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Platforms and Potency: Democracy and Collective Agency in the Age of Social Media 平台与力量：社交媒体时代的民主与集体代理

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0014

J. Gilbert

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Questions of Space in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema 当代好莱坞电影的空间问题

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0001

S. Trinder

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To be Black, Queer and Radical: Centring the epistemology of Marielle Franco 黑人、酷儿与激进:玛丽埃尔·弗兰科的认识论中心

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0005

Gabriela Loureiro

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Border Crossing and Transculturation in Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House 塔希尔·沙阿《哈里发之家》中的跨界与跨文化

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0002

Kamal Sbiri

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Experiencing the Riverscape: An Eco-Spiritual Decoding of Gangetic ‘Triveni-Sangam’ in select writings of Neelum Saran Gour 体验河景：尼鲁姆·萨兰·古尔精选作品中Gangetic“Triveni Sangam”的生态精神解读

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0009

Chhandita Das, P. Tripathi

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Toys for Conviviality. Situating Commoning, Computation and Modelling 欢乐的玩具。定位、计算与建模

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0015

Selena Savić, Viktor Bedö, Michaela Büsse, Y. Martins, Shintaro Miyazaki

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Experimental Conviviality: Exploring Convivial and Sustainable Practices 实验欢乐:探索欢乐和可持续实践

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0011

Frank Adloff

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Queering the Ghosts of Typicality: The Disruptive Potential of Fabian Ludueña’s Philosophy 颠覆典型性的幽灵:费边Ludueña哲学的破坏性潜力

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0007

F. Trento

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The Capitalist Form of Life, and How To Deconstruct It 资本主义的生活方式及其解构

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0012

B. Ronge

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Conviviality, the Internet, and AI. Ivan Illich, Bernard Stiegler, and the Question Concerning Information-technological Self-limitation 欢乐、互联网和人工智能。伊凡·伊里奇、伯纳德·斯蒂格勒与信息技术自我限制问题

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2020-0013

Andreas Beinsteiner

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