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Grateful to SEA for the 2024 M. Estellie Smith Award! A moment of joy amidst the fieldwork hustle! 😄 econanthro.org/awards/kanikka… @EconomicAnthro @GvaGrad_ANSO @GVAGrad #EconomicAnthropology #PlatformEconomy

As we look ahead to another year of publishing work from the social sciences on science and technology in #Platypus, we are thankful for the labor that the editorial team and our authors continue to put in. Today, we invite you to meet the 2026 team!🙌 blog.castac.org/2026/01/platyp…

From Platforms to Protocol Wrote for @PCC_Global on Bengaluru’s tech shifts—how local, alternative models could challenge global platforms to build a more inclusive tech ecosystem. But to what extent? Yet to be seen!👀 @TreborS @platformcoop platform.coop/blog/from-plat…

How can we use anthropological concepts & methods to make sense of algorithms+AI? What implications do these technologies have for our everyday lives, for ethics, regulation & social justice? Hornemann chats w/ Nick Seaver, Veronica Barassi, & Alex Moltzau culanth.org/fieldsights/an…

@nikhit_agrawal @anthrowork Congrats, Nikhit!!! 😃😍

@sosurie Congratssss 🥳🥳🥳

🎉 Exciting news: I’ve completed my PhD from! Writing this thesis as a mid-career researcher gave me a chance to reflect on a decade of change in the platform economy, especially how digital platforms reshape employment and informal work in India.

😄Work-in-progress @GvaGrad_ANSO

@geoplace @ilo That is great! Pls check your DM.

I'll be giving at a talk at the @ilo in Geneva on Oct 23. The hidden human labour powering AI: Introducing the Fairwork Action Research Project ilo.org/meetings-and-e…

♀️Thrilled to have presented alongside 16 PhD students at the Summer School on Gender, AI and Inclusive work, co-organised by @FES_FoW and @JWI_Berlin! Grateful for the guidance from fantastic mentors like Prof. Gabriele Griffin, @3Lmantra, @MilagrosMiceli, @BarbaraOrth & more!

We have just finished our third PhD Summer School in collaboration with @JWI_Berlin . Thank you for all participants and academic mentors.

🚨 New #Publication Alert! 🚨 We’re thrilled to share a #policybrief "Governance of Algorithmic Management in Digital Platforms" by Prakash Gupta (@PrakashGupta28) with @AlgoLabour , published by @T20org for the @g20org 🌐🤖 Read here: shorturl.at/HQd04 #G20Brasil #T20

The 𝕏 algorithm assumes that if you interact with content, you want to see more of that content. One of the strongest signals is if you forward 𝕏 posts to friends, it assumes you like that content a lot, because it takes effort to forward. Unfortunately, if the actual reason you forwarded the content to friends was because you were outraged by it, we are currently not smart enough to realize that.

🚨Exciting News🚨 Think20 (@T20org) published a policy brief contributed by me (@GVAGrad) and @PrakashGupta28 (@OMIFoundation) on regulating #AlgorithmicManagement practices in #DigitalPlatforms #Transparency #Governance Download Policy Brief Here: t20brasil.org/media/document…

How can we use anthropological concepts and methods to make sense of algorithms and AI? Listen in as @steffen_hm explores this question and others with @npseaver, @veronicabarassi, and @AlexMoltzau in our latest AnthroPod episode. culanth.org/fieldsights/an…

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Glad to be part of the #Sylff community! @SasakawaYohei @GVAGrad sylff.org/news_voices/31…

112 years ago today, Franz Kafka captured the academic experience

What is Caste Privilege? Thread 🧵

🗨️ All technology reflects the society that produces it, including its power structures and prejudices. This is true all the way down to the level of the algorithm. 📖 @LegacyRussell --> #GlitchFeminism --> buff.ly/497iu9o

Thrilled by @victor_avila_t's recent review of "Living with Algorithms" in @Convergence_NMT! Víctor encapsulates the book's essence beautifully and the need to "mediate between looking at algorithms AS culture and algorithms IN culture". ✨ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…