<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am planning a chapter for an edited volume on Science, Technology and Society and I am interested in disputing the idea of “innovation” as <i class="">the only</i> way to “flat the curve”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One of the issues I would like to discuss about repairing and maintaining sanitary infrastructures like ventilatos. Mexico, for instance is planning to repair 1.657 ventilators.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Does anybody know of similar projects or other of the same sort, not necessarily directly concerned with the current pandemic?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yours,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ADGA</div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">El 27/05/2020, a las 10:32, Jessica Meyerson <<a href="mailto:jessica@educopia.org" class="">jessica@educopia.org</a>> escribió:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Dear Fellow Maintainers,</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Please join us </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">TODAY, Wednesday, May 27 @ </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,229,153)" class="">9amPT/10amMT/11amCT/12pm ET</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">for a discussion about the “gig economy” and the ways that maintenance Gig workers (shoppers, drivers, etc) sustain daily life, and as such have been recognized as “essential workers.” This dependence on gig workers raises an important question: </span><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">what steps do companies, governments, and individuals take to maintain gig workers--or, in other words, to ensure that this form of labor is sustainable? </span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">This discussion will feature two experts on gig economies in the United States and Europe: </font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://www.katiejwells.net/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Katie J. Wells</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. She writes about the changing relationship between cities, technology, and work. She has published</span><a href="https://katiejwells.net/research" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">findings</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> on smart cities, housing policy, and Washington, D.C. history in academic journals such as </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Environment and Planning D: Society and Space</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Urban Geography</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">, and has discussed the real-time impacts of my research in</span><a href="https://katiejwells.net/media" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">media</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> stories in </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">The Washington Post</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">, National Public Radio, ABC National News, CityLab, and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">The San Francisco Chronicle</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">, among others.</span></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://www.uva.nl/profiel/d/o/n.a.j.m.vandoorn/n.a.j.m.vandoorn.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Niels van Doorn</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> is an Assistant Professor in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. He is also the Principal Investigator of the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><a href="https://platformlabor.net/" target="_blank" class="">Platform Labor</a></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> research project (2018-2023), funded by the European Research Council. His research examines how digital platforms are transforming labor, social reproduction and urban governance in post-welfare societies.</span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><b class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Call-in information: </font></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Zoom Link: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87597003640" target="_blank" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87597003640</a><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Password: maintain</font></span></div><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">This roundtable will be recorded</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> and made available on the Maintainers website after the event. The webinar series is free to attend and open to all. </span></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">We ask that all attendees review the </span><a href="https://festivalofmaintenance.org.uk/code-of-conduct/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Festival of Maintenance Code of Conduct</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> and the </span><a href="http://themaintainers.org/miii-code-of-conduct" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Maintainers Code of Conduct</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> prior to joining the Zoom.</span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; 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margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Jessica Meyerson</font></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font size="2" color="#444444" face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><b class="">Jessica Meyerson</b></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font color="#212121" face="arial, sans-serif" class=""></font></span><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font color="#999999" class="">Director for Research & Strategy</font><font color="#212121" class=""> | </font></span><a href="http://educopia.org/" target="_blank" class=""><font color="#444444" class="">Educopia Institute</font></a></font></div><div class=""><font color="#999999" face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><font color="#999999" class="">Working from Austin, TX</font><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><font color="#444444" class=""><span name="searchHitInReadingPane" class="">jessica[at]</span>educopia[dot]org</font><font color="#444444" class=""> </font><font color="#999999" class="">|</font><font color="#444444" class=""> <font class="">512-864-4575</font></font></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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