"Once you cover a living of things, there's not much left to goer," Serer brid says. He and his team spent about a year shadowing platform workers in Mexico. "The benefits of this approach is ... getting those embodied experiences", he adds.
Paris Marx is joined by Tyler Riordan to discuss the state of the gig economy in Australia, the ongoing efforts to improve their conditions, and Tyler’s research on migrant food couriers in Brisbane.
Tyler Riordan is a PhD candidate in hospitality and anthropology at the University of Queensland. Follow Tyler on Twitter at @tyler_riordan.
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