For financial certainty, try machine gambling
Martha Poon explores Natasha Dow Schüll’s book ‘Addiction by Design’ in a new essay in the Journal of Cultural Economy Read More
Domesticizing Financial Economies: Knitting Fibers of Transaction, Algorithm and Exchange
Call for papers for a mini-conference at SASE focusing on everyday encounters with monetary devices, commercial circuits, algorithms and financial assessment and exchange. Read More
Life Insurance as Technology of Care
Sofía Ugarte looks at life insurance as a market device. How do policyholders and their families experience the life insurance market? And what what role might kinship ties of care play? Read More
In Vivo Economies: Culturing Temporalities of Life and Value
Melinda Cooper on how recent developments in the life sciences pose compelling questions about the relationship between the culturing of life and value, plus audio clips from a related workshop and a full podcast of Catherine Waldby’s talk Read More
From Chinese Brand Culture to Global Brands: Insights from Aesthetics, Fashion, and History
Announcing a new book by Wu Zhiyan, Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder, which examines branding from a Chinese perspective, asking why it is that Chinese brands have so far been unable to achieve international recognition Read More
New issue of JCE
New issue of Journal of Cultural Economy, featuring a themed section on Values and Valuations in Market Practices and a number of Charisma network members Read More
