Value in capitalist natures

Kay, Kelly; Kenney‐Lazar, Miles

doi:10.1177/2043820617736584

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“…Kay and Kenney‐Lazar (:301, emphasis added) point out that the “ creation of value is always linked with material transformations and the creation of new materialities”. It should also be noted that the capture of value is linked with material transformations.…”

Section: Platforming Rent Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first contribution provides an original theorisation of platforms as a form of rentier by positioning platforms within the geographic political economy/ecology literature on landlords, rent, and enclosure. The second contribution furthers what can be seen as a new wave, or at least a revitalisation, of research on Marxist theorisation of rent and value (Bigger and Robertson ; Kay and Kenney‐Lazar ; Purcell et al ; Slater ) by extending this analysis beyond applications to land and nature so that it also includes platforms and data. Overall, both aims are motivated by reaching a better understanding of what Mezzadra and Neilson (:1) have called the “operations of capital”, or “the material aspects of capital’s intervention in specific situations and their wider articulation into systemic patterns”.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Internet of Landlords: Digital Platforms and New Mechanisms of Rentier Capitalism

2020

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Digital platforms are a nearly ubiquitous form of intermediary and infrastructure in society. By positioning platforms in the geographical political economy/ ecology literature, this paper provides a critical analysis of platforms as a dominant form of rentier in contemporary capitalism. In doing so, I extend this work on rent theory beyond applications to land and nature so that it also includes platforms and data. I argue that the rapid rise of the "X-as-a-service" business model across nearly all sectors of the economy is creating rentier relations by another name. This model is premised on the platform latching onto and inserting itself into the production, circulation, or consumption process, thus creating opportunities to capture value. To better understand the operations and implications of platforms, I outline three key mechanisms: data extraction, digital enclosure, and capital convergence.

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Section: Platforming Rent Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 95%

The Internet of Landlords: Digital Platforms and New Mechanisms of Rentier Capitalism

2020

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“…Felli's intervention has stimulated a growing body of work on financialization and nature that foregrounds "the circulation of money and profit through non-productive forms of value appropriation" via the conceptual category of 'rent' (Andreucci et al, 2017: 28; see also Kay, 2018, Kay andKenney-Lazar, 2017;Knuth, 2015).…”

Section: From Carbon-as-commodity To Carbon-as-assetmentioning

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Pluralizing and problematizing carbon finance

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Progress in Human Geography

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Growing emphasis on finance as key to decarbonization requires social science research that critically attends to the emergent and diverse forms taken by carbon finance. First, we pluralize research into carbon finance, building on existing work to identify four main forms: carbon markets; ecosystem services; natural capital investment; and, capital allocated to low-carbon enterprises and projects. Second, we propose that research should problematize the processes through which carbon is variously translated into financial value. Illustrated with reference to low-carbon investment in electricity generation, our agenda thereby extends from the difficulties of producing carbon-as-commodity to the uncertainties of constituting carbon-as-asset.

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“…El poder no se desvaneció del debate geográfico durante el siglo siguiente, más bien dio un salto en la escala local de estos ejercicios del poder, colocando a la posibilidad geográfica como esencia en su tránsito espacial (Kay & Kenney-Lazar, 2017).…”

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La naturaleza como obstáculo: perspectivas críticas del avance de la vivienda social e infraestructura vial sobre los humedales en la ciudad de Valdivia, Chile

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Discutir bajo los conceptos de un modelo científico reporta ciertas dificultades, sobre todo en el desarrollo de las reflexiones y las formas de mirar el espacio geográfico. El siguiente caso presenta el progreso en la expansión urbana de la ciudad de Valdivia, Chile, en el marco de las ofertas de ocupación excepcional en determinados espacios, de relevante valor natural, pero cuya aptitud comercial los hace aún más atractivas para las operaciones habitacionales y de infraestructura. Se observa, a partir de la evidencia recogida en la zona, que las articulaciones en la reproducción del capital en el espacio superan la barrera de la naturaleza, convirtiéndola permanentemente en espacios antropizados y convenientemente alterados, tornándola en una segunda naturaleza. Esta nueva versión del entorno abandona sus cualidades como obstáculo, resultando de ella zonas excepcionales para su análisis, como es el sector Guacamayo en la ciudad de Valdivia. La bandurria es la excusa para poner a prueba el marco conceptual que la ecología política ofrece para conocer del cruce entre sociedad y naturaleza.

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Value in capitalist natures

Cited by 73 publications

References 36 publications

The Internet of Landlords: Digital Platforms and New Mechanisms of Rentier Capitalism

The Internet of Landlords: Digital Platforms and New Mechanisms of Rentier Capitalism

Pluralizing and problematizing carbon finance

La naturaleza como obstáculo: perspectivas críticas del avance de la vivienda social e infraestructura vial sobre los humedales en la ciudad de Valdivia, Chile

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