1,720,958 research outputs found
Are there limits to consumption? a ritual and critical perspective on contemporary capitalism [Review]
No full textEn ¿Existen límites al consumo? De las transacciones comerciales a la circulación de significado, Clotilde Pérez propone una reflexión breve pero profunda sobre el consumo entendido no solo como un acto económico, sino como un proceso simbólico, estético y social. Desde un enfoque interpretativo y antroposemiótico, la autora plantea que el consumo opera como un ritual que estructura la vida cotidiana, movilizando significados culturales a través de la publicidad, la moda y los productos audiovisuales. A lo largo de cuatro capítulos, Pérez recorre la evolución del capitalismo desde el siglo XIX hasta la era algorítmica, examina el papel del consumidor posmoderno —empoderado pero condicionado— y denuncia las desigualdades sociales que el acceso (o la falta de acceso) al consumo produce. El libro plantea la necesidad de pensar críticamente los límites del consumo sin caer en discursos moralistas, proponiendo en cambio una comprensión compleja, humana y situada. Es una lectura esencial para quienes buscan entender cómo el consumo moldea las identidades y relaciones en el capitalismo contemporáneo.In Are There Limits to Consumption? From Commercial Transactions to the Circulation of Meaning, Clotilde Pérez offers a brief yet profound reflection on consumption, understood not merely as an economic act, but as a symbolic, aesthetic, and social process. Adopting an interpretative and anthroposemiotic approach, the author presents consumption as a ritual that structures everyday life, mobilising cultural meanings through advertising, fashion, and audiovisual products. Across four chapters, Pérez traces the evolution of capitalism from the 19th century to the algorithmic era, examines the role of the postmodern consumer — empowered yet conditioned — and highlights the social inequalities that access (or lack thereof) to consumption generates. The book calls for a critical reflection on the limits of consumption, steering clear of moralistic discourses and instead advocating for a complex, human, and situated understanding. It is an essential read for those seeking to understand how consumption shapes identities and relationships within contemporary capitalism
¿Existen límites al consumo?: Una mirada ritual y crítica al capitalismo contemporáneo
No full textIn Are There Limits to Consumption? From Commercial Transactions to the Circulation of Meaning, Clotilde Pérez offers a brief yet profound reflection on consumption, understood not merely as an economic act, but as a symbolic, aesthetic, and social process. Adopting an interpretative and anthroposemiotic approach, the author presents consumption as a ritual that structures everyday life, mobilising cultural meanings through advertising, fashion, and audiovisual products. Across four chapters, Pérez traces the evolution of capitalism from the 19th century to the algorithmic era, examines the role of the postmodern consumer — empowered yet conditioned — and highlights the social inequalities that access (or lack thereof) to consumption generates. The book calls for a critical reflection on the limits of consumption, steering clear of moralistic discourses and instead advocating for a complex, human, and situated understanding. It is an essential read for those seeking to understand how consumption shapes identities and relationships within contemporary capitalism.En ¿Existen límites al consumo? De las transacciones comerciales a la circulación de significado, Clotilde Pérez propone una reflexión breve pero profunda sobre el consumo entendido no solo como un acto económico, sino como un proceso simbólico, estético y social. Desde un enfoque interpretativo y antroposemiótico, la autora plantea que el consumo opera como un ritual que estructura la vida cotidiana, movilizando significados culturales a través de la publicidad, la moda y los productos audiovisuales. A lo largo de cuatro capítulos, Pérez recorre la evolución del capitalismo desde el siglo XIX hasta la era algorítmica, examina el papel del consumidor posmoderno —empoderado pero condicionado— y denuncia las desigualdades sociales que el acceso (o la falta de acceso) al consumo produce. El libro plantea la necesidad de pensar críticamente los límites del consumo sin caer en discursos moralistas, proponiendo en cambio una comprensión compleja, humana y situada. Es una lectura esencial para quienes buscan entender cómo el consumo moldea las identidades y relaciones en el capitalismo contemporáneo
¿Existen límites al consumo? Una mirada ritual y crítica al capitalismo contemporáneo [Reseña]
