This working paper demonstrates how the Gig Economies Living Lab model can be applied as a framework to conduct policy research through a critical feminist approach that centres the micro-level everyday experiences of workers in the gig economy. The author examines the intersection of technology with individuals’ daily work and life practices in relation to their bodies and emotions. This analysis is based on interviews conducted with 25 home-based women gig workers in the emerging food tech economy in Egypt. Through this research, the dynamic relationalities between humans and technology, as well as the intersection of bodies and emotions with notions of economic agency and productivity, are explored.
