The rise of mobility platforms contributes to encouraging and commodifying movements of citizens. In line with many smart city apps anticipate their users to be mobile bodies, viewing them normatively and financially valuable (Rose et al., 2020). A colleague of Minwoo who commuted by tube would take off a couple stops before where many pubs were located.……
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A ceaselessly flowing city, tetheredly moving couriers: the case of Baemin delivery platform workers in Seoul
Re-posted from Backchannels, 4S blog: head here for the original post Digital platforms are increasingly taking over the operation of critical urban services (Barns 2019; Sadowski 2021). Notably, food delivery platforms, acclaimed as playing an infrastructural role during the COVID-19 pandemic by mediating delivery of food to immobilised populations, continue to proliferate in many cities across……
Prelude: Perfectly coordinated
Urban landscape is ever changing. Living in the city might mean encountering something new, or to be precise, moving with something new. Intersecting movements are what makes cities a living organism. Countless number of people and various modes of transports move in different directions at different paces. A few years ago, new things joined these……