Jillet Sarah Sam

Biographic Data

ID6594246
NAMEJillet Sarah Sam
GIVEN NAMESJillet Sarah
FAMILY NAMESam
SIGNATURESAM J S
AFFILIATIONSIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
ORCID0000-0002-0299-1923
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Tracing flows across a behti ganga and a khada nala

    Open AccessRajorshi Ray, Jillet Sarah SamARTICLEJournal of Cultural Economy2026

    Although the burgeoning intersection between platform studies and social reproduction theory addresses how off-platform socialties shape work on geographically tethered platforms, new accounting work generated by these platforms has received limited attention. This paper asks: How do gig workers on geographically tethered platforms collaborate within their households to manage accounting that spans across the platform ecosystem and household fina…

  • Navigating Financialization in Rural India

    Open AccessKalpeshkumar Ambalal Chauhan, Jillet Sarah SamARTICLEJournal of South Asian Development2026

    The rapid expansion of stock market participation and digital brokerage platforms marks a deepening of financialization in India. This process remains better understood in urban than in rural areas, particularly in the Global South. Drawing on ethnographic research with rural government school teachers in Gujarat, this article asks how rural investors learn, navigate and sustain participation in the stock market. Since fellow teachers within the …

  • Between paper and platform

    Navneet Gaurav Dubey, Jillet Sarah Sam et al.ARTICLEContemporary South Asia2026

    This field note examines how digitalization is reshaping everyday accounting practices in small family-run businesses in urban India. Drawing on ongoing ethnographic fieldwork in interconnected marketplaces in Kanpur, this study shows that as QR payments, e-commerce dashboards, and cloud-based accounting software become routine, families selectively incorporate digital tools while retaining paper-based verification and continued oversight of elde…

  • Off-platform Social Networks and Gig Work During the Covid-19 Pandemic in India

    Open AccessRajorshi Ray, Jillet Sarah SamARTICLEJournal of South Asian Development2023Cited by: 4References: 20

    The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted gig work in urban areas across India. In this article, we investigate the nature of responses from gig workers at a time of no or partial work. The platform studies literature has documented the role of on-platform networks in the accrual of value and creation of the gig work opportunities. Taking a cue from the economic sociology literature, specifically social reproduction theory, we examine the role of o…

  • Digital Payments on the Agenda

    Jillet Sarah Sam, Rajorshi Ray et al.ARTICLEAsian Studies Review2022References: 3

    Debates about the increase in digital payments during COVID-19 have primarily focused on behavioural change among consumers. Using India as a case study, this article documents how supply-side actors (political, economic, financial and technological) used the pandemic to generate a new public consensus about digital payments. The article argues that these actors framed the agenda to draw public attention on cash and digital payments during the CO…

  • The elderly collaborative user in platform societies. A comparative study between India and Italy

    Open AccessJillet Sarah Sam, Piergiorgio Degli Esposti et al.ARTICLEOcula2021

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  • Cashlessness in India

    Open AccessJillet Sarah Sam, Anwesha Chakraborty et al.ARTICLETelecommunications Policy2021

  • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    Jillet Sarah SamREVIEWInternet Histories2019Cited by: 6

    That data “is the oil of the digital era” (Parkins, 2017) has become the truism of our times. Whether it alarms us or not, we have increasingly become familiarized with the invasive search for data