Workers cooperatives in software and computer services: subversion to cognitive capitalism?

The software and informatics services industry in Argentina maintain sustained growth. A recent trend is the creation of the Argentine Federation of Worker Cooperatives in Technology, Innovation and Knowledge (FACTTIC), which promotes a model based on technology development and free software. The ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Zanotti, Agustín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Ecuador
Institución:Revista CHASQUI
Repositorio:Revista CHASQUI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.ciespal.org:article/2930
Acceso en línea:https://revistachasqui.org/index.php/chasqui/article/view/2930
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:technological cooperatives; free software; work; collective appropriation
Sociología; Comunicación; Ciencias Sociales
cooperativas tecnológicas; software libre; trabajo; apropiación colectiva
Software de código abierto
cooperativas tecnológicas; software livre; trabalho; apropriação coletiva
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Sumario:The software and informatics services industry in Argentina maintain sustained growth. A recent trend is the creation of the Argentine Federation of Worker Cooperatives in Technology, Innovation and Knowledge (FACTTIC), which promotes a model based on technology development and free software. The article explores entrepreneurships from the central region to analyze their cooperative conformation, forms of work organization, working conditions and innovative initiatives. The development of these experiences is set in a context of cognitive capitalism, in his dual role of commodification of knowledge and exploitation of immaterial labor. Ongoing research is based in interviews to referents, web log analysis and secondary sources.