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Humanism in the Age of Hyperreality: A Speculative Critique of AI Therapybots and the Neoliberal Commodification of Human Beings

open access: yesThe Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the future place of humanistic counseling, assuming the successful mass deployment of artificial intelligence therapy chatbots (AITCs). We systematically identify the limitations of AITCs through the lens of Jean Baudrillard's view on simulacra and hyperreality and identify five collective psychosocial consequences of ...
Brett. D. Wilkinson, Andrew M. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

La marchandisation du corps à l’épreuve des biobanques

open access: yesLa Nouvelle Revue du Travail, 2019
The article views biobanking in France as one way of apprehending the commodification of the human body. It applies a Marxist understanding of commodities to analyse what happens to biological samples once they have been treated by biobanks.
Fabrice Colomb
doaj   +1 more source

Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

HINDU MARRIAGE RITUALS IN DENPASAR: COMMODIFICATION IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

open access: yesE-Journal of Cultural Studies
A prominent example of globalization's effect on local traditions can be seen in Denpasar's marriage rituals, where modern global culture often vies with a rich local heritage.
I Nyoman Fizal Tri Lazuardi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unlocking Value Co‐Creation in IoT Platforms: Insights From a Collaborative Manufacturing Case

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines value co‐creation in IoT platform ecosystems through a case study of the collaborative manufacturing platform E‐LINK. We explore the evolution of platform data capabilities, user interactions, value creation, and the mechanisms that connect them.
Huayao Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

On Commodification and Self-Ownership [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This Article explores the ongoing jurisprudential dispute over whether commodification of the human body, including gendered commodification as produced by biotechnology, conflicts with a desirable exercise of self-ownership rights.
Halewood, Peter
core   +2 more sources

Producing Value Out of the Invaluable: A Critical/Cultural Perspective on the Live Streaming Industry in China

open access: yestripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2018
This paper extends the critique of informational capitalism to increasingly commercialised cyberspace in China by examining the case of live streaming.
Sheng Zou
doaj   +1 more source

Combined storytelling and mapping approaches for increasing community engagement with woodland creation and expansion projects

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Forests and woodlands are important for biodiversity, climate change mitigation and the provision of services including recreation, timber and non‐timber forest products. Land use policies currently aim to increase forest cover while also maximising the benefits of forests for people and improving community engagement with the process of ...
Sarah Greenwood   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMMODIFICATION OF TELAJAKAN AT UBUD VILLAGE, GIANYAR, BALI

open access: yesE-Journal of Cultural Studies, 2014
This study was intended to understand the phenomenon of the commodification of telajakan at Ubud Village, Gianyar Regency, Bali in the era of globalization.
Ida Bagus Brata
doaj  

Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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