Probably worth mentioning here: this will be my last week at
@Bham_Marketing
, that's been my home for two years and a half. Next week I'll return home, geographically and academically, to become ricercatore (Assistant Professor) in Cultural Sociology at
@LaStatale
.
#Spotted
(by a friend) in Oxford Blackwells! 😍 A beautiful surprise - I didn't even know it is distributed in bookshops, being
#OpenAccess
- and in truly excellent company on the shelves too 😉
#HipsterEconomy
Another rejection yesterday, so time to share a good news: extremely proud of having written this chapter on
#media
, conflicts and hegemony in place
#branding
processes in a wonderful edited
#book
with
@UoB_Business
colleagues, "Responsible Marketing for Well-being and Society"!
My first real academic article it's out! I'm incredibly honored to be published in this Special Issue on Taste of 'Consumption Markets & Culture'. Thanks to the editors and the reviewers for the great job!
@jasonhickel
@lokitsch
As Italian who watched the British (and European) debate while the virus was already ravaging here, I was astonished by the fact that the political elites and the media could perfectly see where they would have been few weeks later, but preferred to say "Is not gonna happen here"
@RickDuFer
Qualche motivazione o fonte che sostenga che l'esistenza del web sia garantita e tutelata solamente sotto un'economia capitalistica, e sia impossibile sotto altri sistemi?
Perché tutto l'impianto di questo tweet si fonda su questa affermazione, che è perlomeno del tutto opinabile
This is why today
#authenticity
is contended between capitalist appropriation from above, radical
#ethical
and
#political
projects from below, and a middle layer of micro-entrepreneurs guided by the will to make the world a better place, one
#artisanal
#sandwich
at a time [3/6]
@africasacountry
As an Italian, this is not even red-brownism, it is a nationalist argument IT right uses a lot against migrants. They say we are the real good ones bcs we want to end migration by developing their countries, while the left wants migrants for economic reasons.
New
#OA
publication alert! And a very special one. With
@afrontiercity
on
@osofficer
we define neo-
#craft
work, arguing its relevance to understand the future of
#work
. A perfect academic introduction to the themes of my upcoming book, The Hipster Economy next Jan with
@UCLpress
!
It is with pure delight that I can finally share the first official publication of the CRAFTWORK
@ERC_Research
project! With
@gerry_sasha
on
@osofficer
we discuss what is 'neo-craft' work and why it matters. The article is part of a forthcoming special issue on craft futures! /1
Fantastic
@gerry_sasha
presentation on the tensions in hipsterism as a normative aesthetic via the paradox of fried food (plus a ChapGPT Shakespearean ode to hipsters & tips for faking being an artisan food vendor 😅)
#Stockholm
#Gastronomy
conference
Here is the link with the synopsis, the table of contents, and the blurbs - which make me blush every time I read them - by Richard E. Ocejo and
@consumapalooza
:
This week I got 2 rejections but hey, always look at the bright side of life!
So I'm happy to share that apparently my
#podcast
with
@NewBooksNetwork
on
#HipsterEconomy
is rocking, with around 4k views! Have you missed it? Listen to it now!
WORST EXPERIENCE EVER with
@lufthansa
. Original flight delayed for 20 HOURS for a self-declared technical issue, my connecting flight cancelled, you told to book a hotel and ask for reimbursement, and now you refuse my claim for compensation AND even the reimbursement???
This seems a very fascinating take on the value of
#authenticity
in the media industries. Lots of connections with my forthcoming 'The
#Hipster
Economy', even if with different focuses (
#media
vs
#taste
). Fun fact: we both begin in our first chapter from
#Rousseau
!
Newest book official drop date! “The Authenticity Industries: Keeping it ‘Real’ in Media, Culture, and Politics,” out now from
@StanfordPress
. Available online:
Unhappy to share that my BA small grant research proposal passed the quality screening but was not randomly selected as a winner. Happy to share that I got the news while hiking with this eyesight in front of me, so on the whole it's been a great day.
