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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Cover of the forthcoming book! Digital Solidarity Economy in Latin America, edited by me, Alessio Bertolini and María Belén Albornoz, by Bristol University Press.

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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Domani a Milano!

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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?

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Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do) @uta-do.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

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

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Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do) @uta-do.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Sylvia Croese’s keynote on Gradualism as it manifests in political governance and development projects across Angola. Chaired by Biruk Terrefe #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social

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Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do) @uta-do.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

#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

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Urban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do) @uta-do.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

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

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Honored to have an excerpt of my book featured in @restofworld.org

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Wonderful to be featured in the best newsletter ever! Thank you @the-syllabus.bsky.social

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Awesome piece hot off the press!

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Lin Zhang @linzhang.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Heartfelt thanks to Yifan Cai, Gulinigaer Yishake, @sandeepmertia.bsky.social , @andretwp.bsky.social for their brilliant & generous engagements！

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Such a wonderful book to think with 👇👇👇

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Awesome themed issue - on value and platform economies

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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 · 12/09/2025

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 · 12/09/2025

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 · 12/09/2025

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 · 01/09/2025

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 · 19/08/2025

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 · 11/08/2025

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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Saanchi Saxena @saanchi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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 · 17/07/2025

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 · 17/07/2025

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

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Kevin Donovan @kevindonovan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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 · 08/04/2025

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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Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

#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 · 11/06/2025

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 · 04/06/2025

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

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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 · 22/05/2025

was fun following trucks and knocking on warehouse doors

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Aditya Ray @adiray.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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 · 22/05/2025

awesome work - so great it's out 👇

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Already missing this crew - a fantastic workshop. I always learn more than what I can teach

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

How do platforms produce "helpful" reviewers/consumers? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Check this out - most recent piece in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social on Royal Mail becoming more and more like Amazon ⬇️

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Ashique Ali T @ashiquealit.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

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.

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Brilliant people at the Platforms without borders workshop in London #Space4 #platforms thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for the wonderful hosting and @grohmannrafael.bsky.social @linzhang.bsky.social Denise Kasparian @marcsteinberg.bsky.social

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It was a fantastic symposium! Thank you @adtechproject.bsky.social for co-hosting and the wonderful speakers Koray Çaliskan Donald MacKenzie @addiemcgowan.bsky.social @devikanarayan.bsky.social @kylzjarrett.bsky.social and @gilliantett.bsky.social

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

A reminder of our online symposium with @adtechproject.bsky.social tomorrow!

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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

A day of announcements: also flagging another recently published paper on the labor behind Amazon's audiobook value chain - from a feminist Latina perspective. Authored by Ruth L. Nuñez. Enjoy 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Andrea Pollio @andretwp.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A very interesting map of Google search as a supply chain ⬇️⬇️

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Niels van Doorn @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Very happy to see this wonderful piece - which couldn’t have arrived at a better moment - published in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social!

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