Introduction:The Terms of Culture: Idioms Reflexivity Among Indigenous Peoples in Latin America Vincent Hirtzel and Anath Ariel de Vidas From the mid-1980s, indigenous groups gradually began using expression "our culture" general reference to practices, skills, or artefacts particular them. In so doing, they were mirroring parallel "your that served designate them from an outside perspective. T...

In what follows, I elaborate on one of Appadurai’s key points (2021): that the concept ‘statizen’ highlights global right-wing state re-articulation through digital identification. order to do so, instrumentalise argument is characterised by ‘centrality bureaucratic documentation as sole and over-riding criterion citizenship’ ‘success in defining a state-issued document basis all life’ (Appadur...

In this article, we challenge the hegemony of western science fiction, arguing that western science fiction is particular even as it claims universality. Its view remains based on ideas of the future as forward time. In contrast, in non-western science fiction the future is seen outside linear terms: as cyclical or spiral, or in terms of ancestors. In addition, western science fiction has focus...

This paper discusses the camouflaged influence of Modern English (mainly American) on Israeli (a.k.a. ‘Modern Hebrew’) and Mandarin Chinese (especially Modern Standard Chinese) within the broader context of linguistic and cultural globalisation. Among the questions it attempts to answer are the following: What is the extent of phono-semantic matching (PSM) of Anglicisms in Israeli and Mandarin?...

This Special Supplement of the Journal Law and Society builds on success Societal Constitutions in Transnational Legal Regimes, which was published 2018 focused non-political societal constitutions their transnationalization globalization. current volume revisits political recent evolution transnationalization. It explores beyond traditional semantics structures state national institutions imag...

Engineering synthetic cells from the bottom up is expected to revolutionize biotechnology. How can support societal transitions necessary tackle our current global challenges in a socially equitable and sustainable manner? To answer this question, we need assess socioeconomic considerations engage early constructive public dialogue. Half century ago, Hannah Arendt warned that technologies might...

Earlier research links citizens’ populist attitudes with the support for referendums. However, foundations and meaning of this relationship remain unclear. This note proposes a theoretical, conceptual methodological discussion that identifies three main problems: studies linking referendums have rather narrow theoretical framing limited to studies, there is much ambiguity surrounding role direc...

ion) or treat ICT as a monolithic sector (high level of abstraction). The studies reviewed all cover ICT impacts on the industry, transport, and building sectors and agree on the relevance of most ICT applications concerning GHG emissions, but some ICT applications such as smart city planning are only treated by one study quantitatively. Other ICT applications such as precision farming are not ...

Previous articleNext article FreeBiopolitics in the Time of CoronavirusDaniele LorenziniDaniele Lorenzini Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMore2 April 2020In a recent blog post, Joshua Clover rightly notices swift emergence new panoply “genres q...

Liquid Democracy (LD) is a recent phenomenon that could radically affect our understanding of democracy. Yet, there remains significant semantic confusion surrounding this concept, and researchers in the social sciences, as well political theory, currently lack general definition broadly accepted standard reference. Therefore, article addresses following question: What LD how can we best define...