A Marxian quote to summaries all my the
#HipsterEconomy
book: "The bourgeois point of view has never advanced beyond this antithesis between itself and this romantic viewpoint, and therefore the latter will accompany it as legitimate antithesis up to its blessed end."
In honor of the re-issue of Michael Löwy's book, The Theory of Revolution in the Young Marx, the French publication interviewed Löwy about his approach to Marx's work and how his relationship to Marx and Marxism has evolved over time.
✍️ How can small independent shops save brick-and-mortar stores?
@gerry_sasha
writes on how neo-crafting, authenticity, and quality can save our physical high streets:
@TabitaSurge
Also pretty funny she says Meloni is nostalgic of Italy of the fifties. Much more appropriate would be the thirties, under Fascist Mussolini regime
I want to thank
@UCLpress
for the wonderful opportunity to publish my book in
#OpenAccess
, contributing to free academic knowledge,
@consumapalooza
and Richard Ocejo for the splendid reviews, and Michela Vignola for the wonderful cover art (find her here: )
It has been a real pleasure reading Kelly Wang thesis - and to act as an internal examiner for the first time! I learnt many novel insights on fashion sharing practices, and I definitely look forward to read more about her work once published!
@marioricciard18
@Corriere
Il ritorno ai valori occidentali c'è, anzi oserei dire a quelli autenticamente Europei. Della Belle Epoque, però: sciovinismo e guerra sola igiene del mondo
Next
#Thursday
the 21st of
#March
is the date if you want to hear more about my book, The
#HipsterEconomy
! The event will also be
#online
, you can just register at the link below. And don't forget we will also talk of the new wonderful book Researching
#Poverty
and
#Austerity
!
Join us for the launch of two new books on 21st March: The Hipster Economy by
@gerry_sasha
and Researching Poverty and Austerity by
@Deeolough
@ProfMcEachern
&
@C_Moraes_BBS
. Learn how authenticity and austerity shape our consumption and communities.
🔗
@marcocappato
@AriannaB_95
Mi sembra così confuso da colpirsi da solo (cit.). Ovvio che il Monza Calcio decida chi lo rappresenti e il Comune anche. Ovvio che il Sindaco sia il massimo rappresentante istituzionale. Qualunque altra figura avrebbe lasciato la passerella a Galliani. È l'ABC della politica...
I wrote for the blog of the
@TheSocReview
some thoughts about the role of independent neo-craft retailers in the contemporary food economy as 'taste dealers'. I'm thankful for the great opportunity and hope it can be of interest!
#food
#Sociology
#taste
The nth lethal mix of
#authenticity
and
#craft
storytelling under steroids from
#Moleskine
in Linate: handwriting, human genius, artistry of human touch, crafting a personal story, express your true self, connect with others in a very intimate but accessible way.
#HipsterEconomy
This seems super-interesting! If it's a call to return to the valorisation of culture for the sake of it, not as a source of productive value, it's already worth it. Without undermining the value of cultural work...
For the academic scholars interested in the Hipster Economy,
@afrontiercity
and I have also recently published this article on
@osofficer
providing a definition of neo-craft work and why it matters, which further develops many core arguments of my book
@africasacountry
Obviously, the devil lies in the 'details': by saying they want them to develop in their home countries, they close the borders and refuse to let them in now, letting them die in the Mediterranean and forcing them into illegality and sometimes repatriating them.
Naturally, like any other fresh author, I'm super-happy to discuss it with colleagues, journalists, and anyone interested. To more experienced colleagues: if you have suggestions and/or contacts to better disseminate a book (or this book) please write to me!
