Public space and hyperspace in the platform economy, new social capitals and new forms of resistance

Abstract

Based on the concept of labor informality, new forms of work generated by the platform economy and their impact on public space are analyzed. Hyperspace plays a fundamental role in the creation of new social capitals and new forms of resistance to dynamics created by the intrinsic despotism of algorithms. The duplicity of spaces that platform workers, although in different dimensions, moves towards the same direction. The research focuses on the case study of Avenida República del Salvador, in the city of Quito. However, although the point of analysis is this Quito street, the dynamism of platform work comes to influence the entire city, so the area of study inevitably expands.