Preeti Raghunath
@preetiraghunath.bsky.social
I research Communication Technologies, Policies and Lived Experiences, also from a historical lens.
Lecturer in Digital Media and Society at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Lecturer in Digital Media and Society at the University of Sheffield, UK.
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My thoughts on India’s ShareChat, vernacular digital worlds, valuations of Indian startups, socio-ecological implications of AI/ML tech & legal frameworks governing platforms. Thanks to Shraddha Tiwari, journalist at CNBC TV18 and my former student, for reaching out: www.cnbctv18.com/technology/h...
How India's own ShareChat plans to corner a big share of the social media market - CNBC TV18
ShareChat, India's first profitable social media platform, has achieved success through cost optimisation, AI/ML-driven personalisation, and diverse revenue streams like ads and virtual coins. With 18...
www.cnbctv18.com
January 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My thoughts on India’s ShareChat, vernacular digital worlds, valuations of Indian startups, socio-ecological implications of AI/ML tech & legal frameworks governing platforms. Thanks to Shraddha Tiwari, journalist at CNBC TV18 and my former student, for reaching out: www.cnbctv18.com/technology/h...
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💥AI and data center folks 💥 I've just uploaded a mini series I did with Sean Willett in 2017ish, pre genAi boom, about data centers and their impacts.
It'll be out on all podcast platforms in about 48 hrs. Early listen here:
🎙️shows.acast.com/the-data-cen...
It'll be out on all podcast platforms in about 48 hrs. Early listen here:
🎙️shows.acast.com/the-data-cen...
December 4, 2024 at 4:02 PM
💥AI and data center folks 💥 I've just uploaded a mini series I did with Sean Willett in 2017ish, pre genAi boom, about data centers and their impacts.
It'll be out on all podcast platforms in about 48 hrs. Early listen here:
🎙️shows.acast.com/the-data-cen...
It'll be out on all podcast platforms in about 48 hrs. Early listen here:
🎙️shows.acast.com/the-data-cen...
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As the year comes to a close and I'm headed back to the region, here's one of the best books I read in 2024. 'On the Shadow Tracks' by Clare Hammond tells the story of British colonialism and of lives under brutal rule through the #infrastructure of the Myanmar railway. A captivating read.
On the Shadow Tracks
'On the Shadow Tracks harnesses the railway lines of Myanmar’s complicated past to its turbulent present, and the result is part travelogue, part history and completely absorbing. An astonishing achie...
www.penguin.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 11:42 AM
As the year comes to a close and I'm headed back to the region, here's one of the best books I read in 2024. 'On the Shadow Tracks' by Clare Hammond tells the story of British colonialism and of lives under brutal rule through the #infrastructure of the Myanmar railway. A captivating read.
* 10 days to go *
Hyderabad is home is Hyderabad
Hyderabad is home is Hyderabad
December 2, 2024 at 1:14 AM
* 10 days to go *
Hyderabad is home is Hyderabad
Hyderabad is home is Hyderabad
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Great piece by @meredithmeredith.bsky.social on “alternatives that stop tinkering at the edges of the monopoly tech paradigm, and work to design and build actually democratic, independent, open, and transparent tech.”
A coauthor and I have some ideas in a new paper 🧵
www.wired.com/story/the-be...
A coauthor and I have some ideas in a new paper 🧵
www.wired.com/story/the-be...
The Beginning of the End of Big Tech
From politicians to VC firms, everyone is falling out of love with the massive, money-oriented, global technology titans. In their place, we have the chance to build something open and trustworthy.
www.wired.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Great piece by @meredithmeredith.bsky.social on “alternatives that stop tinkering at the edges of the monopoly tech paradigm, and work to design and build actually democratic, independent, open, and transparent tech.”
A coauthor and I have some ideas in a new paper 🧵
www.wired.com/story/the-be...
A coauthor and I have some ideas in a new paper 🧵
www.wired.com/story/the-be...
