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Damni Kain

@damnikain.bsky.social
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PhD @Cambridge Sociology, Gates Cambridge Scholar 2024 | Cambridge Trust-Commonwealth Scholar 2022 | Convenor @Techatwork2024, CRASSH, Cambridge | RA @towardsfairwork | Researching: Caste, Digital Labour, Platform Economy, Ethnographic Methods

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Jusmeet S. Sihra @jusmeets.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Recorded sessions from the Caste as Practice research network are now live on CRASSH's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis....
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Asiya Islam @asiyaislam.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I had the most wonderful time running a story writing workshop with my research participants. We spoke about what it is to be writer, who we can take inspiration from & what they want to share with the world. A lot more to come! Thanks again to @britishacademy.bsky.social for funding this project.
A writing workshop in progress. Some books, a couple of mobile phones, and notebooks lying open on a table. Three people are writing in the notebooks, only their hands are visible.
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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Next was a great panel on the past, present, and future of the study of the Indian caste system at @crasshlive.bsky.social with Joel Robbins, Joel Lee, Surinder S. Jodhka, and Manali Desai www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH6y... (4/5)
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CRASSH | Caste beyond Dumont
YouTube video by CRASSH Cambridge
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Jusmeet S. Sihra @jusmeets.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I am delighted to share my article, The Odour of Segregation, where I explore how odours associated with the spatial boundaries of caste ghettos act as a powerful mechanism for reproducing caste boundaries. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The odour of segregation - Jusmeet S Sihra, 2025
This article explores odour as a powerful mechanism in reproducing caste and investigates how odour affects caste boundaries. Based on embodied ethnographic fie...
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
'Creative Interventions in Prison and De-carceral Activism: Sharing knowledge and practice' Join us from 21-22 Feb for workshops, screenings, and talks about engaging creatively and critically with mass incarceration. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/45377
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Creative Interventions in Prison and De-carceral Activism: Sharing knowledge and practice - CRASSH
Convenors Joey Whitfield (Cardiff University) Oliver Wilson-Nunn (University of Cambridge) Speakers Lucy Bell (Sapienza University of Rome) Koshka Duff (University of Nottingham) Clara Panozzo Zénere ...
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 14/01/2025
Passports, past and future: @michaelabenson.bsky.social explores citizenship, post-Brexit Britain and the changing status of HongKongers. 🔎 Our #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers free educational resources, including video lectures, lesson plans and reading lists. buff.ly/4j8HthF
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‘Global Britain’ and the coloniality of British citizenship - Prof Michaela Benson
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Today 4PM ET book talk with @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social on Work in the Digital Media and Entertainment Industries. Join us on DigiLabour Channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XVL...
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Damni Kain @damnikain.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Penned some thoughts as we welcome the 'new' year! This is not a pessimistic retraction from celebrating 2025, but mere reflections on how eccentric time and temporalities are and how strangely they place us!
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Brendan Churchill @brenchurchill.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
great article: Luxury is in a death spiral - www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/o...
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Opinion | Obscene Prices, Declining Quality: Luxury Is in a Death Spiral
Luxury brands have triggered their own death spiral by selling overpriced, overexposed and lower-quality products.
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R. Trebor Scholz @trebors2025.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
New on our blog: a quiet revolution taking root in Punjab. platform.coop/blog/the-unt...
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The Untold Rise of Punjab’s Collective Ecosystem | Platform Cooperativism Consortium
Source: Instagram account of Unati Agri Allied and Marketing Multistate Cooperative Society Ltd. Farmers in India are struggling. Most own small plots—often no larger than two soccer fields—and…
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 23/12/2024
Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest for a forthcoming Special Section of The Sociological Review journal. Editors: @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and Karis Campion. Submission deadline is 13 January. buff.ly/4izyRjO Keffiyeh artwork: buff.ly/41uSBir
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Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation @wolgjournal.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Today is publication day for the new book - Critical Data Studies. But since my copies are stuck in Holyhead parcel pileup & open access version not yet available on publisher website I'm saving marketing stuff to new year. As a launch day it's a bit of an anti-climax! But it's no longer 'in press'
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Gates Cambridge @gatescambridge.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Congratulations to Saloni Atal who has been shortlisted for the most influential article of the year by NextBillion. The article shares insights on how to measure systems change - nextbillion.net/measuring-sy...
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Measuring Systems Change: Three Tools for Understanding Your System-Level Impact
Analysts explore the challenges of measuring system-level impact, and share some measurement tools for initiatives focused on systems change.
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Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge @camsociology.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
We are looking for a new Outreach and Communications Officer as our wonderful current officer is moving on to a new role: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49463/
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Outreach and Communications Coordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Outreach and Communications Coordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term) in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 12/12/2024
#JobOpportunity: join us! The Foundation is seeking two new Sociological Review magazine editors to build on the excellent work of outgoing editors Milena Kremakova and Asiya Islam. Interested? Don’t delay – 19 December is the deadline to apply. buff.ly/3B99lBe
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Today! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gig-work-i...
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Gig Work in Edinburgh: An Inquiry and Agenda for the Future
A launch event of the Workers´ Observatory, sharing worker insights into Edinburgh’s gig economy and discussing steps towards fairer work.
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Sneha Annavarapu @snehaannavarapu.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The wonderful Damni Kain and I will be organizing a symposium titled Titled “Movement in (Ethnographic) Method” in May at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social as part of The Sociological Review Seminar Series. More soon! thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
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The Sociological Review Seminar Series 2025: winners announced
The 2025 winners, with funding from the Sociological Review Foundation, will lead academic symposia on movement in ethnographic method, feminist liberation imaginaries, social engineering after techla...
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Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Now, you can easily compare and choose digital platforms based on their Fairwork scores, which reflect how they measure up against Fairwork principles. Whether you're a consumer looking for ethical choices or a worker seeking better opportunities, this tool helps you prioritise fairness.
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Asiya Islam @asiyaislam.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The latest @sociologicalreview.bsky.social Magazine issue is out and it’s about ‘Waste’. It offers a range of reflections on waste, wasting away, and wasted lives, thinking about gender, race and capitalism.
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Damni Kain @damnikain.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Big thanks to TSR for supporting @snehaannavarapu.bsky.social and me in organising the symposium — 'Movement in (Ethnographic) Method: Space, Time and Theory'. Call for participants will be out soon! Also, do not miss the promising keynote lectures by Nayanika Mathur and @asiyaislam.bsky.social
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Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
In the Philippines, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social worked with two gig worker unions to develop a pamphlet answering frequently asked questions that workers have. fair.work/en/fw/public...
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Fairwork @towardsfairwork.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
NEW BLOG from #FairworkIndonesia on the big changes ahead for Indonesia’s platform workers! 🇮🇩 🚨 President Prabowo’s campaign pledge to improve app-based jobs could bring key protections for millions of workers in the country: buff.ly/4fg6jJD @oiioxford.bsky.social
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