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Showing 1 to 20 of 286 for “"Commodification"”.
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Commodification of contingencies. Threat construction in the EU Commission and the commodification of border surveillance
How has immigration been rendered visible as a security issue on the level of the EU, alongside organized crime with trafficking, terrorism and drug smuggling? This paper explores the institutional threat construction of irregular migration in the EU Commission. Furthermore, this paper examines the …
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Brand Kerala: Commodification of Open Source Ayurveda
… knowledge and practice through the framework of commodification, in the context of the recent emergence of global ayurvedic tourism in Kerala, India. The objective was to understand how commodification, both old and new, have affected knowledges and livelihoods of actors constituting the …
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Red tourism in China: Propaganda, space, commodification
… that the partaking of surplus capital in the commodification of propaganda renders the social space of propaganda even more complicated; and that capitalism is, too, a driving force for the production of state propaganda.
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The Postmodern Condition and the Commodification of Cuisine
<p>In the postmodern condition and the commodification of cuisine, the theory of Jean Francois Lyotard is used to define the postmodern condition. Using the seven common themes found in postmodernism, a textural analysis of cultural artifacts is undertaken of the equal representation, multiplicity …
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The Commodification of Dark Tourism: Conceptualising the Visitor Experience
… and sold to consumers – a process known as ‘commodification’. As a result, the study appraises the effects commodification has on the visitor experience at sites of dark tourism. Drawing upon a multidisciplinary approach, this thesis examines key relationships between dark tourism supplier …
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Tournament bass fishing: Commodification in a serious leisure activity
… in a grounded theory approach for the study of commodification, serious leisure and the relationship between these two important social phenomena. Significant contributions were made toward understanding the use of purchased goods and services in leisure activities, the growing phenomenon of …
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Walking in Late Capitalism - Dialectic of Aestheticization and Commodification
… A "dialectic of aestheticization and commodification" runs through modernity that generates aestheticized forms of walking today. While walking is initially a form of aesthetic struggle against the rational principles of modernity and the forces of capitalism, this struggle is co-opted …
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Black Influencers: Interrogating the Racialization and Commodification of Digital Labor
… Situated within literature about the commodification of the Black feminine body, neoliberal discourses about individualized digital labor, and the racialization of discourses about Black labor and success, I argue that celebrity status flattens and makes palatable political projects …
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Selling the modern day tribe: The commodification of rave culture
… subcultural practices, specifically the commodification of rave culture in the form of the contemporary electronic dance festival. The research incorporates both qualitative and quantitative data to interrogate media coverage on rave culture as well as interviews and first hand experience …
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A Mythic Perspective of Commodification on the World Wide Web
… to seek both new customers and products to sell. Commodification is the process of transforming objects, ideas and even people into merchandise. The recent growth of the World Wide Web has caught the attention of the corporate world, and they are attempting to convert a free-share-based medium …
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The commodification of British higher education : international student curriculum initiatives
… the 1960s to the present day, thus setting the commodification issue in a historical continuum of international student policy making. The study identifies the factors and forces driving Japanese students abroad and discloses the impact of these movements on the operational practices of …
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Cinema's Green is Gold: The Commodification of Irishness in Film
… and commodified, and the manifestations that commodification has taken in Irish film. In recognition that the Irish American diaspora holds a special regard for Irishness, I will explore reasons for the allure of Irishness for Irish Americans and how that allure contributes to commodification. …
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Cinema's Green is Gold: The Commodification of Irishness in Film
… and commodified, and the manifestations that commodification has taken in Irish film. In recognition that the Irish American diaspora holds a special regard for Irishness, I will explore reasons for the allure of Irishness for Irish Americans and how that allure contributes to commodification. …
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Copyrighting Chinese media: cultural commodification in a political economic context
… China today manifest one dimension of cultural commodification in specific global and historical contexts. The development of intellectual property is shaped by, and contributes to, transforming global and Chinese political economy. Still unfolding, the Chinese copyright system has shown …
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The Ethics of Labor Migration: From Social Protection To Commodification
Growing scholarship critiques ideas of migration as a development tool, however it remains a key policy instrument for sending states who seek to foster development. These critiques point to the importance of how sending states perceive their roles in the lives of migrants abroad, suggesting that …
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The effects of commodification on cultural significance: two African fortifications
… of Good Hope) in Cape Town, South Africa. The commodification of national and world heritage, primarily within the context of cultural tourism, is the process by which tangible and intangible heritage are transformed into cultural commodities to be bought, sold and profited from in the heritage …
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Marketing the Myth: The Racial Commodification and Reclaiming of Aunt Jemima
<p>Through an analysis of print advertisements and of research gathered at the Jim Crow Museum of Racial Memorabilia, this thesis intends to explore how the Aunt Jemima brand from the early 1890’s to the present day has utilized multiple marketing strategies in order to garner consumer attention. …
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Just Water: A Feminist Catholic Response to the Commodification of Water
<p>Any Catholic ecological ethic today that does not focus sustained attention to our worldwide water crisis is inadequate, for it fails to engage one of today's core social justice violations and neglects to offer any moral guidance for one of the human family's most pressing challenges. A …
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Blood money: The commodification of menstrual education in the United States
<p>girl’s first menstrual cycle is often considered the first step of the seemingly ritualistic passage into womanhood. However, most girls within the United States who experience menarche fail to view it as a rite of passage, and instead see it as an event they must <em>endure</em> rather than …
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