Here's a short interview of mine published by myelopathy.org, a charity dedicated to the degenerative neurological condition of Myelopathy. This is really close to my heart
lnkd.in/ecPFifTz
lnkd.in/ecPFifTz
Interview with Preeti Raghunath - MYELOPATHY.ORG
Learn how a myelopathy volunteer uses personal experience and academic expertise to advance research, care, and technology for the condition
myelopathy.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Here's a short interview of mine published by myelopathy.org, a charity dedicated to the degenerative neurological condition of Myelopathy. This is really close to my heart
lnkd.in/ecPFifTz
lnkd.in/ecPFifTz
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An important new article
Just published on APSR First View: "The Global Network of Liberty: Toward a New Framework for Understanding the History of Political Concepts" by Shoufu Yin @shoufuyin.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 24, 2024 at 8:22 PM
An important new article
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#RPVSky #RPVMethods
If you teach qualitative methods/ethnography, this post may be of interest to you:
How to write field notes (and how to teach the writing of fieldnotes) www.raulpacheco.org/2021/10/how-...
If you teach qualitative methods/ethnography, this post may be of interest to you:
How to write field notes (and how to teach the writing of fieldnotes) www.raulpacheco.org/2021/10/how-...
How to write field notes (and how to teach the writing of fieldnotes)
Writing is hard. And writing field notes is hard, too. I don't think that there
www.raulpacheco.org
November 24, 2024 at 5:26 AM
#RPVSky #RPVMethods
If you teach qualitative methods/ethnography, this post may be of interest to you:
How to write field notes (and how to teach the writing of fieldnotes) www.raulpacheco.org/2021/10/how-...
If you teach qualitative methods/ethnography, this post may be of interest to you:
How to write field notes (and how to teach the writing of fieldnotes) www.raulpacheco.org/2021/10/how-...
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November 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Presenting as part of a panel at the American Anthropological Association's annual conference and cannot help but think (jealously) about the joys of deep anthropological work. Going beyond disciplinary norms and embracing eclectic sensibilities is definitely (very rewarding) ongoing work.
November 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Presenting as part of a panel at the American Anthropological Association's annual conference and cannot help but think (jealously) about the joys of deep anthropological work. Going beyond disciplinary norms and embracing eclectic sensibilities is definitely (very rewarding) ongoing work.
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Tired of Google Scholar? Citation tracking has ruined philosophy? Do not despair, you have edhiphy!
A free tool for mention-based (instead of citation-based) history of philosophy.
@sanderverhaegh.bsky.social and I have written about it on @dailynous.com
dailynous.com/2024/11/20/a...
A free tool for mention-based (instead of citation-based) history of philosophy.
@sanderverhaegh.bsky.social and I have written about it on @dailynous.com
dailynous.com/2024/11/20/a...
A New Tool to Track and Analyze Philosophers’ Mentions (guest post) - Daily Nous
Philosophers have always referred to other philosophers in their writing, but not always with citations. Since most bibliographic tools track connections between philosophers merely by tracking who ha...
dailynous.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Tired of Google Scholar? Citation tracking has ruined philosophy? Do not despair, you have edhiphy!
A free tool for mention-based (instead of citation-based) history of philosophy.
@sanderverhaegh.bsky.social and I have written about it on @dailynous.com
dailynous.com/2024/11/20/a...
A free tool for mention-based (instead of citation-based) history of philosophy.
@sanderverhaegh.bsky.social and I have written about it on @dailynous.com
dailynous.com/2024/11/20/a...
Please add me
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Please add me
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Lots to be depressed about right now, but this may be a bright spot - moving to net zero may not be as costly as estimates suggest
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
Most analysts overestimate energy demand and underestimate technological advances
www.economist.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Lots to be depressed about right now, but this may be a bright spot - moving to net zero may not be as costly as estimates suggest
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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My first chapter in an edited collection has been published with Bloomsbury! So thankful to have my physical copy of “Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan’s Empire” with my chapter on the Puppet Emperor Palace. www.bloomsbury.com/us/contestin... @borderthinking.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 9:17 PM
My first chapter in an edited collection has been published with Bloomsbury! So thankful to have my physical copy of “Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan’s Empire” with my chapter on the Puppet Emperor Palace. www.bloomsbury.com/us/contestin... @borderthinking.bsky.social
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Now that "scale is all we need" has predictably faltered...
