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Netnography as an ethnographic approach designed for a “. . .cultural analysis of social media” provided us with the methodological tools to explore the intersections of culture, ideology, and technology (Kozinets 2019, 262). Such an approach recognizes the centrality of technoculture or the “communication technologies that are used in the mediated... See more

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food (thesis?)

ab digital ethnography

American culture: simple, pure and truthful = dumb

European culture: pursuit and awareness of refinement = snobbish

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NEMESIS • Brands After Vibes

I hate influencers

According to the analytical categories advanced by Laclau, agroecology functions as an empty signifier in the food populism strategy. As an ideological construct, agroecology constitutes a central nodal point in the chain of equivalences. It conveys the ranges of demands of the different subjects mobilized by this populist strategy: peasants and... See more

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food (thesis?)

agroecology can be of interest to everyone in one way or another

With all of this in mind, we understand this report, which diverges from the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and often notes limitations in evidence for claims, as largely cultural messaging

Mad Agriculture • Mad Mapping the New Dietary Guidelines for Americans

food (thesis?)

I really hate the term content creator. It’s such a corporate way of describing artists, writers, intellectuals, and other creatives who ultimately just want to create work they’re proud of.

Part of the problem is that the big social networks are not content platforms supported by advertising. They are better understood as advertising platforms... See more

sari azout • Things I'm Thinking About

I hate influencers

When I first discussed this search for "an American

aesthetic" with my editor, he suggested that "if there is a traditional

American aesthetic it has evolved through commerce, not art." (Nathaniel Owings, American Aesthetic)

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Worldly possessions, from cleansers and cars to homes and office buildings, are expendable. We have arranged things so that we think we must keep producing, consuming and producing again to survive. Our inventiveness has turned upon us to yield a population explosion, an automobile invasion, mass-education gigantism, television-age persuasion and a

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