That’s not all: I search for a meaning of authenticity from
#Rousseau
to the twentieth century, look at the lived experiences of neo-craft
#entrepreneurs
, and discuss the impact of the Hipster Economy on our
#cities
. All while quoting academics and Italian
#grandma
adages! [4/6]
@GoodwinMJ
Three relaxed people, unharmed, doing their stuff with around other calm and relaxed people, doing their stuff, with literally no one even looking in the direction of the banquet. So is the powerful message about...coexistence? Mutual respect?
@marcocappato
@AriannaB_95
Mi scusi
@marcocappato
, sono confuso: poiché il presidente del Monza quest'anno è anche candidato al parlamento, il Sindaco di csx avrebbe dovuto rifiutarsi di partecipare ad un evento istituzionale, lasciando l'intera passerella a Galliani, permettendogli così di politicizzarlo?
from our upcoming Special Issue on "Rediscovering and Theorizing Craft in Organization Studies" a very interesting paper by Alessandro Gandini
@afrontiercity
& Alessandro Gerosa
@gerry_sasha
:
"What is ‘Neo-Craft’ Work, and Why it Matters"
#craftwork
,
Utterly shameful. We are witnessing the crumbling of the neoliberal
#HE
model enacted in the past decades. As always workers in the less 'cool' and 'productive' fields are the first ones to be deemed a 'portfolio proposed to phase out', but the crisis is systemic...
Needless to say, I’m a fresh
#author
eager for any opportunity to discuss the themes of my
#book
with fellow colleagues, journalists, and organisations. For any proposal of collaboration drop me a dm here on Twitter or write me an email! [5/6]
Very proud to be contributing in my small way to the
#OpenAccess
global movement by having published my book with UCL Press! The future is
#OpenAccess
, now we must make it equitable and accessible.
We're delighted to announce that we've passed 10 million downloads of our
#openaccess
books and journals! Throughout the day we'll be sharing facts, figures (and a brand new video!). Read more:
@Tyler_A_Harper
Polyamory though is by definition precisely the rejection of individualism and a new way altogether of seeing affects - not only relationships - in a more horizontal way. One can like it or not, but it is a spectrum deeply tied with feminist critiques of patriarchal capitalism.
Such a brilliant piece! "extractivism can be seen as a multi-sited phenomenon that does not impact extractive sites only: Rather, extractivism’s effects reverberate [...] across the vast human geography that is delineated through a resource’s production and consumption."
Over years, I've realised there was an invisible link between the Moroccan and Tunisian mines and Porto Marghera: phosphate, as inserted in exploitation and imperialism. Here's a piece about it, co-authored with Mustapha Azaitraoui and Francesco Vacchiano
@italia_nel_caos
Giada è una compagna straordinaria, competente, che tiene assieme la passione per il suo lavoro a quello per la politica. I vostri insulti terribili ed abominevoli, sono ancora più vergognosi perché fatti per il colore della sua tinta. Vergognatevi
Knowledge, and academic knowledge especially, should always be freely accessible! Kudos to
@UCLpress
for promoting a
#OpenAccess
culture in academia consistent with its original values.
Hearts and crafts: artisanal beer, organic coffee and gourmet burger trends look to the future with a nod to the past. But just how transformative is the rise of manual “neo-craft” jobs?
@gerry_sasha
&
@afrontiercity
write in our
#TSRWork
issue.
A new article by
@mariatartari_
and me is out! In it, we asked: does a bottom-up
#placebranding
process really bring benefits to all the inhabitants? The answer is 'not really'. What happens is rather a selective empowerment.
#Sociology
#AcademicChatter
Come work at my place! The Department of Marketing at the University of Birmingham is hiring two new Assistant Professors, teaching and research. You'll join truly exceptional scholars, from both a human and a professional point of view. Apply here:
@marcocappato
@AriannaB_95
Infatti non è organizzato dal presidente del Monza, ma congiuntamente da Comune di Monza e AC Monza, da 5 anni. Ciò lo rende, per definizione, un evento istituzionale. Qui se volesse approfondire:
Thank you,
@UoB_Business
!! I remember that the book will be out on the 23 of January and will be
#OpenAccess
, like all the books published by
@UCLpress
(plenty of excellent titles, I recommend to have a look at them!)
