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ReDICo @redico.eu · Jun 11

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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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Niloufar Vadiati, نیلوفر ودیعتی دهمرده @niloufarvadiati.bsky.social · May 19

Link for abstract submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure

Complete the form to propose a research article, commentary, interview, photo essay, or book review for the Urban Matters Special Issue on Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure. Check the call h...

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Niloufar Vadiati, نیلوفر ودیعتی دهمرده @niloufarvadiati.bsky.social · May 19

📢 Call for Papers
Special Issue: Digital Platforms as Urban Infrastructure
Journal: Urban Matters
Seeking contributions (3500–4000 words)
Abstract deadline: June 15, 2025
Full details in the attached images.

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Anna-Verena Nosthoff @annanosthoff.bsky.social · May 19

I look forward to discussing @jloverwijk.bsky.social's excellent book "Cybernetic Capitalism" on Wednesday @ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social, do join us from 6PM:

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · May 8

Just over a week to get your abstracts in for the special issue exploring the role of the digital in authoritarian politics, movements, and governance. Use your commentary of <2,000 words to document, critique, & catalyse dialogue about this important topic. journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Niloufar Vadiati, نیلوفر ودیعتی دهمرده @niloufarvadiati.bsky.social · May 7

📢 New Publication: “(En)coding care into digital urbanism: Vignettes of collective practices” published by Digital Geography and Society journal, part of the special issue of “Refusal and the Computational City – From (de)coding the machine to (en)coding care.” doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

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Niloufar Vadiati, نیلوفر ودیعتی دهمرده @niloufarvadiati.bsky.social · Apr 22

CFP for Special Session:
Post-Platforms Urbanism and Methodological Redesign
4th Digital Geographies Conference in Lisbon.
Deadline for abstract submission: 30 April 2025
Link to the sessions: ceg.igot.ulisboa.pt/digitalgeogr...

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Anita Chan @anitachan.bsky.social · Apr 9

JOIN me, @xriskology.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social & @mwoluchem.bsky.social for @datasociety.bsky.social 's
#PredatoryData event discussion of the 21st C #eugenicsInBigTech and how to resist it. RSVP and join us online tomorrow Thur 4/10 at 1P EasternUS time! datasociety.net/events/resis...

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Niloufar Vadiati, نیلوفر ودیعتی دهمرده @niloufarvadiati.bsky.social · Apr 7

‘Kiez being (de)Codified’ – I’m presenting on April 10 at Humboldt Uni (online too), with @criticaldatalab.bsky.social. Wrapping up my research on Grassroots Digital Urbanism in Berlin, I’ll explore praxes that have spatially refused the fixing narratives of technology in the city.

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transcript Verlag @transcript-verlag.bsky.social · Apr 2

[#Soziologie]
Wohnen lässt sich vielseitig erforschen: Eine inspirierende Zusammenstellung geeigneter Methoden und Methodologien.

https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7464-4/

#Wohnforschung #Wohnungsforschung #Wohnen #Interdisziplinarität #Geisteswissenschaft #Ingenieurswissenschaft

Das Buch-Cover von »Wohnen erforschen« auf rotem Hintergrund.

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Critical Data Lab @criticaldatalab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Update: Unfortunately the workshop has been cancelled for tomorrow but will be rescheduled. We'll keep everyone posted regarding new dates.

Critical Data Lab @criticaldatalab.bsky.social · Mar 5

KIEZ BEING CODIFIED: We look forward to welcoming
@niloufarvadiati.bsky.social at Humboldt University (and online) for a workshop tomorrow (3PM). Niloufar will talk about grassroots digital urbanism and her current research on the topic. If you'd like to participate/ for more info drop us a line!

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · Mar 6

This Friday at York University, discussion on Abidin Kusno’s book, Jakarta: The City of a Thousand Dimensions. #urban #sociology

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Prince Guma @princeguma.bsky.social · Mar 4

Nice to see that my paper on ‘everyday infrastructures of urban life’ is now in print at @IJURResearch.

I reiterate the need to reorient the foundational parameters of infrastructure…

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Edward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com · Mar 3

The Silicon Valley Consensus: a persistent but fragile pattern for overbuilding, overvaluing, and overinvesting in tech to enrich networks of capitalists & advance their (reactionary) political projects. 1st iteration focuses on AI capex, first half today. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-silico...

The Silicon Valley Consensus & AI Capex (Part 1)

On overbuilding AI infrastructure and its energy supply

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Feb 27

I think about this headline all of the time.

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Charis Papaevangelou @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu · Feb 28

Our new article with @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social is out and is available to read here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10..... So glad and proud to have this work!

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Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social · Feb 26

Interesting fellowship: The fellowship is dedicated to supporting emerging female scholars, policymakers, leaders and advocates who are committed to driving change in Iran and across the Middle East and North Africa region, advancing the cause of women’s rights, gender equality and social justice.

Mahsa Jina Amini Fellowship - Apply - Cambridge MENAF

Apply for the Mahsa Jina Amini Fellowship by email by 30th April 2025. This fellowship is dedicated to supporting emerging female scholars, policymakers, leaders and advocates who are committed to dri...

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🔴 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social · Feb 12

📅 Berlin | 5 March
Monopoly of the Tech Giants
@futurehistories.bsky.social LIVE podcast recording with Prof. Cecilia Rikap

The live episode recording will be followed by Q&A with the speakers and a reception with the opportunity for more discussions. 👇
www.rosalux.de/veran...

Sharepic mit den Veranstaltungsdaten (als Text auf der verlinkten Webseite).

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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · Feb 13

Workshop CFP: 'The use of research creation and arts-based methods in studying housing, planning and the built environment' (9–10 September 2025, Maynooth University, Ireland). Includes 13 bursaries for travel/accommodation to attend. Further details at: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=650

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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · Feb 12

📣 CfP ALGORITHMIC REFUSAL: CREATIVITY AND CODEABILITY IN DIGITAL URBAN GOVERNANCE
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.

Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes

DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇

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'Algorithmic Refusal: Creativity and Codeability in Digital Urban Governance' CfP at the RGS-IBG, Birmingham 2025 — Regional Futures

Algorithmic Refusal: Creativity and Codeability in Digital Urban Governance RGS-IBG Annual Meeting, Birmingham 2025 Session Organisers: Prof Ayona Datta, Dr Fenna Hoefsloot, Dr Mariana Reyes ...

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Niloufar Vadiati, نیلوفر ودیعتی دهمرده @niloufarvadiati.bsky.social · Jan 8

And the shooting and eventually killing of that man(i think named Rahman), simply because he wanted to keep the generator for electricity!

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Nat Osborne she/her @drnatosborne.bsky.social · Jan 6

Popping this back at the top of the feed for other academics who started back at work today - using @brkeogh.bsky.social's tracker has made it so much easier for me to understand where my time's going, and has offered me more confidence in using the "flexibility" our jobs purportedly offer

Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · Dec 31

I have updated the Academic Workload Tracker for 2025. I strongly encourage all academics to track how long you actually work, and at what tasks. It's a crucial way to counter the deliberate wage-theft of obfuscatory university workload models.

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Academic Work Tracker Template v2.2 (2025)

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Caren Lay @carenlay.bsky.social · Jan 6

Durch unsere App wurden schon mehr als 22.000 bedenkliche Fälle überhöhter Mieten aufgedeckt.

Das zeigt: viele Mieten sind zu hoch & können gesenkt werden. Nutzt auch ihr unsere Mietwucher App & prüft, ob Euer Vermieter zu viel Miete von Euch kassiert: mietwucher.app/de.

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