Conference paper by John Mitchell. "Modern art is based on profit potential rather than expression of free ideas and communication. Therefore the commodification of art has rendered the message contained within to be obsolete." With comments from Alan Woods, editor of the In Defence of Marxism website www.marxist.com. John Mitchell
Alan Woods was recently interviewed by some cultural theory students about the commodification of modern art and its cultural significance within a capitalist society.
"The Fetishism of Commodities," by Fredy Perlman, from his 1969 text, "The Reproduction of Daily Life," available at the following address: preview.tinyurl.com (NOTE: The 'toon pronounces "fetish" as "feetish" for about the first two-thirds of the video, because I forgot to go back and fix it from the beginning after I had noticed it.)
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This is a small clip from one of Terence's audio in which he discusses coolness and its falsely beheld commodification through the engine of marketing.
DAVID LOY, Besl Professor of Ethics, Religion and Society, Xavier University Buddhist philosopher David Loy recently moved from the faculty of International Studies at Bunkyo University in Japan to Xavier University in Ohio. His 1997 article, The Religion of the Market, sparked an ongoing discussion about the nature of consumer capitalism which, he claims, is the first truly world religion, binding all corners of the globe more and more tightly into a worldview and set of values whose religious role we overlook only because we insist upon seeing them as secular. His books include A Buddhist History of the West, Lack and Transcendence, The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory, and Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution.
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Socially conscious lyrics from the London rapper. The instrumental is produced by BogrAt.
Full title of talk: "The Commodification of Nature & Nonhumans: some ethical, political & ontological considerations" Michael Scoville is a doctoral student in Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ----- This talk was given as part of the STEWARDship Workshop held from June 3-5, 2008, in Urbana, Illinois. This workshop on Christianity and stewardship of the earth provided training and resources to church leaders in order to foster a sense of environmental responsibility, and to inspire action from the Christian community. For more information, visit the STEWARDship workshop website at www.stewardshipworkshop.org.
PTNs Bank Notes Series, by Petronio Bendito. This kinetic bank note in the series is a computer rendered animation that changes its value at a rate of 30 frames per second. Here Rodin's "Thinker" and the Guggenheim Museum -- NYC are morphed together for their are icons of the franchising state of the art work and cultural institutions. The PTN bank notes series is based on mathematical "art formulas" created to establish a subjective exchange rate and price of the artwork. Exchange rate formulas take into account statistical and factual data based on social, political, and cultural phenomena. The series encompasses both printed and digital bank notes. Works of art that were stylized for this series carry strong commodification associations. For additional information visit www.petroniobendito.com.
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Introducing, www.MindofMcKenna.com Terence McKenna Audio Portal & Transcripts
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Lifting Our Sights and Our Spirits: Confronting the Commodification of Children Enola Aird, JD Part 1 of 2 videos of Enola Aird's talk at the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood's 2008 Consuming Kids Summit.
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Describes the contradiction between the approaches of Marx, Smith, and Conventional Economics
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L1Aura, SL avatar, talks about consumerism and commodification in virtual worlds.
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People's Grocery director Brahm Amadhi explains how industrialization has changed our relationship to food and agriculture, and describes efforts to change the current system of production to serve those who have been left out.
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Breathe. This is a meditation. camddataandmaps.epa.gov The home of cap and trade, which has been in effect since the late 1970's, although data is only availiable from 1999 on. www.clearingcorp.com "About The Clearing Corporation The Clearing Corporation, a stockholder-owned, Delaware Corporation now in its 79th year of business, is the only active independent futures clearinghouse in the world." http "offers the reinsurance market convenient and flexible derivative trading - modelled on existing well understood reinsurance industry loss warranty contracts. ILWs (Industry loss warranties) Alternative Risk Transfer. Hurricane reinsurance" www.ccfe.com "About Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chicago Climate Exchange, is a CFTC designated contract market which offers standardized and cleared futures contracts on emission allowances and other environmental products. Clearing services are provided by The Clearing Corporation, the only active independent futures clearinghouse in the world. Market surveillance services are provided by the National Futures Association, the industrywide, self-regulatory organization for the US futures industry." 9m of PDFs groups.google.com Links and chaotic notes: groups.google.com
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A virtual home, rented or on one's own land, whether similar to an actual world home or some other kind of space, is not just a simulacra of the familar to make the metaphors of place manifest in a virtual world. It is not just a mirror image, but its own place, a locus of experiences that have occurred there, and are now a part of me. I still do not see the appeal of a virtual kitchen, but I have also spent enough time in the virtual world Second Life now to know that people's uses of commodities are often creative and ludic, providing frames for play and interaction that stimulate the imagination in ways I could barely glimpse a year ago. Maybe that could even include the kitchen sink. The first machinima piece included in The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, this was published as an Interactive Online Exhibit and Demonstration with accompanying notes in the special issue on Virtual Economies, Virtual Goods and Service Delivery in Virtual Worlds: journals.tdl.org For six months, the machinima was only available in the journal, but now that there is a new issue of the journal out and the machinima is no longer easily found on the front page of the journal site, I am posting it on youtube as well.
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Student project by Jake - the beginnings of an ethnographic documentary on commodification in Second Life. Definitely a work-in-progress.
A panel on "Hip-Hop, Politics, and Protest: A Battle for Hearts, Minds and Money," chaired by Steven Smith, with Will Vill, M1 & UMI of DEAD PREZ, Esteban Nembhard, & Nyaka NiiLampti, at The Left Forum on March 17, 2012: Dr. Steven Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the University of New Orleans. He received his Ph.D. in Strategic Management and International Business from Rutgers University. He holds an MBA and BS in Chemical Engineering, also from Rutgers University. Dr. Smith's teaching interests include strategic management, international management and the music and entertainment industry. His current research examines career dynamics and labor market processes in the science and engineering, health care, and library and information science labor markets.... He also has extensive corporate and consulting experience.... www.uno.edu Will Vill www.willvillmusic.com www.facebook.com www.myspace.com www.youtube.com twitter.com M1 of DEAD PREZ : Mutulu Olugbala also known by his stage name M-1 is a rapper, activist and author known for his work as one half of the political hip hop duo Dead Prez along with his friend stic.man (Clayton Gavin). In 2006, he also had a lead role in "Broken Rhyme." His credits include the album "Confidential" by "Dead Prez Presents M-1" and "Can't Sell Dope Forever" by Dead Prez/Outlawz. M-1 is also featured in the UK documentary "Guilty or Innocent of Using the N Word." He had many cameos in Chappelle's Show <b>...</b>
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On the commodification of early hip-hop and the role of commodity audiences. Recorded on November 8, 2010
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You might recognize Wendy Tremayne from our Green Acre Series here on RyanIsHungry. Wendy founded Swap-O-Rama-Rama as a way to break out the consumer cycle of shopping for clothes. Utilizing the abundance that just a few people's closets can bare, adding a little creativity with fancy sewing machines and silkscreen artists for custom modifications, Swap-O-Rama-Rama makes recycling clothes fun and social. This particular swap was part of Maker Faire, an event to celebrate makers of all kinds from robot artists to crafters to computer hackers. As Wendy says here: There is no creativity in consumerism...makers don't make good consumers. The less you know, the less you can make, the more you're going to buy. Want to produce a Swap-O-Rama-Rama where you live? You can! Because it's Creative Commons licensed! Contact Wendy through the site and she'll get you started!
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