Author: Steffi Siegert

A reflection on the unexpected intersection of social media, alternative food markets, and the complexities of algorithmic governance

In 2010, I began researching the impact of social media on the boundary between work and personal life. This was six years after Facebook’s inception and six years before the introduction of Facebook Marketplace and the formalization of platform-based buying and selling. At the time, I couldn’t have foreseen the emergence of alternative food markets…

March 28, 2025
Fieldwork in Valmiera with a baby

The sun greets us when getting off the plane from Stockholm to Riga on this beautiful October morning in 2024. We are not the usual picture of researchers on a fieldtrip, equipped with backpacks, voice recorders, pen and paper. Instead, we are carrying a tired toddler, push a stroller and have lost the first pair…

October 21, 2024

A reflection on the unexpected intersection of social media, alternative food markets, and the complexities of algorithmic governance