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Rafael Grohmann
@grohmannrafael.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) University of Toronto, Canada. Leader DigiLabour. Platform labor, Worker-owned Platforms, AI & Labor, Worker Organizing
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 5d
Livro Tecnologia Sem Teto, de autoria do Nucleo de Tecnologia do MTST, com prefacios de Guilherme Boulos e Rafael Grohmann: www.nucleodetecnologia.com.br/livro
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 5d
Syllabus of the undergrad course I'm teaching this term on Media Workers & AI, with funding from University of Toronto’s Global Classrooms Funding Initiative, connected to the Creative Labour and Critical Futures project.

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Teaching on AI: Media Workers & AI Course - CLCF
CLCF Co-Lead Rafael Grohmann is teaching a course on Media Workers and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Media Studies.
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 8d
Amanha 13h canal DigiLabour faz uma conversa online com Rodrigo Ochigame sobre o seu novo livro Informatica do Oprimido

Alem da apresentacao do livro, o evento conta com comentarios de Paola Ricaurte, Leonardo Foletto e Rafael Grohmann

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 8d
IA e Cooperativismo. Amanhã online na Semana de Inovação da ENAP
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 9d
I would like to thank the 100+ attendees, speakers, and the organizing team of the Workers Governing Technologies workshop, which took place last week in Toronto. It was two intense days of collective learning with participants from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Canada, Mexico, and the US.
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 19d
One year of our project Creative Labour and Critical Futures, on AI in the cultural industries. Check out our list of activities from this past year
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Celebrating One Year of CLCF!
We’re taking a look back at all the incredible achievements from our members to date.
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 21d
Sovereignty isn’t just about building local data centres, in-shoring supply chains, or adding layers of regulation. It’s about having the agency and capability to make strategic choices public.digital/pd-insights/...
The digital sovereignty dialogue: from definition to the questions that matter — Public Digital
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 22d
Amazing, thank you so much, @charleswlogan.bsky.social ! I only knew the amazing Data Workers' Inquiry! Spreading the word here
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Germana Viana @germana-fazgibi.bsky.social · 23d
Obrigada, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social pela coordenação, confiança e por poder presenciar como você e sua pesquisa vão reunindo pessoas e grupos que estão dispostos a lutar por um mundo com mais amor e igualdade.

#Art #BRart #MTST #historiasemquadrinhos

Só mais um, segue o fio
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Matteo Pasquinelli @mttpsq.bsky.social · 24d
Dear all, I will embark on a tour of NYC, Washington, and Toronto btw October 14-27... landing first for the lecture at the Vera List Center. Drop a line if around!

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Vera List Center Forum 2025: Matter of Intelligence | Vera List Center
Oct 17–Oct 18, 2025
www.veralistcenter.org
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 23d
HQ Outros Mundos Tecnológicos São Possíveis. Já disponível em português, espanhol e inglês @tecnologiamtst.bsky.social
www.nucleodetecnologia.com.br/hq
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Germana Viana @germana-fazgibi.bsky.social · 24d
Taí! O lançamento da versão impressa foi hoje! E agora, pode beixar as versões online em português, inglês e espanhol ❤️

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 24d
Other Tech Worlds Are Possible. Comic book is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese! Partnership with the Tech Sector of the Homeless Workers’ Movement in Brazil (MTST), @germana-fazgibi.bsky.social

English: digilabour.com.br/comic-book-o...
Portuguese: www.nucleodetecnologia.com.br/hq
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 24d
Está disponível online
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 24d
Other Tech Worlds Are Possible. Comic book is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese! Partnership with the Tech Sector of the Homeless Workers’ Movement in Brazil (MTST), @germana-fazgibi.bsky.social

English: digilabour.com.br/comic-book-o...
Portuguese: www.nucleodetecnologia.com.br/hq
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 26d
Na Folha hoje sobre a importância dos trabalhadores da cultura para os debates sobre IA
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 29d
Film festivals like TIFF set the tone for wider industry norms. Here’s what we’re watching around AI. Our piece for The Conversation. Daphne Idiz, Lauren Knight and I
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Film festivals like TIFF set the tone for wider industry norms — here’s what we’re watching around AI
AI in the film industry is a hot-button issue that filmmakers, tech companies, distributors, creatives’ guilds and unions, policymakers and viewers are struggling to negotiate.
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Érico Assis @ericoassis.bsky.social · Sep 8
HQ da @germana-fazgibi.bsky.social que parece muito legal. Tem lançamento em São Paulo no domingo:
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 6
Last few seats available for the 'Workers Governing Technologies' workshop in Toronto. Register here creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca/blog/workers...
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 5
AI policy debates in Brazil: struggles over regulation, governance and labour. New article in the journal Global Political Economy

Authors: Rafael Grohmann, Edemilson Paraná, Jonas CL Valente and Roseli Figaro

Link: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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brendan coke @brendancoke14.bsky.social · Sep 2
Rafael Grohmann. Workers Governing Technologies: Collective Strategies Across Contexts. In-person workshop in Toronto on Sep 25 and 26 with 20 speakers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Spain and US

Registration link and full schedule:
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 2
Workers Governing Technologies: Collective Strategies Across Contexts. In-person workshop in Toronto on Sep 25 and 26 with 20 speakers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Spain and US

Registration link and full schedule: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 2
Workers Governing Technologies: Collective Strategies Across Contexts. In-person workshop in Toronto on Sep 25 and 26 with 20 speakers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Spain and US

Registration link and full schedule: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · Sep 2
Ah, this looks good: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...

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WORKERS GOVERNING TECHNOLOGIES: Collective Strategies Across Contexts
Join us to learn together how workers are shaping digital economies through collective bargaining, co-op formation, and policy reform.
www.eventbrite.ca
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 1
Artículo de opinión que escribí para el diario Tiempo Argentino (¡una cooperativa!) sobre el proyecto Plataformas de Propiedad de las Personas Trabajadoras e Interseccionalidad

www.tiempoar.com.ar/ta_article/t...
América Latina y las personas trabajadoras: otras tecnologías son posibles
¿Qué pasaría si, en lugar de apps pensadas en Silicon Valley, fueran las propias trabajadoras y trabajadores quienes diseñaran las herramientas digitales que necesitamos en nuestros barrios?
www.tiempoar.com.ar
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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 10
#OutNow in #iCS
The 2023 WGA strike marked a key moment in worker-led AI governance. Grohmann, Campos Rocha & Guilherme show how writers used collective power to frame generative AI as a labour issue—and secure contract protections.
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Worker-led AI governance: Hollywood writers' strikes and the worker power
This article theorizes worker-led AI governance through the 2023 Hollywood writers' strike, arguing that workers can shape the governance of generative AI from below. Drawing on the power resources...
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Aug 23
Looking for something to read this weekend? Read the Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms report, with shared learnings between Brazil and Argentina and concrete policy recommendations

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