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Rafaella Lima @eyeofraf.bsky.social · Jun 27

Make sure to follow @valspacepower.bsky.social for future updates, and also check out the rest of the @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social summer program!

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Rafaella Lima @eyeofraf.bsky.social · Jun 27

Successfully co-organized a 2-day workshop on the theme of Valuation, Space & Power this week, bringing together a brilliant group of scholars in Sheffield. Thank you to all the participants and fellow organizers @callumny.bsky.social @richmgoulding.bsky.social @adamleaver.bsky.social & Dan Tischer!

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 26

And Michaela Hamilton, University of Sussex. Her research explores monetary policy in a fascinating paper that examines calculative practices in the mortgage markets as an 'anchor' for statecraft

valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 26

Siyue Wang, City University of Hong Kong, who discussed the curation of value through the strategic deployment of contemporary art as a means to boost the value of real estate

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 26

Logging in again to make sure we give shout-outs to two more paper presenters for whom we unfortunately didn't get pics!

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Emanuele Sciuva @esciuva.bsky.social · Jun 25

This week, I was in Sheffield for the WS on @valspacepower.bsky.social. Met many ECRs interested in how economic value is constructed, where it is located, and who captures it. Thanks to Callum Ward, @adamleaver.bsky.social, @richmgoulding.bsky.social and @eyeofraf.bsky.social for the organisation!

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · Jun 24

This was such a fun and stimulating workshop. Thank you to the whole organisational team and all the presenters - I learnt lots and enjoyed my trip to Sheffield 🙏

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

That's a wrap for today after two days of great papers by keynotes and early career researchers. Watch this space, and follow @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social for their summer programme over the coming two weeks!

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

And to round off our workshop, our own Rafaella Lima @eyeofraf.bsky.social presented her research on real estate wealth chains in Belgium and Portugal

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

Hannah Sender also presented her research on financial assets in the context of domicide through Israeli violence in Lebanon

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

In our other breakout session, we had Andreas Kanaris Miyashiro on valuation and financial fragility

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

This paper critically draws on Katharina Pistor's work in exploring the multiple legal and customary property forms that shape rights to assets at different scales

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

Gustav Kalm presents his paper, 'Who owns the Simandou Mountain, and to what effect?', exploring the legal infrastructures that underpin the leverage of mining rights in Guinea

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

Up next we have Ana Ligia Magalhães, carrying on the infrastructural theme through an analysis of subordinate financialisation and PPP risk management in Brazil

Ana Ligia Magalhães delivering a paper presentation

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

In our final afternoon breakout session, Zhengli Huang from @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social presents her research on contested values within global infrastructure corridors

Zhengli Huang delivering a paper presentation

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

And Emanuele Sciuva from the Politecnico di Torino discussing his paper 'Siliconizing Lisbon: Arbitrage and Value Extraction in the Making of a Nomadland'

Emanuele Sciuva delivering a paper presentation

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

From yesterday we also had the University of Sheffield's Niall Docherty discussing user habits and digital platforms

Niall Docherty delivering a paper presentation

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

Drawing on Alami and Dixon's critical reading of state capitalism literature, Sarah Hall argues for the need to explore how state action and finance shape one another in different domains

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

After lunch, Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social in our final plenary is arguing for the need to take borders seriously as a missing analytical category in the spatialisation of finance

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

Some fascinating links between interlegality and the role of law being drawn across all four papers in the panel discussion

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

Some fascinating links between interlegality and the role of law being drawn across all four papers in the panel discussion

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

Finally for this morning's session we have Sara Bencekovic from Luxembourg's Fincity project discussing anthropological theories of value as a site of conflict

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

For instance, measurements used to calculate 'green' bonds can detach projects from their context and purpose

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valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 24

Claire Debucquois presenting her paper on 'green slicing' the Amazon, exploring how legal and accounting rules elevate proxy measures for sustainability that obscure other forms of accountability

Claire Debucquios presenting her paper on 'green slicing the amazon'

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Rafaella Lima @eyeofraf.bsky.social · Jun 24

Amazing opening keynote yesterday by Mary Robertson at our 2-day Valuation, Space and Power workshop!

valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social · Jun 23

Mary Robertson as our first keynote, arguing for the need to critically develop Marxist categories of rent when analysing the built environment

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