Ashique Ali T
@ashiquealit.bsky.social
Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto.
Affiliation: Socio-technical Resistance and Ethical Technologies (STREET) Lab.
Research: Tech-mediated resistance + {labour, caste, social movements}
Affiliation: Socio-technical Resistance and Ethical Technologies (STREET) Lab.
Research: Tech-mediated resistance + {labour, caste, social movements}
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Ashique Ali T
@ashiquealit.bsky.social
· Apr 28
Generative Politics and Labour Markets: Unions and Collective Life in a City in Crisis | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
dl.acm.org
Union’s Care: They have designs for alternative socio-technical infrastructure & can regenerate the market, community & the city when in crisis.
Happy to share our #CHI2025 paper!
"Generative Politics and Labour Markets: Unions and Collective Life in a City in Crisis"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Happy to share our #CHI2025 paper!
"Generative Politics and Labour Markets: Unions and Collective Life in a City in Crisis"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Interesting article about solidarity between software workers and gig workers in Bengaluru - shows in detail how shared migration experiences can serve as a ground for inter-class organizing. By @dipsitadhar.bsky.social, @ashiquealit.bsky.social, S. Bhattacharya: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Transversal Unionism: Resisting and Navigating a Neoliberal City Through Identity and Labour Power
Digital labour platform (DLP) workers and migrant workers represent two distinct yet often intersecting categories of labour shaped by India’s rapid urbanization and replication of the Silicon V...
link.springer.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Interesting article about solidarity between software workers and gig workers in Bengaluru - shows in detail how shared migration experiences can serve as a ground for inter-class organizing. By @dipsitadhar.bsky.social, @ashiquealit.bsky.social, S. Bhattacharya: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Glad to have presented our ongoing work on digital solidarity economy (with Priyank Chandra), gigfluencers (with Dipsita) & platforms and climate change (Hiu Fung & Kaushar Mahetaji) at INDL 8 in Bologna. It was a wonderful experience engaging with digital labour scholars and trade unionists.
September 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Glad to have presented our ongoing work on digital solidarity economy (with Priyank Chandra), gigfluencers (with Dipsita) & platforms and climate change (Hiu Fung & Kaushar Mahetaji) at INDL 8 in Bologna. It was a wonderful experience engaging with digital labour scholars and trade unionists.
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India and Bangladesh do not officially recognise refugees under international law, as neither country has signed the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention. @soulrestless.bsky.social Kanika Gupta write about undocumented Bangladeshi migrants
Climate refugees from Bangladesh face a political storm in India
Bangladeshi climate migrants face political storm in India
buff.ly
August 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
India and Bangladesh do not officially recognise refugees under international law, as neither country has signed the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention. @soulrestless.bsky.social Kanika Gupta write about undocumented Bangladeshi migrants
A very valuable meeting point in academic journey.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
May 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A very valuable meeting point in academic journey.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
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Brilliant people at the Platforms without borders workshop in London #Space4 #platforms thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for the wonderful hosting and @grohmannrafael.bsky.social @linzhang.bsky.social Denise Kasparian @marcsteinberg.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Brilliant people at the Platforms without borders workshop in London #Space4 #platforms thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for the wonderful hosting and @grohmannrafael.bsky.social @linzhang.bsky.social Denise Kasparian @marcsteinberg.bsky.social
Union’s Care: They have designs for alternative socio-technical infrastructure & can regenerate the market, community & the city when in crisis.
Happy to share our #CHI2025 paper!
"Generative Politics and Labour Markets: Unions and Collective Life in a City in Crisis"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Happy to share our #CHI2025 paper!
"Generative Politics and Labour Markets: Unions and Collective Life in a City in Crisis"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Generative Politics and Labour Markets: Unions and Collective Life in a City in Crisis | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
dl.acm.org
April 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Union’s Care: They have designs for alternative socio-technical infrastructure & can regenerate the market, community & the city when in crisis.
Happy to share our #CHI2025 paper!
"Generative Politics and Labour Markets: Unions and Collective Life in a City in Crisis"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Happy to share our #CHI2025 paper!
"Generative Politics and Labour Markets: Unions and Collective Life in a City in Crisis"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Hello Toronto,
Join us for the talk by prof. Aakash Gautam on community-based design projects.
March 21, 11.00am-1.00pm, Faculty of Information, UofT
Join us for the talk by prof. Aakash Gautam on community-based design projects.
March 21, 11.00am-1.00pm, Faculty of Information, UofT
Hello Toronto!
Join us on March 21 at the Faculty of Information (4th floor) for a talk by Prof. Aakash Gautam (University of Pittsburgh) on community-based design projects.
The talk will reflect projects on anti-trafficking efforts in Nepal & support for incarcerated individuals in the US.
Join us on March 21 at the Faculty of Information (4th floor) for a talk by Prof. Aakash Gautam (University of Pittsburgh) on community-based design projects.
The talk will reflect projects on anti-trafficking efforts in Nepal & support for incarcerated individuals in the US.
March 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hello Toronto,
Join us for the talk by prof. Aakash Gautam on community-based design projects.
March 21, 11.00am-1.00pm, Faculty of Information, UofT
Join us for the talk by prof. Aakash Gautam on community-based design projects.
March 21, 11.00am-1.00pm, Faculty of Information, UofT
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We mourn the sudden loss of Michael Burawoy--eminent scholar, mentor, and friend to the labor movement. oaklandside.org/2025/02/05/s...
