Nurturing Digitally Mediated Post-Growth Work Economies
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Vishal Sharma, 
Neha Kumar, 
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, 
Aakash Gautam, Cindy Lin, Volker Wulf, Nazanin AndalibiAuthors Info & Claims
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Abstract
Within Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), efforts to digitalize work contribute to continual economic growth by, e.g., enhancing work productivity and mediating workflows of capitalist firms to accumulate more and evermore capital at the expense of the marginalization of workers who are pushed to the margins, rendering their work poorly compensated and undervaluing essential care and reproductive work. Extending the growing call to move beyond growth politics and toward post-growth, this panel brings researchers, designers, and practitioners together to engage in a critical dialogue on how CSCW and HCI principles can be adjusted and harnessed to cultivate futures to enhance human and ecological wellbeing rather than perpetuating unsustainable growth, where work does not fuel endless consumption but meet human needs and nurture sustainable livelihoods. This panel aims to nurture the Post-growth HCI Collective to work together, in solidarity, to resist the commodification and drive for infinite capital accumulation in/through digital technologies for the betterment of CSCW, HCI, and the broader computing community.
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