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Is China a data coloniser? This new paper dives into the fashion world of Kenyan consumers to explore how China's cultural & economic power flows thru Chinese-owned e-commerce platforms. Pls share far & wide! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… #Platform&CulturalProduction #UvAMediaStudies

🎉 🎉 Our special issue (with 20 papers) on Global Perspectives on Platforms & Cultural Production in the International Journal of Cultural Studies is out: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… Thomas Poell Dr. Brooke Erin Duffy Bruce Mutsvairo Tommy Tse Arturo Arriagada Jeroen de Kloet & Ping Sun

Trending in #CulturalStudies: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Global perspectives on platforms & cultural production (International Journal of Cultural Studies) 2) Village YouTubers in S. India 3) China as data coloniser? 4) Cultural & spatial logics of Channel 4’s media hub workspaces (European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS))

Time to explore bluesky today 🦋 @tommytse.bsky.social

*Jobs Alert 🚨 *: A great opportunity to work with Ya-Wen Lei and Moira Weigei at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies as Postdocs (AI & Society in Global China): fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/affiliation-2/…

Book announcement: In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround is now out!!! 4 years in the making, co-edited by Joshua Neves and me, this OA volume is full of chapters that will make you rethink the meaning of convenience. Please read & circulate! networkcultures.org/blog/publicati…

Wrapping up this extraordinary journey to Naples, where we have experimented all the creative twists & thrills of academic writing together. Not only calming our monkey mind, the unique writing space also reworks its contours: squares & circles, lines & dots. #ERC China Africa Fashion Power

See you all this summer at our panel “Interdependence, autonomy and friction in inter-Asian fashion, craft and design economies”, in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand from July 23 to 25 2025! #InterAsiaCulturalStudies #IACS2025Conference #WalailakUniversity #NakhonSiThammarat

The 2nd #ASCA #GlobalAfrica seminar “Global Africa/Global China” will be held on 28 Mar (3 - 4:30pm, CET). Miriam Driessen (Oxford) & Nicholas Loubere (Lund) will come to Ams in person! You can also join us on Zoom. Drinks & snacks @ the networking session - see you there! #ERC

The 3rd #ASCA #GlobalAfrica seminar “Afro-Sino Tech Futures” will be held on 11 Apr 2025 (3 - 4:30pm, CEST). Seyram Avle (UMass Amherst) & Jupiter Wei Wang (UvA) will present in person. You can also join us on Zoom. Drinks & snacks @ the networking session - cya! China Africa Fashion Power

In #UvA #ASCA #GlobalAfrica 3rd seminar, Dr. Seyram Avle (UMass Amherst) & Dr. Wei Wang’s (UvA) talks explored the complex Afro-Sino technological entanglements, urging a critical reassessment of dominant tech narratives & their implications for global futures #ERC China Africa Fashion Power

📢 Upcoming ASCA Global Africa Seminar @ Rm0.16, BG1, Univ of Amsterdam. Join us on 20 June | 15:00 – 16:30 CEST. Speakers: Dr. Andrea Pollio (Turin) & Dr. Maria Repnikova (GSU). Moderated by Dr. Carwyn Morris Zoom link: lnkd.in/e8B_uKpA Details: chinaafricafashionpower.org/event-details/…

✨ That’s a wrap on our #ASCA #GlobalAfrica book salon w/ Dr. Andrea Pollio’s “Silicon Elsewhere” & Dr. Maria Repnikova’s “China’s Image-Making in Africa”, moderated by Dr. Carwyn Morris. We ended with Hangfeng Chen’s film “I Swam to Africa in My Dream”. #ERC #UvA China Africa Fashion Power

✨ Digital Intimacies 11: The Love of Machines is here! Explore how machines reshape intimacy. Submission deadline: 29 Aug 2025. Join the conversation: 🖥️🤖❤️ 👉 digitalintiamcies11.wordpress.com #digint11 #TheLoveOfMachines