Interesting piece. Left me with a puzzle. When scholars (or anyone for that matter) are accused of not answering the "what is to be done" question, is it because they actually haven't answered or because critics don't like the answer?
Thank you!
Can't wait to read!
Matthew Wakhungu of #KDI interactive session on projects of repair and corrective approaches to unjust urban life. Participants discussed what urban peripheries they interact with in their work #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social
Sylvia Croeseβs keynote on Gradualism as it manifests in political governance and development projects across Angola. Chaired by Biruk Terrefe #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social
#UTADo2026 writing track participants closed off the wee by discussing the peer review process: how to receive, analyse, work with and respond to reviews. They also developed the plan towards developing the papers they have been working on this week. @acc-uct.bsky.social @urbanstudiesfoundation.org
A lively discussion on Energy, Finance and Technology in African Cities between Biniyam Bekele of FCDO and Henol Assefa of Precise Ethiopia moderat d by Liza Rose Cirolia #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social
Thank you Katie! π Grateful to have readers like you
Honored to have an excerpt of my book featured in @restofworld.org
Wonderful to be featured in the best newsletter ever! Thank you @the-syllabus.bsky.social
And I'm excited to hear what you think ;)
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Awesome piece hot off the press!
Heartfelt thanks to Yifan Cai, Gulinigaer Yishake, @sandeepmertia.bsky.social , @andretwp.bsky.social for their brilliant & generous engagementsοΌ
Such a wonderful book to think with πππ
Awesome themed issue - on value and platform economies
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!
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....
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....
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....
Thank you :)
Of course inspired by @shannonmattern.bsky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @kathleenstokes.bsky.social and others
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
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!
Calling all scholars in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and other eligible countries! π 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/...
Can't wait to read it!
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
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
π 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
it's here!
Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
my book has arrived.
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