Andrea Pollio
@andretwp.bsky.social
Whatever works in life and pronouns. Author of Silicon Elsewhere (University of California Press, 2026). https://www.ucpress.edu/books/silicon-elsewhere/paper
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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)
Awesome piece hot off the press!
Super excited to announce a new piece out in the world: States and platform capitalisms: A conversation. This is a collaboration with some amazing thinkers and friends- led by @sayshatim.bsky.social Joe Khalil @linzhang.bsky.social & @rahmuk.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Awesome piece hot off the press!
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Heartfelt thanks to Yifan Cai, Gulinigaer Yishake, @sandeepmertia.bsky.social , @andretwp.bsky.social for their brilliant & generous engagements！
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Heartfelt thanks to Yifan Cai, Gulinigaer Yishake, @sandeepmertia.bsky.social , @andretwp.bsky.social for their brilliant & generous engagements！
Such a wonderful book to think with 👇👇👇
Heartfelt thanks to Yifan Cai, Gulinigaer Yishake, @sandeepmertia.bsky.social , @andretwp.bsky.social for their brilliant & generous engagements！
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Such a wonderful book to think with 👇👇👇
Awesome themed issue - on value and platform economies
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
"https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-pns/pns-1-digital_platform_economies_value_from_data/pns
September 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Awesome themed issue - on value and platform economies
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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!
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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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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....
September 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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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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....
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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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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....
September 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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....
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
September 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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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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!
Apply by 30 September 2025!
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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!
Apply by 30 September 2025!
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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/...
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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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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
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
July 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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
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
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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
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
July 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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
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
It was such a wonderful dissertation to read and viva to attend
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
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
July 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It was such a wonderful dissertation to read and viva to attend
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it's here!
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
a brief 🧵
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
a brief 🧵
February 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
it's here!
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
a brief 🧵
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
a brief 🧵
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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)
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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)
Reposted by Andrea Pollio
Yesss!
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
June 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yesss!
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#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.
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.
June 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#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.
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.
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
June 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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
Cannot wait! To see friends @tommytse.bsky.social @mariarepnikova.bsky.social and make new ones in this xchnage
📢 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...
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 ...
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June 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Cannot wait! To see friends @tommytse.bsky.social @mariarepnikova.bsky.social and make new ones in this xchnage
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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
May 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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
was fun following trucks and knocking on warehouse doors
This is a fabulous mapping paper by my dear colleague Maja-Lee. Thanks @platformsnsociety.bsky.social for hosting such work!
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
May 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
was fun following trucks and knocking on warehouse doors
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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:
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:
May 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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:
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:
awesome work - so great it's out 👇
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
May 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
awesome work - so great it's out 👇
Already missing this crew - a fantastic workshop. I always learn more than what I can teach
A very valuable meeting point in academic journey.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
May 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Already missing this crew - a fantastic workshop. I always learn more than what I can teach