Philip Leverhulme Award: Internet Geographies

I am extremely happy to report the news that I have been awarded one of the 2016 Philip Leverhulme prizes! I hope to use the resources offered by the Leverhulme Trust to extend my research into information and internet geographies.… Continue Reading

“Perish or Globalize:” Network Integration and the Reproduction and Replacement of Weaving Traditions in the Thai Silk Industry

The practice of handmade silk weaving has disappeared from much of the world, but continues to be practiced by thousands of people in Northeastern Thailand. However, as the Thai economy becomes increasingly embedded into global flows and networks of commodities,… Continue Reading

AAG 2015 CFP – From Online Sweat Shops to Silicon Savannahs: Geographies of Production in Digital Economies of Low-Income Countries

  From Online Sweat Shops to Silicon Savannahs:  Geographies of Production in Digital Economies of Low-Income Countries   AAG Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 21-25, 2015 (sponsored by the Development Geography Specialty Group) Organizers: Mark Graham, Nicolas Friederici, and Isis Hjorth… Continue Reading