April 2026
We introduce the concepts of data rent and computational rent to name the specific forms of value extraction that emerge when controlling the storage and …
January 2026
We argue that digital geographers need to radically defetishize the construction of spatial data and acknowledge how these black-boxed systems mediate surveillance and capitalist extraction. …
October 2025
This article critically examines the interplay between digital infrastructures, authoritarian politics, and quantification in contemporary governance, arguing that quantification is being reimagined as a tool …
December 2024
The Market Value Analysis (MVA), and similar algorithms, perpetuate racial and class-based inequalities by embedding systemic biases into urban planning and the geography of cities …
November 2024
Tech companies are reshaping cities through a feedback loop where consumer behaviors, tracked via smartphones, inform the design of urban spaces tailored to affluent users, …
October 2024
Through tracing the historical evolution of these formats, we uncover how digital labor—whether voluntary, outsourced, or co-opted—plays a role in shaping the operations of for-profit …
