Communication technology is a key in the articulation of global standardisation in late capitalism. The biopolitical paradigm of social control is shifting towards new forms of technological embeddedness through new technologies of the body. Logocentric and discrete representations of the body are a key to the articulation of the standard model of technology and its constructions of corporealit...

A retrospective study was undertaken to assess cancers in northern Thailand using the Chiang Mai Cancer registry and Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital records from January 2001 to December 2005. Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital is the university hospital for the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University. There were 4,108 new cancer cases being treated at the institution. The distribution of...

I n the mid-1960s Joseph Weizenbaum created a stunning piece of software. Years before HAL 9000's screen debut in 2001: A Space Odyssey, this software, Eliza, made it possible to have a conversation with a computer. Eliza's most famous script,Doctor, caused the software to parody the conversational patterns of non-directive therapists during an initial visit. While Eliza/Doctor can seem quite s...

Abstract In Deckmyn v Vandersteen , the European Court of Justice (ECJ) defined parody as an “autonomous concept EU law” with certain “essential characteristics.” The case revolved around a parodic drawing modeled after cover well-known Suske & Wiske comic book series. Building on literary theory parody, including work Genette, this paper will analyze both ECJ’s reasoning in and preceding A...