THEORY

ARTICLES

Political Concepts: A Critical Lexicon
(forthcoming sept 2025)

Algorithm

This essay makes the case for why ‘algorithm’ is and has always been a fundamentally political concept by tracing its use as an origin story for the founding of a “science” of computation.

Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience
(forthcoming march 2026)

‘Good Tech’ and Technologies of Elite Capture
An article on the phenomena of “good tech” in the AI industry as a peculiar alliance where entrepreneurs and venture capital conspire toward making globalization “feel good.” Co-authored with Juana C. Becerra.

Social Text
(accepted to special issue)

On Emplotment: Phantom Islands, Synthetic Data, and the Coloniality of Algorithmic Space.

An essay that stages the rise of synthetic data as a colonial recursion of logistical technologies of loss prevention, as an reactive adaptation to organized political struggle along the data production pipeline. Co-authored with Juana C. Becerra and Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal.