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Devika Narayan

@devikanarayan.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof/Lecturer l University of Bristol Tech, markets, orgs + work. Some other stuff. Sociologist. www.devikanarayan.com

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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@bricolageyumyum.bsky.social
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Rediscovering how much I like this article. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
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The temporalities of capitalism†
Abstract. The temporalities of capitalism are in certain respects unique. The temporalities of social life in general are ‘eventful’, i.e. irreversible, co
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Sunday Jun-Jun.
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Just out w/ @jacobhell.bsky.social - "Cloud assets and the “unit of compute”: Market dominance in commercial computing" #assetization #cloudcomputing #datacentres #bigtech || journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
reposting this which enthuses not only about Sarah Sharma's book but also the work of Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social. @dukepress.bsky.social @goodrobotpod.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @ahjackman.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @alinau27.bsky.social
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Favourite workshop venue! In a 100 year old boat inside a science and technology museum.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Domani a Milano!
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sedyst.bsky.social @sedyst.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Last call: We are hosting @devikanarayan.bsky.social at 8pm at SPUI25 where she will be giving a talk on "Cloud Capitalism" and discussing the futures of computatinal infrastructures with Miriyam Aouragh. Live stream: spui25.nl/live More info: spui25.nl/programma/th... #Algosoc #PIP #titipi
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Cloud Capitalism​
Owned and controlled by a handful of mega-corporations, clouds and mobile devices in our pockets have become the taken-for-granted foundations of contemporary society. What are the consequences of thi...
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...
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Inside the relentless race for AI capacity
The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Organised by Seda Gürses, Agustin Ferrari Braun and Donald Jay Bertulfo (Programmable Infrastructures Project & @algosoc.org)
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I am giving a (hybrid) talk in Amsterdam next month about how the computer industry morphed onto "tech" and why it matters. Come if interested! www.spui25.nl/programma/th...
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Cloud Capitalism​
Owned and controlled by a handful of mega-corporations, clouds and mobile devices in our pockets have become the taken-for-granted foundations of contemporary society. What are the consequences of thi...
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Wow, this piece is fascinating.
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
this one's a banger (no mash)
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🙏
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I have a new one on cloud infrastructure and capitalist instability out! doi.org/10.1080/0197...
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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
new jawn from me out today in economy & society on the "subscription economy," part of my larger project on *the paywall society* www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Subscription's entanglements
PDF | On Feb 5, 2026, Aaron Shapiro published Subscription's entanglements | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
22nd December Deadline!
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Just FYI, this book is going to be brilliant. www.dukeupress.edu/hidden-empir...
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Hidden Empire of Finance: How Wall Street Profits from Our Cities and Fuels Global Inequality
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Jamie Peck @jamiepeck.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026 Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
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Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
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Valentin Goujon @vgoujon.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
On May 27, also at Cnam, Devika Narayan (@devikanarayan.bsky.social, University of Bristol) will discuss the material practices of technological acceleration, drawing on a sociotechnical analysis of computing infrastructure and an industrial political economy perspective on the tech sector 🖥️
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Omg. They flowered.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
In the sept issue! How to tell supply chain histories. Specifically, the story of India's software industry.
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A conjunctural approach to global production networks: the case of India’s software services industry
Abstract. Global production networks (GPNs) are a ubiquitous mode of industrial organization. This article advances the theorization of GPN formation. By f
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Post doc opportunity on computational infrastructures "How do computational infrastructures expand into sectoral organizations? Are current (digital) policies adequate in responding to their impact on administration of justice?" careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Po...
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Postdoc Impact of Computational Infrastructures on Public Institutions and Administration of Justice
Postdoc Impact of Computational Infrastructures on Public Institutions and Administration of Justice
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
No bells and whistles, solid and sensible.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Reading 1980s lit on large technical systems and loving it.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Happy plants + moody Juno
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Writing from scratch. Draft zero sort of situation. Can someone remind me how it's done.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I am starting to sense the very real fears of job loss among software developers and data scientists. Bosses talking to team leads, telling the that the upper echelons want to co-pilot their way into smaller dev teams.
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Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Back in 🇩🇪 NRW this week. Presenting my work on ‘Big AI’—Platforms, Dependency, & Power, at @unibonn.bsky.social tonight (Mon), & Internationale Club La Redoute w/ @silvertje.bsky.social (Tue). 🔗 www.cassis.uni-bonn.de/en/events/up... & intclub-redoute-bonn.de/event/big-ai.... Please come if around!
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Infrastructure, Capitalism, and Dependency in the Digital Age
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Argh, I know. Especially as I'm not sure when our paths will cross next...
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Ohh this looks so great!! fomo for sure...(But that seems to be a mistake in the programme...I'm not going to be there 😕)
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
mass production of labour process studies ruined braverman.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Found my dream collaborator and convinced him to write the book with me. So that's good.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
What's that? More pictures of Juno?
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Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
With presenters Koray Caliskan, Donald MacKenzie, Addie McGowan and responses by @devikanarayan.bsky.social @kylzjarrett.bsky.social and Gillian Tett discussing a recent paper published last week journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Prodexchange: Digital–industrial economization in Google Search supply chain - Koray Caliskan, Donald MacKenzie, Addie McGowan, 2025
Using Google as a case study, this paper analyzes the online advertising sector's search industry. Arguing that search engines are not engines, it examines...
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Looking forward to this!
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Little J.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Happy to be leaving New York so I can get alicia keys out of my brain. It's a real affliction.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Just leaving Detroit after a nine day visit. I loved my stay. What a great town.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Juno content
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Oh no. No reward for the hardship 😂 let me see if i rise to the occasion. ...actually, can you pls write about DevOps so I don't have to??
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Thank you!! I'll take anything interesting
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Omg hahaha I just bought one recently. I haven't mustered up the energy to read a word of it.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Ah no worries...I thought there would be a fair amount. DevOps seems very significant when it comes to software creation, deployment, labor process. This reminds me of an old tweet where you were like CAN SOMEONE DO THIS so I don't have to :(
would.be
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I thought maybe some sort of essay? Literally anything that isn't written by aws or some such!
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Thank you :) I do see lots of industry / corporate blogs out here.
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Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
@miriamposner.com i thought of you! Would you know?
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