tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2024
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of work and labour was being deeply ponde... more In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of work and labour was being deeply pondered upon. The demarcations that emerged out of this juncture led to a bifurcation of labour into 'essential workers', who are pushed into precarity from the threat of disease and contractual uncertainty in employment, and those who 'work from home'. While geo-spatial segregation of these distinctions is contingent upon the specific relation of the nature of work with datafication, we are impelled to ponder upon the role that the accumulation of surplus value plays in this process. More specifically we must ask, what role does digital labour play in the datafication and datafied reorganization of work and workplaces? The inadequateness of data colonialism as a theoretical tool that accounts for the historical-materialist and dialectical roots of extraction and accumulation of user data requires a retheorization of the process. In this paper, I shall examine the ontological inadequacies of the metaphors of colonialism, and its extractivist logic, being transposed and mapped onto the studies of datafication. Following this I shall explore 'digital dispossession' as a convergence of Digital Capitalism and the neoliberal reorganization of digitized social labour, alongside its necropolitical implications. Drawing upon David Harvey's theorization of 'Accumulation by Dispossession', I argue for a classical Marxist interpretation of datafication as a new reorganization of capitalist accumulation that acts and appropriates surplus generated by prosumers through the unpaid and discursive digital labour performed on digital platforms.
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2024
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of work and labour was being deeply ponde... more In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of work and labour was being deeply pondered upon. The demarcations that emerged out of this juncture led to a bifurcation of labour into 'essential workers', who are pushed into precarity from the threat of disease and contractual uncertainty in employment, and those who 'work from home'. While geo-spatial segregation of these distinctions is contingent upon the specific relation of the nature of work with datafication, we are impelled to ponder upon the role that the accumulation of surplus value plays in this process. More specifically we must ask, what role does digital labour play in the datafication and datafied reorganization of work and workplaces? The inadequateness of data colonialism as a theoretical tool that accounts for the historical-materialist and dialectical roots of extraction and accumulation of user data requires a retheorization of the process. In this paper, I shall examine the ontological inadequacies of the metaphors of colonialism, and its extractivist logic, being transposed and mapped onto the studies of datafication. Following this I shall explore 'digital dispossession' as a convergence of Digital Capitalism and the neoliberal reorganization of digitized social labour, alongside its necropolitical implications. Drawing upon David Harvey's theorization of 'Accumulation by Dispossession', I argue for a classical Marxist interpretation of datafication as a new reorganization of capitalist accumulation that acts and appropriates surplus generated by prosumers through the unpaid and discursive digital labour performed on digital platforms.
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2020
In this paper, I shall attempt to respond to the charge that the digital labour theory, as develo... more In this paper, I shall attempt to respond to the charge that the digital labour theory, as developed by Christian Fuchs, doesn’t faithfully stick to the Marxist schema of the Labour Theory of Value by arguing that Marx’s critique of capitalism was based on the social and material cost of exploitation and the impact of capitalist exploitation of the working class. Engels’s analysis of The Condition of The Working Class in England links the various forms of violence faced by the working class to the bourgeois rule that props their exploitation. I shall argue, within the framework of Critical Social Media Studies, that the rapid advance of fascist and authoritarian regimes represents a similar development of violence and dispossession, with digital capitalism being a major factor catalysing the rifts within societies. It shall be further argued that much like the exploitative nature of labour degrades social linkages and creates conditions of that exaggerates social contradictions, the...
马克思对资本主义的批判是奠基于剥削的社会基础和物质基础以及资本主义对工人阶级的剥削之上的。恩格斯对英国工人阶级状况的分析揭示了工人阶级所遭受的各种形式的暴力和剥削与资产阶级统治之间的隐秘关联。本... more 马克思对资本主义的批判是奠基于剥削的社会基础和物质基础以及资本主义对工人阶级的剥削之上的。恩格斯对英国工人阶级状况的分析揭示了工人阶级所遭受的各种形式的暴力和剥削与资产阶级统治之间的隐秘关联。本文将通过借助社交媒体的批判研究框架，阐述随着数字资本主义成为催化社会内部分裂的一个主要因素，法西斯主义和独裁政权的快速发展代表着暴力和剥夺的兴盛。正如劳动的剥削性质异化社会联系并创造激化社会矛盾的条件一样，社交媒体用户从事的“数字劳动”也正在撕裂着社会关系并生产出极端暴力景观，这种暴力景观正不断助长法西斯主义独裁政权。
In this paper, I shall attempt to respond to the charge that the digital labour theory, as develo... more In this paper, I shall attempt to respond to the charge that the digital labour theory, as developed by Christian Fuchs, doesn't faithfully stick to the Marxist schema of the Labour Theory of Value by arguing that Marx's critique of capitalism was based on the social and material cost of exploitation and the impact of capitalist exploitation of the working class. En-gels's analysis of The Condition of The Working Class in England links the various forms of violence faced by the working class to the bourgeois rule that props their exploitation. I shall argue, within the framework of Critical Social Media Studies, that the rapid advance of fascist and authoritarian regimes represents a similar development of violence and dispossession, with digital capitalism being a major factor catalysing the rifts within societies. It shall be further argued that much like the exploitative nature of labour degrades social linkages and creates conditions of that exaggerates social contradictions, the "labour" performed by social media users degenerates social relations and promotes a hyper-violent spectacle that aids and abets fascist and authoritarian regimes.
