Controlling space, controlling labour? Contested space in food delivery gig work
研究了平台如何通过数字空间生产控制送餐劳动过程，以及工人如何抵抗这种控制。基于德国平台送餐行业的访谈和自民族志，发现平台利用地理定位和地理围栏限制骑手自主性，但骑手偶尔能削弱并重新诠释这种空间控制。
Abstract The article investigates the control of the platform labour process by means of the digital production of space and how workers resist it. The segment of German platform‐mediated food delivery is examined via qualitative interviews and auto‐ethnography. It is shown how the platforms create different spaces to efficiently coordinate and control mobile delivery gig work. Steered by geolocalisation and geofencing, the couriers operate autonomously in spatial corridors defined by the platforms. The agency of the riders is thus limited, but they are occasionally able to undermine the platforms’ spatial control and reinterpret it. The article shows that space is a central but contested instrument for controlling labour.