Article
Cultural Studies
Matthew Barr, Alicia Copeland-Stewart
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rise in video game playing as people look for ways to cope with unprecedented circumstances. A survey conducted during the lockdown shows that majority of respondents reported a positive impact on their well-being from playing games, with benefits such as cognitive stimulation, social opportunities, and reduced anxiety and stress. These findings highlight the potential positive effects of video games on mental health and overall well-being.
Article
Cultural Studies
Taru Lehtokunnas, Malla Mattila, Elina Narvanen, Nina Mesiranta
Summary: This article explores the transition towards a circular economy by examining household food waste practices. It highlights the need for societal change and everyday ethical practices in addition to new technologies and innovations. The study emphasizes the moral complexity of everyday life and the challenges associated with the transition.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER CULTURE
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Hakki Tas
Summary: This paper explores the chronopolitics of national populism and argues for a systematic treatment of time in these movements. By focusing on the narrative dimension, this study provides an alternative perspective to understand and critique the magnitude of populism. Using the case of Turkey, it suggests that national populisms employ a shared temporal template to explain national subjectivity through the timing and sequencing of events and affective stimuli.
IDENTITIES-GLOBAL STUDIES IN CULTURE AND POWER
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Jurgen Habermas
Summary: This article reflects on the further structural transformation of the public sphere, with a focus on the implications of digitalization on the media's role in the public sphere. It discusses how the rapid expansion of digital media is diminishing the traditional role of classical print media.
THEORY CULTURE & SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Remus Cretan, Raluca Narcisa Covaci, Ioan Sebastian Jucu
Summary: This paper investigates the social construction of Roma as 'other' in a multicultural landscape, using interviews with participants of different ethnic groups. The findings indicate that alongside ethno-nationalist racism, Roma face prejudice from apparently more 'progressive' groups, who blame the Roma for their disadvantaged social and economic position due to a failure to integrate.
IDENTITIES-GLOBAL STUDIES IN CULTURE AND POWER
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Stephanie Alice Baker
Summary: This article examines the proliferation of alternative health influencers during the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing the strategies they employ to gain online visibility and status on Instagram. It reveals how these influencers appeal to the ideals of early web culture and wellness culture to attract and retain followers. Furthermore, it demonstrates how the participatory nature of social media has been exploited to spread misinformation, conspiracy thinking, and far-right extremism.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Nikolas Rose, Rasmus Birk, Nick Manning
Summary: Social theory can benefit from conceptualizing the challenges of 'mental health', opening up the 'environment' to develop a vitalist biosocial science. Understanding the pathways that shape human (mental) life is essential to addressing inequity and injustice inscribed into human bodies and souls.
THEORY CULTURE & SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Ana Jorge, Lidia Maropo, Ana Margarida Coelho, Lia Novello
Summary: This study analyzed the social media content and media discourse of 11 Portuguese mommy and family influencers, focusing on how they portray parenting, family life, work-life balance, and boundaries for privacy and intimacy. The research demonstrates how prominent mommy influencers promote a neoliberal ethos through emotional discourse that connects with the audience, transforming it into a consumerist agenda.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Kean Birch, D. T. Cochrane
SCIENCE AS CULTURE
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Aaron Shapiro
Summary: With the surge in e-commerce demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, investors have started pouring billions into start-ups that promise to accelerate digitization and automation in low-profit, winner-take-all sectors like retail, grocery, and dining. This article examines two business models that have gained prominence during this time: dark stores and ghost kitchens. Both models sacrifice consumer-facing real estate in order to create logistical spaces for fulfilling online orders, and both are predicted to become permanent fixtures in the post-pandemic economic landscape. However, the potential consequences of this future and who is likely to be impacted have received little attention. The author anticipates the impact on consumers, workers, and urban geographies as a result of this shift towards this logistical-urban frontier.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER CULTURE
(2023)
Article
Anthropology
Siyuan Yin
Summary: Feminism has gained attention in global popular culture, but systematic oppression and violence persist. The article uses China as a case to call for revaluing feminism's political potential, emphasizing the need to reshape historical legacies and ally with marginalized groups.
