Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Loved doing this interview about my research on the financialisation of small loans with Lisa Prügl! 030
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 04/07/2025Breaking news: Boston Consulting Group modelled the costs of 'relocating' Palestinians from Gaza and entered into a multimillion-dollar contract to help launch a new aid scheme for the shattered enclave on.ft.com/3TrfEpn 49877
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalLabor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 05/05/2025New publication from LaborTech member Tanushree Kaushal! Imperial durabilities of debt: indigeneity, racial capitalism and the ‘tribal’ figure in finance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comImperial durabilities of debt: indigeneity, racial capitalism and the ‘tribal’ figure in financeWith increased acceptance of credit as a ‘solution’ for socio-economic challenges, financial inclusion has risen as a top agenda point for international organizations and state governments alike. T... 041
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalHimal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 24/05/2025🎙️ India’s government released data showing 3.7 million excess deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic years of 2020 & 2021. Coming up on State of Southasia, the health journalist @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social recounts the mismanagement by the Modi government that led to India’s devastating second wave. 034
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalNick Bernards @nickbernards.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Really excited to see this massive collection of work on financial infrastructures ed. by @c-westermeier.bsky.social, Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, finally out! 30+ chapters and an incredible list of contributors. And it's all open access. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...cambridge.orgThe Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial InfrastructureCambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure 165
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Deadline approaching for the LaborTech Annual Awards including the social justice awards, see below for more info or reach me to ask! 000
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Wrote a book review for @hgupta.bsky.social’s fantastic new book Experimental Times, on Bangalore’s gendered startup capitalism economy! 032
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Listening to this excellent podcast series on Swiss colonial history and linkages, with a segment discussing the "Village Noir" in Geneva, which hosted a human zoo among other forms of dehumanization - located so close to the central Plainpalais square in the city. www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...rts.chBoulevard du Village noir – Bande-annonceDans cette deuxième saison de « La face cachée de la Suisse », Shyaka Kagame raconte l’agression raciste qu’il a subie à Genève ainsi que le combat judiciaire qui a suivi, et il explore l’histoire des... 100
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Really happy to see my new article in @econsocjournal.bsky.social I followed the everyday labour of microfinance workers as they collect loans from women in India and navigate care with profit-maximisation, showing the social and emotional infrastructures that create finance for the underbanked.tandfonline.comGendered labour produces finance: Navigating profits and care as intermediaries of financeFinancial actors often characterize finance as standardized and depersonalized. This narrative of standardized finance is commonly incorporated in critical finance scholarship which highlights the ... 1138
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalHimal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Support independent journalism and help produce crucial analysis of Southasia. Click on the link to become a paying Patron.buff.lyBecome a Patron to support Himal!Fund Himal Southasian's independent, regional, reader-supported journalism 001
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Tomorrow Yanis Varousfakis and Michael Hudson will be giving the David Graeber Institute a talk. They will be joined by Ann Pettifor and it will be streamed live on our YouTube page. Here is the link to the page: www.youtube.com/live/JmAeVwC...youtube.comMichael Hudson & Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Ann PettiforYouTube video by Institute of David Graeber 05323
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025My article (written with Signe Predmore) on finance's women's inclusion agenda across Indian microfinance and US high finance is out in a fantastic volume in @finandsoc.bsky.social with excellent articles on performativity, inclusion, green transition and more! @gvagrad-gc.bsky.socialcambridge.orgThe women’s inclusion agenda: Gender and everyday practices across registers of finance | Finance and Society | Cambridge CoreThe women’s inclusion agenda: Gender and everyday practices across registers of finance - Volume 11 Issue 1 123
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalPaul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Deadline for abstracts for Digital Geographies is fast approaching. Lisbon will be lovely in November time! ceg.igot.ulisboa.pt/digitalgeogr...ceg.igot.ulisboa.ptDigital Geographies Conference 041
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Fully funded PhD position on Marathi film Industry at University of Groningen www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...rug.nlVacatures bij de RUG 001
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalLaleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 28/03/2025In 1915, Lenin called the Economist "a journal that speaks for the British millionaires". 100+ years later, update "British" to "Anglophone" and "m" to "b" and things are the same. 13816
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 28/03/2025New article in Globalizations! What drives financial inclusion for marginalized Indigenous communities—when they’re simultaneously framed as 'high-risk'? Through a historically-attentive ethnography, I show that financial inclusion is not just about economic efficiency or profit— 220
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Apply for the LaborTech Annual Awards, deadline June 1 2025. Welcoming submissions for monographs, graduate student papers and *social justice awards* which invite tech workers, labor organisers, activists, designers and others! @labortech.bsky.social labortechresearchnetwork.org/awardslabortechresearchnetwork.orgLabor TechLabor Tech Research Network - A collection of leading experts on technology and work with a commitment to feminism, anti-racism, and social justice 042
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 17/03/2025📝 Early Career Scholars - join our Online Writing Retreat on 27 March, 10:30-13:30 CET! ✅ Joana Ricarte, Samarjit Ghosh, and Natalie Welfens will share writing strategies, followed by a 2-hour writing session 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hIkUhY 032
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Join us on March 25 for this talk by David Adler, General Coordinator of the @progintl.bsky.social, about current possibilities for radical geopolitical transformation. 1276
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalLeigh Claire La Berge @lclaberge.bsky.social · 04/03/2025This is the spirit in which I coined a few years ago the term, decommodified labor. Of interest? www.academia.edu/36822760/Dec...academia.eduDecommodified Labor: Conceptualizing Work After the WageA way to think labor after finanancialization, decommodifed labor refers to an emptying out of the same wage relation that nonetheless continues to structure our existence. In this paper, I put forth ... 051
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Sharing here my recently published article on the politics of regulating microfinance in India. I look at political struggles in the Indian state in defining and legislating microfinance. State actors debated if microfinance is moneylending or a financial service? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comMoneylending or financial service: the politics of regulating microfinance in IndiaThe Andhra Crisis of 2010 is well known as a critical juncture for microfinance as borrowers were coerced and reportedly committed suicide due to repayment pressures. This presented a regulatory ch... 162
Tanushree Kaushal @tanushreekaushal.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Timely CfP on shiftint political actors/ roles/ authority 020
Reposted by Tanushree KaushalProf Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 17/02/2025🚨Breaking🚨 Uni of Lausanne now holds the sad title of being the first university in Switzerland to fire (sorry, "not renew the contract") of a professor, my friend and comrade Prof Joseph Daher, for his solidary with the pro-palestinian students. Sign in solidarity here 👇 clads.ch/solidarite-e...clads.chSoutien au Pr. Joseph Daher en Suisse et à l’international / Swiss and international support to Pr. Joseph Daher – Collectif pour la liberté académique, la démocratie et la solidarité 4227103