New book alert! 📚📚📚 "The Hipster Economy" by Dr Alessandro Gerosa. Read to learn more about new paradigm of authenticity in consumption, frenzy for craft and artisanal product and more!!
@gerry_sasha
@KenzieMintusPhD
The only combination of "Minor revisions in January 2022" and "new editorial rejection" now is enough to raise so many questions about the fairness and the efficiency of the process...
It's been great to discuss my new book
#HipsterEconomy
at the
@SussexUBusiness
on Wednesday and have such an insightful conversation with colleagues based on it! Special thanks to Mariachiara Restuccia for the invitation and the great photo too 😃
Support the strikes 👊
Tomorrow, 200,000 workers will fight the cost-of-living crisis on picket lines across the country.
Get out and show them your support:
#EnoughlsEnough
@OlufemiOTaiwo
Also, as a very politically active Italian, I have literally never heard of these anticolonial arguments used by her.
So if they exist, they must have circulated among American debate/twittersphere way more than in the Italian public debate. She abs doesn't push these arguments
Published! Me and
@GiuliaGiorgi14
wrote a piece for
@AssoComPol
about what we define "The memetic cults of personality".
#Memes
are changing political
#communication
and leaders' fandoms, in this article we conceptualise a model to better analyse them!
20% DISCOUNT CODE available for printed copies on
@UCLpress
website: the book is freely available in
#OpenAccess
, but if you're considering buying a paperback or hardback copy, please use the discount code UCL24MC58L to enjoy a nice 20% discount! Valid until April
@tomasrotta
From a joint reading of your findings, even more than Marx, they seems to very accurately prove all of Giovanni Arrighi theories in Adam Smith in Beijing and The long Twentieth Century. Also Aglietta much briefer reflections on the New Left Review
This is genocidal.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant:
"I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly."
@ProtectourRoads
I commute to work in Birmingham by bike every day. I get enormously slowed down by the line of cars stuck in traffic, yet I get to work way quicker than them. Build more bike lanes to allow more people to feel safe enough to choose bikes! Save time and save the planet
@drshawna
Solidarity. I fear this may have to do with the (understandable) difficulty for many students to distinguish between the University as an institution - which makes an effort to be very unloving, and professors as individuals, that often struggle against the same institution...
@mrfw17thc
If we distinguish between "amateurs" as passionate people devoting their lives to the subject even if without formal academic status, and celebrities that publish a book on topics they don't know a lot exploiting their fame, I think part of this 'paradox' may get solved...
Very interesting new advertisement strategy by
@Brewdog
, framing themselves as "anti-sponsors" to reinforce their
#branding
alignment with social responsibility by contrast. New, hybrid forms of corporate activism in-the-making.
I'm very happy that 'The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Working Spaces' is out in
#OpenAccess
. It also contains a work by me and
@irene_manzini
: an analysis of the debate on
#coworking
spaces during
#covid
first pandemic on
#Twitter
. Here is the link!
#reminder
that there's still time to register and attend online on Thursday
#21st
of March the
#booklaunch
of the
#HipsterEconomy
and of Researching Poverty and Austerity! Link in the quoted post :)
@marioricciard18
Il "metodo Starmer" è fondamentale accendere un cero perché il tuo partito avversario esprima Presidenti del Consiglio manifestamente incapaci, e cercare di camparci politicamente di rendita
I would like to share I have no academic news whatsoever but yesterday I was on Eggentaler Horn peak and this was the view so it's a beautiful week
#part2
@MariuzzoAndrea
Mio padre ha fatto un paio di giorni con febbre e dolori alla schiena così pesanti da non riuscire ad alzarsi. Mia madre pimpante non ha avuto nessun contraccolpo. Fonti mediche dicono (almeno per Pfizer) che hanno postumi dolorosi sopratutto coloro che avevano contratto il covid
Finally out the first paper from
@luciabainotti
PhD, one I waited for a long time. A fundamental paper for anyone studying
#digitalmedia
in sociology or consumer research, discussing the conspicuousness of influencers in the digital economy. Read it! On
@MktgTheory_news
📢 Super excited to share that my first single-authored paper titled "How conspicuousness becomes productive on social media" is now out in the world! 🌍published by
@MktgTheory_news
& available here 🔓: 1/5
@FromPhDtoLife
I would it's not. PhD and academic work has many drawbacks, but intellectual freedom and time self-management are an incredible and undeniable privilege/benefit. When you're not teaching you can basically work when you want from where you want.
