On November 23, 2024, Talking Precarity brought together a group of workers from various sectors in Toronto to explore the connections across their precarious labour conditions. Participants were asked to share something that represents an aspect of their past or present labour experiences to become part of a temporary “precarity archive.” The group was guided through a discussion and documentation process by lens based artist and scholar Zinnia Naqvi. This process included using the archival object as a launching pad for storytelling, audio recording, and photography.

In this episode, you will hear workshop participants tell the stories behind the precarity archive objects.

Together these stories provide an entrypoint for thinking about the connections between precarious workers: that means noticing how o ...