ESNEKLİĞİN SINIRLARINI KALDIRMAK: DİJİTAL GÖÇEBELER ÜZERİNE ELEŞTİREL BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Abstract

Dijital göçebeler, çalışma hayatındaki teknolojik dönüşümlere paralel olarak boş zaman-çalışma dikotomisinden bağımsız, özgün bir grubu tanımlamaktadır. Farklı karakteristik özelliklere sahip bir grup olarak dijital göçebeler, özgürlüklere dayalı bir yaşam tarzı anlatısı sunmaktadır. Ayrıca küresel hareketliliğe, zaman ve mekândan bağımsız bir çalışma yaşamı eşlik etmektedir. Ancak dijital göçebeliğin özgürlük olgusu üzerinden sunulması, göçebeliği çalışma ve istihdam sürecinden koparmakta ve küresel düzeyde yaşanan neoliberal dönüşümün bu aktörlerin motivasyonları üzerindeki etkisi görünür olmaktan çıkmaktadır. Bu nedenle çalışma, dijital göçebeleri çalışma hayatının küresel ölçekte dönüşümü ile birlikte değerlendirmektedir. Ayrıca, göçebelik ile üretim sürecinin dönüşümü arasındaki bağlantı ve bu değişimin dijital göçebeler üzerindeki sonuçları da incelenmektedir. Dijital göçebelik böyle bir perspektiften analiz edildiğinde, özgürlük ile ilişkilendirilen esnekliğe önemli güvencesizlik süreçlerinin eşlik ettiği ve dijital göçebelerin neoliberal rejimin dijital alandaki girişimci aktörlerine dönüştüğü görülmektedir. Böylece, dijital göçebelerin profesyonel yaşamı giderek geleneksel çalışma biçimlerine yakınsamakta ve sosyal koruma olmaksızın riskleri bireyselleştirmektedir.

Keywords

• Dijital Göçebe
• Dijitalleşme
• Küresel Hareketlilik
• Esneklik

REMOVING THE BOUNDARIES OF FLEXIBILITY: A CRITICAL EVALUATION ON DIGITAL NOMADISM

Abstract

Digital nomads describe a distinct group that is independent from the leisure-work dichotomy in accordance with the technological transformations in working life. As a group with unique characteristics, digital nomads present a lifestyle narrative based on freedoms. Furthermore, global mobility accompanies a working life that is independent of time and space. However, the presentation of digital nomadism through the phenomenon of freedom disconnects nomadism from the process of work and employment, and the impact of neoliberal transformation at the global level on the motivations of these actors disappears. Therefore, the study evaluates digital nomadism in the context of the global transformation of work life. It examines the connection between nomadism and the transformation of the production process, as well as the consequences of this change on digital nomads. When digital nomadism is analyzed from such a perspective, it is seen that significant processes of precariousness are accompanied by flexibilities associated with freedom, and digital nomads are transformed into entrepreneurial actors of the neoliberal regime in the digital space. Thus, the professional life of digital nomads is gradually converging to traditional forms of work and individualizing risks without social protection.

Keywords

• Digital Nomad
• Digitalization
• Global Mobility
• Flexibility

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