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Mobility infrastructure and the platform ecosystem
Mobility infrastructure and the platform ecosystem
Our daily mobility is increasingly mediated by ever more complex socio-techno infrastructure. Technology platform companies are the most visible part of the infrastructure, but are certainly not all. The app-platforms work with other intermediaries of multiple types, forming multi-layered ecosystems. In this discussion with Biao Xiang, Erik Forman (PhD candidate in anthropology at City University of New York, and co-founder of The Drivers Cooperative) outlines how the drivers’ cooperative is strategically navigating such ecosystems.