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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 18d

Awesome themed issue - on value and platform economies

Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 18d

A longish thread to announce that the Themed Issue "Digital Platform Economies: Value from Data?" is now fully available online
"https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-pns/pns-1-digital_platform_economies_value_from_data/pns

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 24d

Hot off the press: Chris J Young, Daniel J Joseph and @nieborg.bsky.social trace a platform historiography of #Unity to discuss how workflows create dexterous corporate lockins in cultural production journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... enjoy!

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 28d

A belated catch-up with the papers that came out this (boreal) summer: we start with @alexturvy.bsky.social with a comparative analysis of how TikTok and Instagram shape the conditions for cultural production through their platform configurations. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 28d

And another gem from the summer: Nicholas Proferes @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social @kthorson.bsky.social @ankolika.bsky.social Chia-Fang Chang and Ava Francesca Battocchio write about the rhetoric of localism in platform content moderation. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 28d

And another piece for our readers: Margherita Di Cicco & Davide Beraldo explore how sex workers engage in cross-platform promotion more than in the production of sexual content itself, arguing that precarious success on OF depends on cross-platform dependency journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you :)

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Of course inspired by @shannonmattern.bsky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @kathleenstokes.bsky.social and others

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ever wondered what the geography of disruption looks like from aboard an Internet cable ship? Between sea monsters and pirates, robots and colonial magnates, we tell this story here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @acc-uct.bsky.social

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Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do) @uta-do.bsky.social · Aug 19

Apply for the UTA-Do 2026 workshop happening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from February 9-13. This time round, we have 10 full scholarships available through the Wagon2Africa project. Read more here: sites.google.com/view/uta-do/...

Apply by 30 September 2025!

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Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · Aug 11

Calling all scholars in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and other eligible countries! 🎓 The UTA-Do African Cities Summer School 2026 has 10 full scholarships available through the Wagon2Africa project. Apply! Deadline: Sept 30, 2025. @andretwp.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/uta-do/...

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Aug 8

Can't wait to read it!

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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm officially a Dr. now!!

Passed my PhD defence cum laude with my thesis on gender, caste & street vending in Mumbai.

Thanks to my examiners Tatiana Thieme @snehakrishnan.bsky.social @andretwp.bsky.social Giulia Torino Francesco Chiodelli + my amazing supervisor @michelelancione.bsky.social

Gender, caste, and street vending in Mumbai: a situated intersectional geography

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michelelancione @michelelancione.bsky.social · Jul 17

Who's the new Dr in town!?

Our wonderful @saanchi.bsky.social passed her PhD examination with flying colours (& laude!) with a poignant work on gender, caste & street vending in Mumbai

👍 amazing rev @snehakrishnan.bsky.social & Tatiana Thieme + panel @andretwp.bsky.social, G Torino, F Chiodelli

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Jul 17

It was such a wonderful dissertation to read and viva to attend

michelelancione @michelelancione.bsky.social · Jul 17

Who's the new Dr in town!?

Our wonderful @saanchi.bsky.social passed her PhD examination with flying colours (& laude!) with a poignant work on gender, caste & street vending in Mumbai

👍 amazing rev @snehakrishnan.bsky.social & Tatiana Thieme + panel @andretwp.bsky.social, G Torino, F Chiodelli

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Kevin Donovan @kevindonovan.bsky.social · Feb 6

it's here!

Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa

my book has arrived.

a brief 🧵

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Apr 8

Black, magenta and an edge data center on the cover of my book about Nairobi, smartphones, platforms, standards, venture capital and digital China. Out in the boreal fall this year 🪩 with U California Press (and OA)

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MariaRepnikova @mariarepnikova.bsky.social · Jun 11

Yesss!

Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Next week: ASCA Global Africa book salon with @tommytse.bsky.social @mariarepnikova.bsky.social Carywn Morris and me uva-live.zoom.us/j/85202106220 join online or in Amsterdam

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Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social · Jun 11

#Somalia
After 1 week of clashes , Al-Shabaab takes control of Ceel Hareeri.
Many local militias are seen dead in the published photos by Al-Shabaab.

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Amsterdam friend @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social please share with your blue media network :)

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Next week: ASCA Global Africa book salon with @tommytse.bsky.social @mariarepnikova.bsky.social Carywn Morris and me uva-live.zoom.us/j/85202106220 join online or in Amsterdam

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · Jun 4

Cannot wait! To see friends @tommytse.bsky.social @mariarepnikova.bsky.social and make new ones in this xchnage

Tommy Tse @tommytse.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 Upcoming Global Africa Seminar @Rm0.16, BG1, Univ of Amsterdam. Join us on 20 Jun | 15:00 – 16:30 CEST. Speakers: Dr. Andrea Pollio (Turin) & Dr. Maria Repnikova (GSU). Moderated by Dr. Carwyn Morris
Zoom link: uva-live.zoom.us/j/85202106220
Details: www.chinaafricafashionpower.org/event-detail...

ASCA Global Africa Seminar Series Event #4 | CAPF

The ASCA Global Africa Reading group is delighted to announce the details of our fourth and final seminar event for this academic semester. For our final session, we will be having a book salon. This ...

www.chinaafricafashionpower.org

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · May 22

Hard to explain how happy we are about the first multimedia publication out in our journal: Maja-Lee Voigt - Mapping #Amazon 's logistical footprint on the #Ruhr journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... a collage isometry of Amazon's layers in the EU warehouse capital

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · May 22

was fun following trucks and knocking on warehouse doors

Armin Beverungen @arminb.bsky.social · May 22

This is a fabulous mapping paper by my dear colleague Maja-Lee. Thanks @platformsnsociety.bsky.social for hosting such work!

Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · May 22

Hard to explain how happy we are about the first multimedia publication out in our journal: Maja-Lee Voigt - Mapping #Amazon 's logistical footprint on the #Ruhr journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... a collage isometry of Amazon's layers in the EU warehouse capital

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Aditya Ray @adiray.bsky.social · May 22

What can India’s emerging gig worker unions teach us about labour organising & welfare in the digital age?

Thrilled about this new open-access paper with @islandexpress
in @compchange.bsky.social

Read: doi.org/10.1177/1024...

It's packed with ideas. A thread of it's key interventions:

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · May 22

awesome work - so great it's out 👇

Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · May 22

Hard to explain how happy we are about the first multimedia publication out in our journal: Maja-Lee Voigt - Mapping #Amazon 's logistical footprint on the #Ruhr journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... a collage isometry of Amazon's layers in the EU warehouse capital

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