A number of recent monographs have been focused on how work is organized and experienced today in the new economy, enabled through digital communication via apps and smartphones. Work by Ravenelle, Rosenblat and Gershon portrays both blue collar and white-collar labour, often as part of the so-called gig economy. With their ethnographic focus, the volumes complement the widespread media critique of Uber, AirBnB and Co. with a large variety of detailed accounts grounding the analysis and the (positive) change it could drive in a much more solid basis. Following their trail further and deeper into the world of new work seems like more than a worthwhile undertaking for our discipline.

通过应用程序和智能手机之间的数字通信，最近的许多专着集中在新经济中当今工作的组织方式和体验。Ravenelle，Rosenblat和Gershon的作品描绘了蓝领和白领劳动，通常是所谓的零工经济的一部分。凭借其民族志关注的内容，该卷补充了对Uber，AirBnB和Co.的广泛媒体评论，并以大量详细的帐户为依据进行了分析，并得出了（积极的）变化可以在更坚实的基础上进行推动。沿着他们的足迹更深入地探索新工作的世界似乎对我们的学科来说是一项不值得的工作。