Research by
@bloggeronpole
is always very fascinating, as it unpacks some often overlooked but key mechanisms of social media networks. This time on malicious flagging. To read for sure!
NEW RESEARCH ALERT! My 2nd study on malicious flagging, aka when users report your account for violations of community guidelines to silence you & get you de-platformed, is out in New Media & Society.
@HelanaDarwin
As Sociologist, I fear you know the answer. A good mix of decline of Western economic hegemony and entrepreneurialization of the self. The first broke the good boomer equation between hig ed and 'good work', the second offered self-entrepreneurship as only alternative.
Un tema fondamentale di cui non si parla mai abbastanza. Sperando che la mia generazione accademica o quella appena dopo siano finalmente protagoniste di una transizione di massa delle riviste da Elsevier, Sage, Routledge e Wiley a case editrici universitarie in
#OpenAccess
.
ieri era l’undicesimo anniversario della morte di aaron swartz: per
@ilpost
ho raccontato che fine ha fatto il movimento di cui lui era un esponente chiave, cosa ha perso e un po’ anche cosa ha vinto 👇👩💻
From 97% to 2.4% accuracy levels for ChatGPT 4.0. Most people I know has stopped using it for this reason. Can we officially archive the ChatGPT 4.0 as the latest tech bubble that has silently exploded?
GPT-4 is getting worse over time, not better.
Many people have reported noticing a significant degradation in the quality of the model responses, but so far, it was all anecdotal.
But now we know.
At least one study shows how the June version of GPT-4 is objectively worse than
Very excited to present this Wednesday my research on food truckers as
#taste
dealers of
#authenticity
(published on
@CMCjournal
) at the
@SHU_CHEFS
, together with another great paper by Božić on organic food micro-producers! You can join at this link
A pity for those who would have attended in person, but a great opportunity for other people only able to attend online (like myself). A very compelling program of talks around
#craft
and
#consumption
. Looking forward to hearing them!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event will now take place online on the 2nd of November. You can find more details and register for free below:
@chloempreece
@DrChloeSteadman
There's a perverse efficiency in the
#Tories
inciting a chauvinist revolt against UK
#Universities
reliance on foreign
#students
, after having created themselves this dependency as a byproduct of the complete commodification and neoliberalisation of
#HE
and
#academia
.
🥳 today researchgate informed me my published paper after 1 year has been cited for the 1rst time by another article (whose authors I don't even know!) and all I really thought was 'Phew, I was so scared it would always remain at 0 citations'
#academicexpectations
A very interesting study from
@Doga_
on falsified online reviews. With an in-depth qualitative approach, it shows how they are not always entirely fabricated, and instead various levels of falseness are observed, ranging from slight alterations to complete fabrications
Very happy that my chapter 'The resurgence of
#craft
#retailing
' has been finally published in the wonderful 'The Artisan Brand' edited book for
#Elgar
!
In it, I advance mainly three arguments: (a thread)
Illuminating talk - as always - by
@consumapalooza
on how Norbert Elias theory of homines aperti can become a insightful theoretical framework to read consumer interconnections in
#wine
#taste
,
#consumption
and beyond.