The nomadic tribes residing on the NorthWestern borders of the Central Plains of Ancient China fe... more The nomadic tribes residing on the NorthWestern borders of the Central Plains of Ancient China featured as a significant threat that the Chinese needed to deal with. The paper will attempt to argue the focus on the threat posed by Hsiung-nu in the classical text Art of War by Sun Tzu is significant. In a number of parts in the text, the Hsiung-nu are presented as the primary antagonists to Chinese states.
Industrialisation in Europe was never an insular process, and the connection between the European... more Industrialisation in Europe was never an insular process, and the connection between the European and Indian markets went a long way to boost the industrial growth in Europe. Rather than looking at the process of Industrialisation as a linear narrative of interaction of free market forces, it is necessary to look at the changes brought in by governmental regulations in Europe as well as the competition with products from India, which brought about this transformation.
The ceaseless flow of the river fascinated Maluka. The smooth silent movement of the water made h... more The ceaseless flow of the river fascinated Maluka. The smooth silent movement of the water made him feel at home, for the Fraser was much like the Sutlej gliding through the plains of the Punjab. It was much easier to become intimate with the river than with the unknown people in a strange country. "-Sadhu Singh Dhami
Indian influences along the silk route remains rather unexplored, and it is necessary to study th... more Indian influences along the silk route remains rather unexplored, and it is necessary to study the region in relation to the cultural influences and Indian diaspora in the region.
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2024
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of work and labour was being deeply ponde... more In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of work and labour was being deeply pondered upon. The demarcations that emerged out of this juncture led to a bifurcation of labour into 'essential workers', who are pushed into precarity from the threat of disease and contractual uncertainty in employment, and those who 'work from home'. While geo-spatial segregation of these distinctions is contingent upon the specific relation of the nature of work with datafication, we are impelled to ponder upon the role that the accumulation of surplus value plays in this process. More specifically we must ask, what role does digital labour play in the datafication and datafied reorganization of work and workplaces? The inadequateness of data colonialism as a theoretical tool that accounts for the historical-materialist and dialectical roots of extraction and accumulation of user data requires a retheorization of the process. In this paper, I shall examine the ontological inadequacies of the metaphors of colonialism, and its extractivist logic, being transposed and mapped onto the studies of datafication. Following this I shall explore 'digital dispossession' as a convergence of Digital Capitalism and the neoliberal reorganization of digitized social labour, alongside its necropolitical implications. Drawing upon David Harvey's theorization of 'Accumulation by Dispossession', I argue for a classical Marxist interpretation of datafication as a new reorganization of capitalist accumulation that acts and appropriates surplus generated by prosumers through the unpaid and discursive digital labour performed on digital platforms.
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2024
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of work and labour was being deeply ponde... more In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of work and labour was being deeply pondered upon. The demarcations that emerged out of this juncture led to a bifurcation of labour into 'essential workers', who are pushed into precarity from the threat of disease and contractual uncertainty in employment, and those who 'work from home'. While geo-spatial segregation of these distinctions is contingent upon the specific relation of the nature of work with datafication, we are impelled to ponder upon the role that the accumulation of surplus value plays in this process. More specifically we must ask, what role does digital labour play in the datafication and datafied reorganization of work and workplaces? The inadequateness of data colonialism as a theoretical tool that accounts for the historical-materialist and dialectical roots of extraction and accumulation of user data requires a retheorization of the process. In this paper, I shall examine the ontological inadequacies of the metaphors of colonialism, and its extractivist logic, being transposed and mapped onto the studies of datafication. Following this I shall explore 'digital dispossession' as a convergence of Digital Capitalism and the neoliberal reorganization of digitized social labour, alongside its necropolitical implications. Drawing upon David Harvey's theorization of 'Accumulation by Dispossession', I argue for a classical Marxist interpretation of datafication as a new reorganization of capitalist accumulation that acts and appropriates surplus generated by prosumers through the unpaid and discursive digital labour performed on digital platforms.
