DIGITAL LABOR AND NEW FORMS OF EXPLOITATION: platforms, logistics, and resistance in contemporary capitalism

plataformas, logística e resistências no capitalismo contemporâneo

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https://doi.org/10.22409/xbdtsq12

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This review analyzes As novas infraestruturas produtivas: digitalização do trabalho, e-logística e indústria 4.0, edited by Ricardo Festi and Jörg Nowak and published by Boitempo in 2024. The collection brings together national and international research on contemporary transformations of labor in the context of platformization, artificial intelligence, digital logistics, and Industry 4.0. The book shows that digital technologies do not overcome the contradictions of labor, but reorganize them through new forms of control, precarization, racialization, risk transfer, and intensified exploitation. At the same time, the chapters examine experiences of resistance, collective mobilization, and political recomposition of the working class. The review emphasizes the relevance of the book for labor studies, especially for its articulation of platform economy, subjectivity, education, youth, territory, and new forms of social organization.

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  • Mariana de Freitas Barros Souza, Universidade Veiga de Almeida - UVA

    Doutora e mestre em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia e Direito da Universidade Federal Fluminense (PPGSD/UFF),  especialista em Direito do Trabalho e Direitos Humanos (PPGD/UFPA), professora do curso de Direito e coordenadora do Núcleo de Práticas Jurídicas da Universidade Veiga de Almeida, campus Cabo Frio (RJ), advogada sindical e trabalhista formada pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).

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2026-08-08

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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2026): Confluências, vol. 28, nº 1

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DIGITAL LABOR AND NEW FORMS OF EXPLOITATION: platforms, logistics, and resistance in contemporary capitalism: plataformas, logística e resistências no capitalismo contemporâneo. Confluências | Interdisciplinary Review of Sociology and Law, [S. l.], v. 28, n. 1, p. 38–43, 2026. DOI: 10.22409/xbdtsq12. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uff.br/confluencias/article/view/71669. Acesso em: 13 aug. 2026.