No full textIn Are There Limits to Consumption? From Commercial Transactions to the Circulation of Meaning, Clotilde Pérez offers a brief yet profound reflection on consumption, understood not merely as an economic act, but as a symbolic, aesthetic, and social process. Adopting an interpretative and anthroposemiotic approach, the author presents consumption as a ritual that structures everyday life, mobilising cultural meanings through advertising, fashion, and audiovisual products. Across four chapters, Pérez traces the evolution of capitalism from the 19th century to the algorithmic era, examines the role of the postmodern consumer — empowered yet conditioned — and highlights the social inequalities that access (or lack thereof) to consumption generates. The book calls for a critical reflection on the limits of consumption, steering clear of moralistic discourses and instead advocating for a complex, human, and situated understanding. It is an essential read for those seeking to understand how consumption shapes identities and relationships within contemporary capitalism.En ¿Existen límites al consumo? De las transacciones comerciales a la circulación de significado, Clotilde Pérez propone una reflexión breve pero profunda sobre el consumo entendido no solo como un acto económico, sino como un proceso simbólico, estético y social. Desde un enfoque interpretativo y antroposemiótico, la autora plantea que el consumo opera como un ritual que estructura la vida cotidiana, movilizando significados culturales a través de la publicidad, la moda y los productos audiovisuales. A lo largo de cuatro capítulos, Pérez recorre la evolución del capitalismo desde el siglo XIX hasta la era algorítmica, examina el papel del consumidor posmoderno —empoderado pero condicionado— y denuncia las desigualdades sociales que el acceso (o la falta de acceso) al consumo produce. El libro plantea la necesidad de pensar críticamente los límites del consumo sin caer en discursos moralistas, proponiendo en cambio una comprensión compleja, humana y situada. Es una lectura esencial para quienes buscan entender cómo el consumo moldea las identidades y relaciones en el capitalismo contemporáneo
Subvertising in the classroom: A comparative study on fostering critical media literacy
No full textSubvertising, traditionally linked to counterculture and anti-consumption, is utilized in education to reveal the manipulative strategies of corporate messaging to students. Classroom use of cut-and-paste methods deconstructs advertisement messages, fostering an understanding of how needs and desires are constructed through appropriation, incorporation, and transformation tactics. This research aims to comprehend fully the implementation and impact of subvertising workshops in educational settings by analyzing six scholarly articles on applied workshops. The data, sourced from a previous scoping review on subvertising, enabled a comprehensive evaluation of methodologies and effective techniques. The study compares these cases to the ten key steps proposed by Grigoryan and King (2008) and concludes with six key steps for conducting a subvertising workshop, particularly emphasizing the cut-and-paste technique’s role in promoting analytical reflection. Findings suggest that subvertising is effective in engaging students, enhancing their critical thinking skills, and motivating them towards critical consumption
Subvertising in the classroom: A comparative study on fostering critical media literacy
Get PDFSubvertising, traditionally linked to counterculture and anti-consumption, is utilized in education to reveal the manipulative strategies of corporate messaging to students. Classroom use of cut-and-paste methods deconstructs advertisement messages, fostering an understanding of how needs and desires are constructed through appropriation, incorporation, and transformation tactics. This research aims to comprehend fully the implementation and impact of subvertising workshops in educational settings by analyzing six scholarly articles on applied workshops. The data, sourced from a previous scoping review on subvertising, enabled a comprehensive evaluation of methodologies and effective techniques. The study compares these cases to the ten key steps proposed by Grigoryan and King (2008) and concludes with six key steps for conducting a subvertising workshop, particularly emphasizing the cut-and-paste technique’s role in promoting analytical reflection. Findings suggest that subvertising is effective in engaging students, enhancing their critical thinking skills, and motivating them towards critical consumption
From grassroots to global action: The role of DIY subvertising in the European citizens’ initiative to #BanFossilAds
No full textThis article examines the relationship between activism and models of creative resistance, specifically focusing on subvertising as a form of DIY artivism, through a case study of the #BanFossilAds campaign. The campaign supports the European Citizen Initiative for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships. The study aims to investigate the operational dynamics of this subvertising campaign. Through a visual sociology perspective, a sample of 69 unique images from the campaign was analyzed. The findings reveal the professionalism of the artworks, the activists’ use of media, and the campaign's circulation through digital platforms. By employing creative and subversive tactics, the campaign challenged prevailing discourses and established new narratives related to climate justice, highlighting the significant impact of subvertising and its potential to promote social values. The study also assesses the effectiveness of the campaign's communication strategy and suggests potential areas for improvement
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
- …