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2020
In this paper, I shall attempt to respond to the charge that the digital labour theory, as develo... more In this paper, I shall attempt to respond to the charge that the digital labour theory, as developed by Christian Fuchs, doesn’t faithfully stick to the Marxist schema of the Labour Theory of Value by arguing that Marx’s critique of capitalism was based on the social and material cost of exploitation and the impact of capitalist exploitation of the working class. Engels’s analysis of The Condition of The Working Class in England links the various forms of violence faced by the working class to the bourgeois rule that props their exploitation. I shall argue, within the framework of Critical Social Media Studies, that the rapid advance of fascist and authoritarian regimes represents a similar development of violence and dispossession, with digital capitalism being a major factor catalysing the rifts within societies. It shall be further argued that much like the exploitative nature of labour degrades social linkages and creates conditions of that exaggerates social contradictions, the...
马克思对资本主义的批判是奠基于剥削的社会基础和物质基础以及资本主义对工人阶级的剥削之上的。恩格斯对英国工人阶级状况的分析揭示了工人阶级所遭受的各种形式的暴力和剥削与资产阶级统治之间的隐秘关联。本... more 马克思对资本主义的批判是奠基于剥削的社会基础和物质基础以及资本主义对工人阶级的剥削之上的。恩格斯对英国工人阶级状况的分析揭示了工人阶级所遭受的各种形式的暴力和剥削与资产阶级统治之间的隐秘关联。本文将通过借助社交媒体的批判研究框架，阐述随着数字资本主义成为催化社会内部分裂的一个主要因素，法西斯主义和独裁政权的快速发展代表着暴力和剥夺的兴盛。正如劳动的剥削性质异化社会联系并创造激化社会矛盾的条件一样，社交媒体用户从事的“数字劳动”也正在撕裂着社会关系并生产出极端暴力景观，这种暴力景观正不断助长法西斯主义独裁政权。
In this paper, I shall attempt to respond to the charge that the digital labour theory, as develo... more In this paper, I shall attempt to respond to the charge that the digital labour theory, as developed by Christian Fuchs, doesn't faithfully stick to the Marxist schema of the Labour Theory of Value by arguing that Marx's critique of capitalism was based on the social and material cost of exploitation and the impact of capitalist exploitation of the working class. En-gels's analysis of The Condition of The Working Class in England links the various forms of violence faced by the working class to the bourgeois rule that props their exploitation. I shall argue, within the framework of Critical Social Media Studies, that the rapid advance of fascist and authoritarian regimes represents a similar development of violence and dispossession, with digital capitalism being a major factor catalysing the rifts within societies. It shall be further argued that much like the exploitative nature of labour degrades social linkages and creates conditions of that exaggerates social contradictions, the "labour" performed by social media users degenerates social relations and promotes a hyper-violent spectacle that aids and abets fascist and authoritarian regimes.
The nomadic tribes residing on the NorthWestern borders of the Central Plains of Ancient China fe... more The nomadic tribes residing on the NorthWestern borders of the Central Plains of Ancient China featured as a significant threat that the Chinese needed to deal with. The paper will attempt to argue the focus on the threat posed by Hsiung-nu in the classical text Art of War by Sun Tzu is significant. In a number of parts in the text, the Hsiung-nu are presented as the primary antagonists to Chinese states.
Industrialisation in Europe was never an insular process, and the connection between the European... more Industrialisation in Europe was never an insular process, and the connection between the European and Indian markets went a long way to boost the industrial growth in Europe. Rather than looking at the process of Industrialisation as a linear narrative of interaction of free market forces, it is necessary to look at the changes brought in by governmental regulations in Europe as well as the competition with products from India, which brought about this transformation.
The ceaseless flow of the river fascinated Maluka. The smooth silent movement of the water made h... more The ceaseless flow of the river fascinated Maluka. The smooth silent movement of the water made him feel at home, for the Fraser was much like the Sutlej gliding through the plains of the Punjab. It was much easier to become intimate with the river than with the unknown people in a strange country. "-Sadhu Singh Dhami
Indian influences along the silk route remains rather unexplored, and it is necessary to study th... more Indian influences along the silk route remains rather unexplored, and it is necessary to study the region in relation to the cultural influences and Indian diaspora in the region.
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