1. Small AI models often perform better in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture.
Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
1. Small AI models often perform better in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture.
Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
Hype, Sustainability, and the Price of the Bigger-is-Better Paradigm in AI
With the growing attention and investment in recent AI approaches such as large language models, the narrative that the larger the AI system the more valuable, powerful and interesting it is is increa...
arxiv.org
November 17, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Now that "scale is all we need" has predictably faltered...
1. Small AI models often perform better in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture.
Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
1. Small AI models often perform better in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture.
Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
Hello there! Would like to be part of this.
November 16, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Hello there! Would like to be part of this.
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We collectively agreed to donate all royalties to Gaza. Please order Handbook for your library (publication July 2025).
My chp theorising coloniality of sexuality will be of interest, but another far better chp on decolonising/ debrahminising queerness enacts epistemic transformation.
My chp theorising coloniality of sexuality will be of interest, but another far better chp on decolonising/ debrahminising queerness enacts epistemic transformation.
Publication 2025. Cover not official yet - we’ll do a cover reveal when it’s finalised. Please ask your unis to purchase The Sage Handbook of Decolonial Theory.
All royalties donated to Gaza.
All royalties donated to Gaza.
November 15, 2024 at 7:23 PM
We collectively agreed to donate all royalties to Gaza. Please order Handbook for your library (publication July 2025).
My chp theorising coloniality of sexuality will be of interest, but another far better chp on decolonising/ debrahminising queerness enacts epistemic transformation.
My chp theorising coloniality of sexuality will be of interest, but another far better chp on decolonising/ debrahminising queerness enacts epistemic transformation.
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London Migration Film Festival, 9th edition, 20-27th Nov 2024 📽️💜↪︎
www.migrationcollective.com/london-migra...
www.migrationcollective.com/london-migra...
November 16, 2024 at 1:19 PM
London Migration Film Festival, 9th edition, 20-27th Nov 2024 📽️💜↪︎
www.migrationcollective.com/london-migra...
www.migrationcollective.com/london-migra...
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Amitav Ghosh on "Writing and imagining history: narrating the Indian Ocean world", 28th Nov 2024, 7pm 💜 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/writi...
Writing and imagining history: narrating the Indian Ocean world
The Global Cultures Institute and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project IATIO welcome the world-renowned author Amitav Ghosh to present the Institute's 2024-25 Annual Lecture and mark the end of the IATI...
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 16, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Amitav Ghosh on "Writing and imagining history: narrating the Indian Ocean world", 28th Nov 2024, 7pm 💜 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/writi...
Can’t wait to dig into this one
November 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Can’t wait to dig into this one
It’s been super fabulous collaborating with the folks at the United Nations University at Macau for the first one, and Joanne (Nottingham) and Stefan (Monash), both in Malaysia.
November 14, 2024 at 11:16 AM
It’s been super fabulous collaborating with the folks at the United Nations University at Macau for the first one, and Joanne (Nottingham) and Stefan (Monash), both in Malaysia.
Two updates to kickstart my Bluesky account:
1. Our co-authored report on AI and the WPS agenda in Southeast Asia is out! Link: unu.edu/macau/news/n...
2. Our co-edited special issue on Governing Technologies is now out as well! Link: intellectdiscover-com.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/content/jour...
1. Our co-authored report on AI and the WPS agenda in Southeast Asia is out! Link: unu.edu/macau/news/n...
2. Our co-edited special issue on Governing Technologies is now out as well! Link: intellectdiscover-com.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/content/jour...
November 14, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Two updates to kickstart my Bluesky account:
1. Our co-authored report on AI and the WPS agenda in Southeast Asia is out! Link: unu.edu/macau/news/n...
2. Our co-edited special issue on Governing Technologies is now out as well! Link: intellectdiscover-com.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/content/jour...
1. Our co-authored report on AI and the WPS agenda in Southeast Asia is out! Link: unu.edu/macau/news/n...
2. Our co-edited special issue on Governing Technologies is now out as well! Link: intellectdiscover-com.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/content/jour...