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‘Digital Labour’ – our new publication

Microwork The Gig Economy and Digital Outsourcing

Mark Graham 4 July 2017 0

New forms of digital work have emerged which, in theory, can be done from anywhere. Does this mean that geography no longer matters to digital work? Not exactly. My new chapter with Amir Anwar draws on our empirical research into digital labor to outline how geography still matters, and who it matters for in a… Read More »

Spatial discourses around Internet access in the developing world (new paper)

Mapping

Mark Graham 1 April 2016 0

The ways in which we envision and talk about the internet matter. This is especially the case in the context of plans and projects to use the internet for human development, and at a time when charismatic Silicon Valley champions of new technologies are popularising narratives about its impact. This is a point that Charlotte… Read More »