Sociology world mourns after hit-and-run driver on Grand Avenue kills legendary labor scholar
Michael Burawoy was struck while walking inside the crosswalk near Children’s Fairyland.
oaklandside.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
We mourn the sudden loss of Michael Burawoy--eminent scholar, mentor, and friend to the labor movement. oaklandside.org/2025/02/05/s...
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24-01-1925 SENEGAL: Beginning of a 4-day strike in the Dakar-Niger Railways for a wage increase benefiting both African and European workers.
January 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
24-01-1925 SENEGAL: Beginning of a 4-day strike in the Dakar-Niger Railways for a wage increase benefiting both African and European workers.
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Like bots, deepfakes are part of the online landscape. Here's our primer on deepfakes. What they are, how they are made, and why they threaten democratic societies. deepfakestracker.org/deepfakes-fa... #medialiteracy
DeepfakesTracker.org FAQs
A primer on deepfakes. What they are, how they are made, and why they are a threat to democracies.
deepfakestracker.org
December 27, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Like bots, deepfakes are part of the online landscape. Here's our primer on deepfakes. What they are, how they are made, and why they threaten democratic societies. deepfakestracker.org/deepfakes-fa... #medialiteracy
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"For Project Maven, Google hired hundreds of gig-economy workers to solve numerous CAPTCHAs at an incredibly low cost (roughly $1/hour).
The results of these completed CAPTCHAs were then used to develop a classification program for the use of US Military drone applications"
Workers had no idea
The results of these completed CAPTCHAs were then used to develop a classification program for the use of US Military drone applications"
Workers had no idea
Google Hired Gig Economy Workers to Improve Artificial Intelligence in Controversial Drone-Targeting Project
As part of Project Maven, Google's artificial intelligence program for military drones, the tech giant hired unwitting “crowd workers” through Figure Eight.
theintercept.com
December 21, 2024 at 6:39 AM
"For Project Maven, Google hired hundreds of gig-economy workers to solve numerous CAPTCHAs at an incredibly low cost (roughly $1/hour).
The results of these completed CAPTCHAs were then used to develop a classification program for the use of US Military drone applications"
Workers had no idea
The results of these completed CAPTCHAs were then used to develop a classification program for the use of US Military drone applications"
Workers had no idea
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Gig workers in Delhi suffer immensely from heightened air pollution, crossing even 1000 AQI. We conducted a health camp in Delhi for the gig & outdoor workers. Indian Govt should act to protect workers from climate crisis as well as make corporate platforms accountable.
We partnered with JSA Delhi & Delhi Science Forum to organize a health camp for gig workers & other outdoor workers affected by New Delhi’s severely polluted air (marked by alarming AQI levels). Dr. Sayan Maharatna (AIIMS) led health checkups, providing medical guidance.
November 29, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Gig workers in Delhi suffer immensely from heightened air pollution, crossing even 1000 AQI. We conducted a health camp in Delhi for the gig & outdoor workers. Indian Govt should act to protect workers from climate crisis as well as make corporate platforms accountable.
November 29, 2024 at 6:39 AM
The city has become unlivable.
Delhi's air crisis: A tale of two cities. Online work is a privilege, not a solution. What about the working class? Elite bureaucrats and policymakers remain in the same city, yet the climate crisis seems unstoppable. #DelhiPollution #EnvironmentalJustice
November 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
The city has become unlivable.
Here is our CSCW paper that examines how the entry of on-demand ridesourcing digital labour platforms (OR-DLPs) like Uber have reshaped labor geography & worker resistance dynamics. We explore how a traditional trade union in Kolkata, India, navigated this shift. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Union Makes Us Strong: Space, Technology, and On-Demand Ridesourcing Digital Labour Platforms | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
The entry of on-demand ridesourcing digital labour platforms (OR-DLPs) in Kolkata,
India, restructured the local taxi-cab service industry's economic geography and spatial
practices. Notably, they ero...
dl.acm.org
November 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Here is our CSCW paper that examines how the entry of on-demand ridesourcing digital labour platforms (OR-DLPs) like Uber have reshaped labor geography & worker resistance dynamics. We explore how a traditional trade union in Kolkata, India, navigated this shift. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Hello! I've been working on a starter pack for labour and technology scholars on Bluesky. 🤖💪📘 I started with a bunch of folks from @labortech.bsky.social and have been expanding outwards.
Reply or send a message to me directly if you'd like to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/UMaa7T3
Reply or send a message to me directly if you'd like to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/UMaa7T3
October 24, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Hello! I've been working on a starter pack for labour and technology scholars on Bluesky. 🤖💪📘 I started with a bunch of folks from @labortech.bsky.social and have been expanding outwards.
Reply or send a message to me directly if you'd like to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/UMaa7T3
Reply or send a message to me directly if you'd like to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/UMaa7T3
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Global air temperatures reached a new high on July 3, surpassing the record set in 2016 and tied in 2022, according to multiple recent analyses. Since then, global air temperatures have continued climbing. https://nyti.ms/3rEGuzs
July 19, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Global air temperatures reached a new high on July 3, surpassing the record set in 2016 and tied in 2022, according to multiple recent analyses. Since then, global air temperatures have continued climbing. https://nyti.ms/3rEGuzs