Affective Economy: A Theoretical Outline

Theoretical outline of a hybrid musical system

Current approaches to musical research place a strong emphasis either on sound production synthesis, algorithmic composition or on cognitive models information processing. As a way to start ploughing a common ground we outline a framework where musical structure is determined by the interaction of three interdependent aspects: sound system (physical), perceptual system (psychological) and socia...

Deutero-learning under inconsistent organizational conditions: A theoretical outline

Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy

The Social and Solidarity Economy A Theoretical and Plural Framework

Economy is not one "natural" thing; it is always plural and socially constructed. Polanyi tought us that it was a mistake to see the economy as independent from society, as a selfregulating market. He insisted on the presence of different economic principles (market, redistribution, reciprocity) in concrete human economies. As for Mauss, he taught us that progress does not lie in seeking to rep...

Beyond night-time economy: Affective atmospheres of the urban night

This paper develops the use of the concept of atmosphere in an ‘assemblage urbanism’ approach, as a way of reevaluating how we understand the night-time city. In doing so, this paper rejects what it sees as an overuse of the term ‘night-time economy’ as a synonym for ‘urban night’. Instead, it seeks to describe the night-time city center as an affective atmosphere, emerging from the arranging o...