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Les biographies universitaires de la Faculté de droit de l’Université McGill : Une analyse
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Andrea Faoro. I Consumati. La storia vera di una famiglia del Seicento tra affari, intrighi e monacazioni forzate
No full textOverlapping Cosmologies in Asia dirigé par Bill M. Mak et Eric Huntington
No full textHow to cite: Schäfer, D. rev. Overlapping Cosmologies in Asia edited by Bill M. Mak and Eric Huntington. Aestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science (2024) 5: rev01 1–7. https://doi.org/10.33137/aestimatio.v5.45499Comment citer : Schäfer, D. rev. Overlapping Cosmologies in Asia dirigé par Bill M. Mak et Eric Huntington. Aestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science (2024) 5: rev01 1–7. https://doi.org/10.33137/aestimatio.v5.4549
Platform Exploitation of Merchants: A Case Study of TEMU’s “Refund Without Return” Policy
No full textThis paper explores how TEMU, an emerging global e-commerce marketplace, shapes merchant-consumer relations through its “Refund Without Return” (hereafter refund-without-return) policy and associated penalty policy. Using digital ethnography, I analyze approximately 100 posts and videos sampled from merchant and customer content on TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Meta platforms, and Chinese online forums between 2022 and 2024, together with TEMU’s public documents and media coverage. Thematic analysis based on platform capitalism and digital labour theory shows that the refund-without-return policy and the five-fold penalty mechanism are, in fact, a unilateral agreement that shifts financial risks and operational burdens to small businesses, leading to unstable income, heavy debt, and widespread anxiety and exhaustion. Meanwhile, social media communities spread “tips,” “secrets,” and success stories about how to take advantage of refund policies, packaging these practices as smart consumer behaviour and “happy shopping,” therefore diffusing individual responsibility. Bringing these strands together, I conceptualize TEMU’s refund-without-return policy as a dual exploitation mechanism, in which platform governance and online consumer behaviour jointly erode merchants’ bargaining power and economic security
Reflections on Catalyst’s legacy and future: Catalyst editors in conversation
No full textTo mark the ten-year anniversary of Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, former and current editors reflect on the journal\u27s origins, its contributions to feminist technoscience, and their aspirations for Catalyst in the next ten years and beyond. The discussion was recorded on Zoom, transcribed verbatim and edited for clarity. Presented in the original conversation format, the piece offers insights into the rich histories and intellectual legacies that have shaped Catalyst, and the feminist ethos that underpins the journal\u27s scholarship and editorial practices