Will Monteith

@WillMonteith

Undisciplined geographer . Researching work, markets and informality. Teaching qualitative methods and urban African economies

London
Joined October 2011
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    11 Jun 2021

    First copies of Beyond the Wage! In which we seek to provincialise wage employment through a series of ethnographic interventions on hustling, redistribution and (un)freedom in the majority world. Out 22 June w/ 🚀 (1/3)

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    Feb 4

    Pleased to share this new paper. Moving past modern infrastructure/informality as reference points. Theorizing “good infrastructure” from the south. Building on work elsewhere, taking a leap to name what we see. And linking to narratives of development beyond modernity.

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    New paper by , and : 'Towards a modest imaginary? Sanitation in Kampala beyond the modern ideal'.
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    Feb 3

    I'm very happy to announce the release of my new book with The Digital Continent: Placing Africa in Planetary Networks of Work The book is open-access and free to download from

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    Feb 3

    I have today resigned as an external examiner for . I am appalled by the threats and vindictiveness of the QMUL Principal, Colin Bailey, who has threatened to sabotage student recruitment events & withhold 100% of pay for ASOS. Full solidarity with members.

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    Jan 24

    It is here! Product of team work: Melvin Ayogu, Adam Aboobaker, Jim Boyce, Jean Merckaert, Karmen Naidoo, Nicholas Shaxson, and me. Road show to begin soon.

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  6. Jan 10

    Does anyone have copies of the fantastic African Cities Reader (1-3) they'd be willing to share? The series website appears to be down

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    Jan 6

    📣Call for Papers for Special Issue On COVID-19 and Its Effects and Implications to African Economies. Like and share! 👉

    📣Call for Papers for Special Issue On COVID-19 and Its Effects and Implications to African Economies 👉https://codesria.org/spip.php?article3318&lang=en
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    Jan 4

    Just three days left to apply for one of these *25* !! new positions. Come join our brilliant and growing team at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS)! Deadline: 7 January 2022 Apply here:

    Queen Mary has committed to a major new investment in 25 new lectureships/senior lectureships across the humanities and social sciences, all permanent positions with focused research time in the first three years. Find out more here:
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    20 Dec 2021

    Happy to announce the publication of an annotated bibliography on urban politics and political economy in African cities. I would like to say thank you to Here is the link:

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  10. 8 Dec 2021

    Join us for what promises to be a fantastic D.M. Smith Lecture on 'Blasted Places' with Prof Anoop Nayak of tomorrow from 18:00

    We're really looking forward to welcoming Prof. Anoop Nayak to deliver our 18th D.M. Smith Lecture tomorrow! Prof. Nayak will deliver his lecture exploring 'Blasted Places: Smog, Steel and Stigma in a Post-industrial Region'. Not to be missed-final spaces:
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    7 Dec 2021

    My book Waste Worlds: Inhabiting Kampala's Infrastructures of Disposability on hits the shelves week! You can pre-order at with code 21W2240 for 30% off

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    7 Dec 2021

    Shout out to the Geography community: will be hosting the David M. Smith lecture on Thursday PM only a few weeks after his passing. It would be great to have folk there in-person (or online) to celebrate David's life and legacy. Excellent focus for the lecture too!

    The 2021 David M. Smith lecture is this Thursday at 6pm. You can join live/online. The talk is being given by Professor Anoop Naya and is called 'Blasted Places: Smog, Steel and Stigma in a Post-industrial Region'. It's gonna be really good!
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    7 Dec 2021

    The 2021 David M. Smith lecture is this Thursday at 6pm. You can join live/online. The talk is being given by Professor Anoop Naya and is called 'Blasted Places: Smog, Steel and Stigma in a Post-industrial Region'. It's gonna be really good!

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    30 Nov 2021

    New article, co-written with the wonderful , on how universities' reliance on and mistreatment of staff on precarious contracts is dehumanising. Support action over ending casualisation.

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  15. 1 Dec 2021

    Sending solidarity and warmth to all colleagues on strike today fighting for our future in HE. We just missed the threshold but will be back

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    26 Nov 2021

    Does it annoy you too when 'global' really only means the Global North? I have a new article in Geoforum challenging the Global North bias of scholarship on , proposing a move beyond 'work/life balance' to work infrastructures.

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    18 Nov 2021

    ** POST-DOC JOBS ** I am hiring x3 researchers on 3 yr contracts for my project GlobalCORRIDOR based Investigating corridor urbanization in East Africa, South Asia + the Med Please share widely >>

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    18 Nov 2021

    We're looking for new lecturers and senior lecturers to build on our existing strengths and interests in a range of areas as part of 's recruitment of 25 posts across . Apply before 7 January 2022! Find out more>>

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    16 Nov 2021

    I wrote about the people secretly working more than one full-time job, and our increasingly unequal world of work, for the

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    13 Nov 2021

    The proposal for setting up the was submitted by all the 138 developing countries representing 5 billion people was in the text yesterday but removed from the final text by the US UK and EU! This was how the rich polluters treat their victims!

    has failed to establish a for finance. This is a travesty for developing countries and has grave implications for human rights.
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    9 Nov 2021

    Amigas e amigos: a minha universidade está contratando novxs professorxs. Estou à disposição para dar dicas sobre como se candidatar. Venham! Precisamos de mais gente do sul global por aqui.

    Queen Mary has committed to a major new investment in 25 new lectureships/senior lectureships across the humanities and social sciences, all permanent positions with focused research time in the first three years. Find out more here:
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