There is a growing concern that, like in many developed countries, medical practice in Singapore is fast losing its role and status as a profession. The commodification and industrialisation of health care, and weakening of its ethical foundations are among the main forces threatening to deprofessionalise the practice of medicine. To overcome these challenges, an honest and introspective review...

The Gendered Planet is an artistic research project, which analyzes and deconstructs the commodification of women’s bodies in Western neoliberal visual culture oppressive identities women have been historically engineered. This interdisciplinary project uses pedagogies activism methodologies to reflect upon how a repeated action contexts museums galleries can bring different conversations on in...

War can create a massive amount of death while also straining the capacity of states and civilians to cope with disposing of the dead. This paper argues that such moments exacerbate contradictions between three fields and “economies” (logics of interaction and exchange)—a political, market, and moral economy of disposal—in which order and control, commodification and opportunism, and dignity ar...

This article explores how the ‘Black is Beautiful’ movement transformed attitudes towards beauty standards within black communities and cosmetics industry tried to capitalise on these shifts in their marketing strategies. It charts redefined generated a proliferation of companies products exclusively for women, success attracted widespread attention from across industry. However, this demonstra...

The Identification and Exploration of the Culture of Elementary School Teachers in Lorestan Province   S. Roomaani* G.R. Haji Hosseinnejaad, Ph.D.** A. Hosseinikhaah, Ph.D.*** N. Faazeli, Ph.D.****   In centralized systems of education, the incongruence between the national and local cultures can be problematic. Hence, the identification of the local culture and exploration of its congru...

Starting from the 15 century in the Atlantic slave trade, black people have been treated by lighter-skinned counterparts as commodities to be sold and bought. The effects of the trade and the resulting dehumanization can still be seen in subsequent historical events and in today’s society. Analyzing the Haitian Revolution in the late 18 century through literature such as The Grateful Negro by M...