Global perspectives on platforms and cultural production

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Thomas Poell

University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Brooke Duffy

affiliation not provided to SSRN

David Nieborg

University of Toronto Scarborough

Bruce Mutsvairo

Utrecht University

Tommy Tse

University of Amsterdam

Arturo Arriagada

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.

Jeroen Kloet

University of Amsterdam

Ping Sun

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Students

Date Written: October 01, 2024

Abstract

Research on platforms and cultural production is dominated by studies that take the Anglo-American world and Northwestern Europe as their main points of reference. Central concepts in the field, consequently, bear the imprint of Western institutions, cultural practices, and ideals. Critically responding to this state of affairs, this opening essay of the special issue on Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production, consisting of 20 articles, aims to: 1) challenge universalism, 2) provincialize the US, and 3) multiply our frames of reference. Pursuing these objectives, we bring together ideas from postcolonial and decolonial theory and platform studies in a systematic research program. This global perspectives program allows us to: denaturalize and rethink dominant concepts and ideas through research from around the globe; explicitly thematize and examine the global power relations that structure platform economies; and critically interrogate the knowledge production about these economies.

Keywords: platforms, cultural production, postcolonial and decolonial theory, challenging universalism, global perspectives, Power and knowledge

Suggested Citation

Poell, Thomas and Duffy, Brooke and Nieborg, David and Mutsvairo, Bruce and Tse, Tommy and Arriagada, Arturo and Kloet, Jeroen and Sun, Ping, Global perspectives on platforms and cultural production (October 01, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5001845 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5001845

Thomas Poell (Contact Author)

University of Amsterdam (UvA) ( email )

Spui 21
Amsterdam, 1018 WB
Netherlands

Brooke Duffy

affiliation not provided to SSRN

David Nieborg

University of Toronto Scarborough ( email )

1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, Ontario M1C 1A4
Canada

Bruce Mutsvairo

Utrecht University ( email )

Tommy Tse

University of Amsterdam ( email )

Arturo Arriagada

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. ( email )

Jeroen Kloet

University of Amsterdam ( email )

Spui 21
Amsterdam, 1018 WB
Netherlands

Ping Sun

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Students ( email )

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