Devika Narayan
@devikanarayan.bsky.social
Assistant Prof/Lecturer l University of Bristol Tech, markets, orgs + work. Some other stuff. Sociologist. https://www.devikanarayan.com/
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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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
gillian rose@profgillian.bsky.social · 2mo agoI just wrote a very enthusiastic review of Sarah Sharma's new book. @dukepress.bsky.social @dgrgrgs.bsky.social
Favourite workshop venue! In a 100 year old boat inside a science and technology museum.
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
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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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...
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...
spui25.nl
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/...
(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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22nd December Deadline!
Jamie Peck@jamiepeck.bsky.social · 10mo agoPls 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
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
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
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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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In the sept issue! How to tell supply chain histories. Specifically, the story of India's software industry.
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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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...
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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Reading 1980s lit on large technical systems and loving it.
Writing from scratch. Draft zero sort of situation. Can someone remind me how it's done.
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.
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!
Infrastructure, Capitalism, and Dependency in the Digital Age
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mass production of labour process studies ruined braverman.
Found my dream collaborator and convinced him to write the book with me. So that's good.
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/...
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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Looking forward to this!
Platforms & Society@platformsnsociety.bsky.social · last yr.EVENT ALERT: Platforms and Society and @adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium 12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
