A. Aneesh Explained

Aneesh Aneesh^[1] is a sociologist of globalization, labor, and technology. He is Executive Director of the School of Global Studies and Languages at the University of Oregon and a Professor of Global Studies and Sociology.^[2] Previously, he served as a professor of sociology and director of the Institute of World Affairs and the global studies program at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. In the early 2000s, he taught in the science and technology program at Stanford University and formulated a theory of algocracy, distinguishing it from bureaucratic, market, and surveillance-based governance systems, pioneering the field of algorithmic governance in the social sciences. Author of Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization (Duke 2006) and Neutral Accent: How Language, Labor and Life Become Global (Duke 2015), Aneesh is currently completing a manuscript on the rise of what he calls modular citizenship.

Education

Aneesh studied Physics, Economics, and Philosophy at the University of Allahabad, earning a Bachelor's degree there in 1987. After pre-doctoral study in Philosophy at Jawaharlal Nehru University he came to the University of California, Irvine for a Master's degree in social relations in 1996, and completed a Ph.D. in Sociology at Rutgers University in 2001.^[3]

Books

Aneesh has written or edited the following books:

• Neutral Accent: How Language, Labor and Life Become Global (2015)^[4]
• The Long 1968: Revisions and New Perspectives (co-edited, 2012)^[5]
• Beyond Globalization: Making New Worlds in Media, Art, and Social Practices (co-edited, 2011)^[6]
• Virtual Migration: the Programming of Globalization (2006)^[7]

External links

• Home page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aneesh Aneesh. Berggruen Institute. 25 January 2022.
2. Web site: Aneesh Aneesh College of Arts and Sciences . 2022-10-07 . cas.uoregon.edu.
3. Web site: Curriculum vitae . 2022-01-23.
4. Neutral Accent: How Language, Labor and Life Become Global. Duke University Press, 2015. Reviews:
   • Adams . Paul C. . January 2017 . 10.1177/0309132515620977 . 1 . Progress in Human Geography . 131–133 . none . 41. 151480105 . free .
   • Basi . J. K. T. . May 2016 . 10.1086/685693 . 6 . American Journal of Sociology . 26545782 . 1949–1951 . none . 121.
   • Hegde . Radha S. . February 2019 . 10.1017/s0021911818001225 . 1 . The Journal of Asian Studies . 249–252 . Transnational rhythms of work: A review . 78. 232330486 . free .
   • Kanjirakkat . Jobin M. . Article 20 . 2 . Journal of International and Global Studies . Review . 7 . 2016.
   • Krishnamurthy . Mathangi . Summer 2016 . 10.1353/anq.2016.0062 . 3 . Anthropological Quarterly . 44245395 . 981–985 . none . 89. 151436701 .
   • Mirchandani . Kiran . January 2016 . 10.1080/00856401.2016.1142849 . 1 . South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies . 299–301 . none . 39. 147904275 .
   • Poster . Winifred R. . June 2016 . 10.1093/sf/sow039 . 4 . Social Forces . e24 . none . 95.
   • Reyes . Victoria . July 2016 . 4 . Contemporary Sociology . 43996575 . 405–407 . none . 45. 10.1177/0094306116653953a . 148211651 .
   • Tan . Peter K. W. . 10.1163/15685314-04501015 . 1–2 . Asian Journal of Social Science . 44508289 . 225–227 . none . 45 . 2017.
5. The Long 1968: Revisions and New Perspectives. Indiana University Press, 2012. Editors: A. Aneesh Daniel Sherman, Ruud van Dijk, and Jasmine Alinder. Reviews:
   • Edwards . Cutler . Winter 2015 . 1 . The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society . 24641295 . 147–149 . none . 113. 10.1353/khs.2015.0020 . 161727951 .
   • Florvil . Tiffany N. . December 2014 . 10.1093/jahist/jau564 . 3 . The Journal of American History . 44286446 . 1004–1005 . none . 101.
6. Beyond Globalization: Making New Worlds in Media, Art, and Social Practices, Rutgers University Press, 2011. Editors: A. Aneesh, Lane Hall, and Patrice Petro. . Reviews:
   • Abazov . Rafis . Sunderbayev . Daniyar . February 2015 . 10.1177/1077699015569232d . 1 . Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly . 245–247 . none . 92. 143846696 .
   • Adams . Laura L. . February 2014 . 10.1177/0020715214530198 . 1 . International Journal of Comparative Sociology . 75–76 . none . 55. 144550196 .
7. Virtual Migration: the Programming of Globalization. Duke University Press, 2006. . Reviews:
   • Coe . Neil . December 2007 . 10.1177/0309132507083511 . 6 . Progress in Human Geography . 847–849 . none . 31. 143598605 .
   • Ghose . Rina . July 2007 . 10.2747/0272-3638.28.5.511 . 5 . Urban Geography . 511–512 . none . 28. 144089120 .
   • Gray . Angela . July 2008 . 3 . Cultural Geographies . 44251223 . 395–396 . none . 15. 10.1177/1474474008091335 . 144731813 .
   • Johri . Aditya . January 2010 . . 1 . Journal of Engineering Education . 94–95 . none . 99.
   • Kelty . Christopher . May 2009 . 1 . Political and Legal Anthropology Review . 24497537 . 156–160 . Explaining IT . 32. 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2009.01035.x .
   • Kenney . Martin . May 2007 . 10.1177/009430610703600355 . 3 . Contemporary Sociology . 20443818 . 289–290 . none . 36. 151981856 .
   • Matloff . Norman . September 2008 . 10.1007/s12134-008-0074-8 . 4 . Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l'intégration et de la migration internationale . 425–427 . none . 9. 143150900 .
   • Prasad . Monica . March 3–9, 2007 . 9 . Economic and Political Weekly . 4419306 . 756 . Living by the code . 42.
   • Schmidt . Volker H. . March 2008 . 10.1177/0268580908089295 . 2 . International Sociology . 211–214 . Emerging occupations . 23. 143674316 .
   • Tonkiss . Fran . February 2009 . 10.1177/0038038508099105 . 1 . Sociology . 42857239 . 179–185 . Globalization, migration, labour . 43. 220672839 .
   • Zhang . Li . Spring 2008 . 10.1086/jar.64.1.20371190 . 1 . Journal of Anthropological Research . 20371190 . 106–108 . none . 64.