Beyond platform capitalism: Digital solidarity economy and free culture networks in Argentina and Brazil
Abstract
This article examines the relationship between the digital solidarity economy and free culture in Latin America, based on case studies using semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis. The cases are three emblematic initiatives: Código Libre and Alternativa Laboral Trans (Argentina) and EITA (Brazil). Results highlight contemporary advances and challenges, systematising principles and indicators that demonstrate how free culture not only enhances the digital solidarity economy but is essential to genuinely collaborative digital economic initiatives. The study concludes that adopting free culture principles transcends technical improvement, serving as an ethical and practical foundation for alternative economic models capable of integrating social transformation, equity, and sustainability in the region.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Digital Economy and Work Transformation
Social and Economic Solidarity
Sharing Economy and Platforms
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Internet Policy Review
- Publisher
- Internet Policy Review, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 6 February 2026
- Language
- EN