[Air-L] Digital Solidarity Economies, Special Issue, Internet Policy Review

[Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann]

Hi AoIR,

I'm glad to share that our special issue on Digital Solidarity Economies is now out in Internet Policy Review, and we invite you to read it (editors: Belen Albornoz, Ricard Espelt, Rafael Grohmann, and Denise Kasparian). https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/introduction-digital-solidarity-economies#editorial

This special issue situates Digital Solidarity Economies (DSE) as an analytical and practical framework for reimagining the digital economy through cooperation, mutual aid, and shared ownership. In response to the concentration of power within platform capitalisms, DSE highlight grassroots and institutional initiatives that democratize digital infrastructures and governance. Drawing on traditions of the social and solidarity economy, free and open-source cultures, and feminist and decolonial technoscience, the special issue explores how communities across the world build technological sovereignty from below. The contributions collectively advance a plural understanding of digital solidarity economies by addressing infrastructural arrangements, situated practices, and institutional experimentation as key sites through which digital economies oriented toward the reproduction of life are being built.

Table of Contents


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 Introduction to the special issue on Digital Solidarity Economies<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/introduction-digital-solidarity-economies#editorial>
Belén Albornoz<https://policyreview.info/users/belen-albornoz>, Faculty of Public Politics, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Ecuador
Ricard Espelt<https://policyreview.info/users/ricard-espelt>, Faculty of Economics and Business, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Rafael Grohmann<https://policyreview.info/users/rafael-grohmann>, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto, Canada
Denise Kasparian<https://policyreview.info/users/denise-kasparian>, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Institutionalising data solidarity? The making of expertise in the EU Social Economy Code of Conduct for data sharing<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/institutionalising-data-solidarity>
Dwayne Ansah<https://policyreview.info/users/dwayne-ansah>, Utrecht University
Mai Ishikawa Sutton<https://policyreview.info/users/mai-ishikawa-sutton>, Commons Network
Sophie Bloemen<https://policyreview.info/users/sophie-bloemen>, Commons Network
Bonno Pel<https://policyreview.info/users/bonno-pel>, Utrecht University
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Crossed perspectives on grey zones and ambivalences in bike delivery platform cooperatives: the case of Mensakas as a member of the CoopCycle Federation and platform cooperative<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/grey-zones-bike-delivery-platform>
Laura Eccher<https://policyreview.info/users/laura-eccher>, Gran Sasso Science Institute
Alejandro Fortuny-Sicart<https://policyreview.info/users/alejandro-fortuny-sicart>, University of Vigo
Arthur Guichoux<https://policyreview.info/users/arthur-guichoux>, University of Liège
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Engineering platform cooperativism: Contributions from the Brazilian solidarity economy<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/platform-cooperativism-brazilian-solidarity-economy>
Celso Alexandre Souza de Alvear<https://policyreview.info/users/celso-alexandre-souza-de-alvear>, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Marcelo Alves de Souza<https://policyreview.info/users/marcelo-alves-de-souza>, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Camilla de Godoi<https://policyreview.info/users/camilla-de-godoi>, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Flávio Chedid Henriques<https://policyreview.info/users/flavio-chedid-henriques>, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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Exploring digital solidarity economy in false information management: A case study of Taiwan's Cofacts platform<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/false-information-management-case-study>
Kuan-Wei Chen<https://policyreview.info/users/kuan-wei-chen>, Kyoto University
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A workers’ inquiry in Decentralised Autonomous Organisations: Insights and policies to align blockchain-based work with the solidarity economy<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/decentralised-autonomous-organisations>
Tara Merk<https://policyreview.info/users/tara-merk>, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)/University of Paris II
Laura Lotti<https://policyreview.info/users/laura-lotti>, Independent researcher
Nick Houde<https://policyreview.info/users/nick-houde>, Independent researcher
Morshed Mannan<https://policyreview.info/users/morshed-mannan>, University of Edinburgh
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Gendered digitalisation in the Social and Solidarity Economy<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/gendered-digitalisation>
Nuria Vega-Rodríguez<https://policyreview.info/users/nuria-vega-rodriguez>, Open University of Catalonia
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Beyond platform capitalism: Digital solidarity economy and free culture networks in Argentina and Brazil<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/beyond-platform-capitalism-digital-solidarity>
Leonardo Foletto<https://policyreview.info/users/leonardo-foletto>, University of São Paulo
Daniel Santini<https://policyreview.info/users/daniel-santini>, University of São Paulo
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The Blown Head Gasket Effect: Rise and struggles of The Drivers Cooperative in New York City<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/drivers-cooperative-new-york-city>
Stefano Tortorici<https://policyreview.info/users/stefano-tortorici>, Scuola Normale Superiore
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Social and solidarity economy and shared knowledge: Facilitating and integrating the collaborative adoption of digital commons in Catalan coops<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/digital-commons-in-Catalan-coops>
Mònica Garriga Miret<https://policyreview.info/users/monica-garriga-miret>, femProcomuns
David Gómez Fontanills<https://policyreview.info/users/david-gomez-fontanills>, femProcomuns
Xavier Martínez Serrano<https://policyreview.info/users/xavier-martinez-serrano>, femProcomuns
Enric Senabre Hidalgo<https://policyreview.info/users/enric-senabre-hidalgo>, University of Barcelona
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Survival, companionship, and visibility with platforms: (Re)producing solidarity in Hong Kong queer spaces<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/solidarity-hong-kong-queer-spaces>
Hiu-Fung Chung<https://policyreview.info/users/hiu-fung-chung>, University of Toronto
Ho Lam (Roland) Cheng<https://policyreview.info/users/ho-lam-roland-cheng>, University of Toronto
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Solidarity across borders: Decoding the functionality of CoopCycle in Latin America<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/solidarity-coopcycle-latin-america>
Alexandra Belén Gualavisí<https://policyreview.info/users/alexandra-belen-gualavisi>, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Daniel Vizuete-Sandoval<https://policyreview.info/users/daniel-vizuete-sandoval>, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
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Governance, technology, and the limits of digital solidarity economies: A South Korean case study<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/governance-technology-limits-digital-solidarity>
Jeongone Seo<https://policyreview.info/users/jeongone-seo>, Rutgers University
Tawfiq Ammari<https://policyreview.info/users/tawfiq-ammari>, Rutgers University
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Kudumbashree's Lunch Bell project and digital solidarity economy in Kerala, India<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/lunch-bell-project-kerala-india>
Ashique Ali Thuppilikkat<https://policyreview.info/users/ashique-ali-thuppilikkat>, University of Toronto
Priyank Chandra<https://policyreview.info/users/priyank-chandra>, University of Toronto
Fibin Filal<https://policyreview.info/users/fibin-filal>, Independent researcher
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Digital community supported agriculture? Exploring a cooperative platform model for fair work and governance<https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/digital-community-supported-agriculture>
Anne-Pauline de Cler<https://policyreview.info/users/anne-pauline-de-cler>, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM-CNRS)




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dr. Rafael Grohmann

Assistant Professor of Media Studies

Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann>

Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/>

University of Toronto

Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/>
Research Associate, University of Oxford<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/rafael-grohmann/>

Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS>

Principal Investigator, Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP)<https://digilabour.com.br/worker-owned-intersectional-platforms-woip/>

Co-Lead, Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF)<https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-labour-critical-futures/>

Researcher, AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work<https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-world-of-work>
Senior Fellow, Massey College<https://www.masseycollege.ca/>

Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society<https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/>  <https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/>