ ⁦Hans-Christian Stephan⁩ ⁦jo cutter⁩ et al ⁦ISA⁩ #isawcs23 #academicchat

Online Event | Online Discussion with Bridget Kenny Lift Noir: The ‘intimate publics’ of elevators in 20th c. Johannesburg 🗓️ Thursday, 3rd August 2023 🕕 6 pm 🔗 Zoom Link: surl.li/jktcv

Happy to announce our conference on Global Labour Law History, 12-13 Sept MPI Legal History and Legal Theory. With fantastic speakers Gorkem Akgoz @PauloCruzTerra1 Aldrin Castellucci Raquel R. Sirotti Bridget Kenny Crislayne Alfagali AnnaDelius and many more! Details and programme here: lhlt.mpg.de/events/35186/2…

'How to fix your lift' A seminar by Bridget Kenny and Simon Gush

And here it is! The mammoth finally arrived ♥️✊🏼! Labour of love edited with Dario Azzellini, Maurizio Atzeni, Phoebe Moore and Ursula Apitzsch. With great chapters by a huge dream team! Please academic friends, order it for your library! 1/2

The Handbook for the Future of Work, edited by me & Julie MacLeavy, is coming out late this year as part of the Routledge Books International Handbooks series. Details for preordering into university libraries and the full chapter list can now be found here: routledge.com/The-Handbook-f…

Featuring brilliant chapters by brilliant scholars including: Greig Charnock Paul Thompson Elena Papagiannaki Abby Gilbert Al James David Hesmondhalgh Kalie M. Mayberry (Wertz) Lindsey Cameron Bridget Kenny @dan_cockayne @LizzieCIRich @KarinSchwiter Matthew Cole 🍉 al rainnie ...

... Dr Patrick Elf James Scott Vandeventer @ed_yates_ Nancy Worth Paolo Borghi Julie Yujie Chen Darja Reuschke David Etherington JOIN A TRADE UNION David Beel martin jones Huw Thomas Prof Jo Ingold @edatkins_ Evie Gilbert Laurie Parsons - and more! Thanks all for your excellent contributions.