Article
Cultural Studies
Marlyne Sahakian
Summary: This study investigates the normative authority in household practices in Western Switzerland, with a focus on electricity-using appliances. By combining complementary methods and analyzing emotions in practice, the study uncovers tensions and opportunities for change in challenging the normative authority tied to household practices. The findings emphasize the importance of enacting "deviant" practices and staging positive emotions.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER CULTURE
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Jeremy K. Yamashiro, Abram Van Engen, Henry L. Roediger
Summary: Origin stories play a significant role in shaping the collective memories of a society, while national collective memories help establish the image and identity of a country. Political and religious backgrounds can influence individuals' perceptions of foundational events in a country's origin, leading to varying interpretations of America's origins among different groups.
Article
Cultural Studies
Kelly Bronson, Phoebe Sengers
SCIENCE AS CULTURE
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Daniel Rose, Courtney McMillian, Onneya Carter
Summary: This research investigates the relationship between the racial/ethnic composition of neighborhoods and the willingness of landlords to accept pets, revealing that less than half of the landlords in African-American neighborhoods permit pets compared to predominantly white neighborhoods.
Article
Cultural Studies
Marie Plessz, Stefan Wahlen
Summary: Although less time is spent on cooking and eating, food consumption remains an important aspect of daily life. This paper investigates the shared nature of food practices, drawing on practice theories and empirical analysis. The study identifies three characteristics of sharedness: participation, commitment, and temporal concentration. By analyzing the Dutch time-use survey 2011, the study measures and compares these characteristics, providing a systematic framework for analyzing culture in dispersed collective activity. The analysis also offers insights into power dynamics in shared practices by examining temporal concentration.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER CULTURE
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Madeleine Fairbairn, Zenia Kish, Julie Guthman
Summary: This paper analyzes the cultural and market frictions in Silicon Valley's entry into the food and agriculture industry through the lens of pitching. It highlights how carefully curated pitch framings reconcile Silicon Valley investors' ambition and profit-making potential with the political economic realities of food and agriculture. The paper suggests a tendency towards non-disruptive disruption, where the tech sector offers incremental improvements instead of genuine systemic transformation.
JOURNAL OF CULTURAL ECONOMY
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Thomas O'Brien, Remus Cretan, Ioan Sebastian Jucu, Raluca Narcisa Covaci
Summary: Eastern Europe has undergone significant social, economic, and political changes since 1989, with migration playing a crucial role in this transformation. The lifting of restrictions has allowed individuals to seek better opportunities through internal migration. The patterns of movement can be traced back to the communist era, when economic development and modernization were pursued. Proximity to Western Europe has led to resentment and distancing among certain regions, while rural settlements in southwestern Romania have provided insights into how receiving communities perceive the effects of internal migration. The study findings highlight the continued prominence of stereotypes from the communist era, as well as the tension between protecting local culture and the viability of small settlements in the face of depopulation threats.
IDENTITIES-GLOBAL STUDIES IN CULTURE AND POWER
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Amber Martin-Woodhead
Summary: Minimalism is a popular lifestyle movement in western economies that involves voluntarily reducing consumption, limiting possessions, and practicing intentional, considered, and sometimes ethical consumption to make space for important things that add meaning and value to life. This article highlights how minimalists in the UK practice sustainable (non)consumption through actively buying less, using and maintaining what they own, and acquiring objects with intentionality, consideration, and ethics.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER CULTURE
(2022)
Article
Cultural Studies
Penny A. Pasque, Lori D. Patton, Joy Gaston Gayles, Mark Anthony Gooden, Malik S. Henfield, H. Richard Milner, April Peters, D-L Stewart
Summary: This article discusses the importance of respecting Black lives and breaking down racism and white supremacy in educational research, proposing key research topics and methods. The authors emphasize the importance of dialogue and reflection to gain a deeper understanding of the potential impact of research decisions.
CULTURAL STUDIES-CRITICAL METHODOLOGIES
(2022)
