vignesh ramachandran
vigneshr.bsky.social
vignesh ramachandran
@vigneshr.bsky.social
phd student | geography at uw-madison studying delivery work, policing, and the history of management
there are countless friends, comrades, and partners in this work, for whom i’m grateful beyond words. on this earth, they’re what make life worth living.

for 2025, I’m looking forward to witnessing more friendship, community, and liberation from the river to the sea ❤️‍🔥
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I cowrote this op-ed about the gaza solidarity encampment (which might be my most widely read piece this year) resulting in a wild investigation and repression campaign by the university

captimes.com/opinion/gues...
Opinion | UW-Madison not acting in good faith with student protesters
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin has not only refused to take action on our proposal, she hasn't respected principles of shared governance.
captimes.com
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
besides my academic work, i’m immensely proud to have witnessed the gaza solidarity encampment at UW-Madison
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
i finished my qualifying exams and defended a dissertation proposal! i also received an ACLS/Mellon dissertation innovation fellowship for my research

www.acls.org/fellow-grant...
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
a book chapter on border abolition in the book Border Abolition Now: “Rising waters from New York City to Pakistan: Abolitionist organizing at the intersection of immigration justice and the climate crisis” (dm for pdf)

www.plutobooks.com/978074534898...
Border Abolition Now
'Outstanding ... A rich, hopeful guide that shows us how the world could be borderless, flourishing, free' - Luke de Noronha, co-author, Against Borders B...
www.plutobooks.com
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
a cowritten article on asian american abolition feminism: “Under Attack from the State and in Our Homes: Materialist Interventions and Lessons in Abolition Feminisms from Desis Rising Up and Moving” (dm for pdf)

muse.jhu.edu/article/922891
Project MUSE - Under Attack from the State and in Our Homes: Materialist Interventions and Lessons in Abolition Feminisms from Desis Rising Up and Moving
muse.jhu.edu
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
my first solo pub in Antipode: “The Carceral Geographies of Platform Delivery Work: Essential Workers and Bike Registrations in New York City” (open access!)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Carceral Geographies of Platform Delivery Work: Essential Workers and Bike Registrations in New York City
The critical platform studies literature is increasingly considering the role of social difference as a structuring logic in the platform economy, complementing understandings of worker precarity fac...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM