Essays about: "Fetishism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the word Fetishism.

  1. 1. A study of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). : Diagnosis through the lenses of classical Economics.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Subham Dalai; [2022]
    Keywords : NFTs Non-Fungible Tokens ; concept of value; value perception; classical economics; ownership; property; digital fetishism; community building.;

    Abstract : NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are digital assets representing real-world objects like art, music, videos, gaming items, etc., originally, they reside on a blockchain indicating a certificate of authenticity or proof of ownership deeming the uniqueness and scarcity of commodities. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Swedish bilberry industry : a case study on food commodification and spatial irrationalities

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Lotten Lundgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Bilberries; commodification; food miles; spatial irrationalities; commodity fetishism; time-space compression.;

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  4. 3. “This is not a drill” - but is this a climate emergency? : On co-opted activist discourses, municipalism and institutionalized double realities in the city of Barcelona

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Clàudia Custodio; [2020]
    Keywords : municipalism; right to the city; climate emergency; social inertia; double reality; techno-fetishism; climate justice; post-political; repoliticization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The worsening climatic condition, together with a renewed wave of climate movements have spurred declarations of climate emergency by governmental institutions worldwide. In the city of Barcelona, unique for its social movement history and activist city council, such a declaration was issued on January 15th, 2020. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Study of Discourse and Meaning-Making in Corporate Sustainability Reporting

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Xiaohui Yu; [2020]
    Keywords : Corporate sustainability reporting; discourse; meaning-making; critical discourse analysis; structuration; strategies of symbolic construction; technological fetishism; reflexivity; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The underpinning notion of sustainability and report structure in the current corporate sustainability reporting is normalized by the prevailing adoption of industry frameworks and standards (e.g., the Triple Bottom Line framework and the Global Reporting Initiative Standards). READ MORE

  6. 5. Minerals and Magic Machines: A critical approach to modern agricultural technology and its connection to world-system flows of rare earth elements

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Niklas Sjøbeck Jørgensen; [2018]
    Keywords : Technology; ag-tech; agriculture; Denmark; rare earths; extractivism; mining; China; discourse; reductionism; politics; nature; machines; fetishism; world system; supply chain; critical realism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis connects agricultural technology (ag-tech) within a Danish context to a world system of production in which rare earth elements (REs) play a crucial role. These elements are essential for modern technology. READ MORE