Devika Narayan
@Devika__narayan
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Lecturer (Assistant Prof) University of Bristol. Tech, markets, orgs + work. And some other stuff. Sociologist.
Bristol, England
Joined June 2009
🎉 My commentary on the political economy of platforms is out in the newly minted Platforms & Society (@pandsociety)! https://t.co/V5X4DLGK3P The upshot:
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Michael Goldman's "Hidden Empire of Finance" investigates the dark arts of global finance that muscle into everyday life and city government, profiting from racialized dispossession and undermining the right to the city. Read the intro for free now: https://t.co/5YjLenWKOQ
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I am giving a talk today at Cambridge! https://t.co/Wf7wgDtBUN Still out here talking about cloud infrastructure, the contradictions it acts as a fix for, and the new ones it activates. Thanks to @IliasAlami and Pedro Mendes Loureiro.
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In the September issue! On how to tell supply chain histories. Specifically, the story of india's IT industy and where it came from. https://t.co/3d6k2JDVQA
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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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📣🚨NEW: ☁️ Big Cloud—Google, Microsoft & Amazon—control two thirds of the cloud market. They’re getting rich off the AI gold rush. In work with Nathan Kim, we show how Big Cloud is expanding their empire by scrutinizing their *investments*… 🧵 📄PDF: https://t.co/uLKTMaNiCF
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Reading 1980 lit on large technical systems and loving it.
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GREAT WORK LADIES
World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN has said.
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I think Critical legal accounts need a concept of latency - the way laws and policing tactics sit in the background for a long time and then get applied for ever more draconian and exceptional purposes:
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The wartime Alien Enemies Act has been controversially used to deport Venezuelans to a mega-jail in El Salvador.
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Quite the all stars economic geography panel to celebrate @outtaKimbo's new book! Neil Brenner, Nik Theodore, Devika Narayan, Shaina Potts, Christian Berndt, and Eric Sheppard #AAG2025
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Thrilled to have this opportunity to talk about scalable computing and capitalist dynamics at AAG next week!
Please join us next week for our early career keynote lecture featuring @Devika__narayan and @outtaKimbo Wednesday 3/26, 10.10AM - 11.30AM EST
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Has anyone here written about the history of DevOps? I am writing about it at the moment (briefly) and looking for stuff.
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Excited to have Fabian Muniesa, @_paullangley and @bshestakofsky present their work as part of a Symposium on Speculative Finance and Digital Futures. Today and tomorrow art 2pm (UK), in Bristol and online!
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I have a paper out! It's about how we tell supply chain histories. It's also about how software work came to be offshored. Check it out if you're interested in production networks, economic globalisation, computing history, or conjunctural analysis https://t.co/zMC0ItYRF0
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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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Vacancy at LSE: Assistant Prof in Urban Environmental Geography w/ expertise in any of the following: urban political ecology; climate urbanism; Black geographies/ecologies; and/or environmental inequalities and justice. Deadline: 6-Apr. https://t.co/qcJ9vozTNQ
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the fact that academic publishers have completely eliminated their proofreading departments is so wild. "Here are your proofs with extra typos for good luck, enjoy"
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I spent a day with Michael less than three months ago... He genuinely loved people. Such attentiveness and care. That's what struck me. My mentors' mentor. An academic grand-mentor.
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A question! Anyone working on industry/context specific cases of cloud-ification? i.e., finance, banking, media, retail etc etc using cloud platforms and tools?
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