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

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.