Magic, science and masculinity: marketing toy chemistry sets

Al-Gailani, Salim

doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2009.10.006

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“…Fetish is increasingly visible even though it is ironic, namely when the hedon phenomenon through sneakers is inversely proportional to the original life, which is still improvised, and various primary needs are not fulfilled (Kelly [2018]: 189). In addition, fetishes can be seen in construction through social media by portraying themselves on Instagram social media accounts with posts about very "branded" clothing styles (Al-Gailani [2009]: 72). Of course, with recent photos, photo filter edits and the composition of the items worn are of added value.…”

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Fetish of sneakers and youth lifestyle simulation representation in Indonesia

Sudarmanto

Pujiyanto

2023

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One of the prestige of young people’s identity today is through fashion. Fashion has even become a “religion” that binds the identity of the individual who wears it. The Sneaker, a form of fashion, also has a big role; even now, it has become a commodity and prestige with a fetish nuance. Therefore, this study aims to identify how the sneaker fetish becomes a space for simulating the lives of young people in Indonesia. Furthermore, this study also examines the problem of the representation of youth-lifestyle simulations in Indonesia. This research uses a qualitative case study approach to play on Jean Baudrillard’s approach to simulacra and hyperreality, which also discusses David Chaney’s approach to fashion. Data collection was obtained from audience studies by examining tagging on social media, Instagram, from July 2022 to October 2022. The results of the study show that the sneaker trend does not only act as a complement to appearances, more than that, but it can also display the personal identity of the wearer. A sneaker community also facilitates the lifestyle of young people towards sneakers. Finally, the community shifted the concept of young people towards sneaker consumption to be more consumptive than before. On the other hand, young people do not realize that what they have done is a hyperreality that tries to identify itself with the best possible image and continues to shape it through massive consumption activities. This is where the sneaker concept shifts from a “community” to a “commodity”.

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Fetish of sneakers and youth lifestyle simulation representation in Indonesia

Sudarmanto

Pujiyanto

2023

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“…In so doing, they had to explore space by replicating the trick so that spatial relationships were distorted, with the broken parts being hidden and the hidden whole card revealed. Magic tricks had been particularly popular parlour games for adults since at least the second half of the 19th century (Al-Gailani, 2009) and so could have been something that children had seen adults perform. This is reinforced by the byline being given to an adult, Uncle Dick, which did not happen with any other kind of task.…”

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What the mathematics in the puzzles and handicrafts in 1920s Danish children’s magazines tells us about childhoods

Lange

Meaney

2019

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

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Media for children reflects societal views about appropriate childhoods in that the content has been chosen based on adults’ views of what is appropriate for children to engage with. In this article, the mathematics in puzzles and handicrafts in a selection of Danish children’s magazines from 1925 to 1930 are analysed to understand the childhoods that adults at this time considered appropriate. The classification of the puzzles and handicraft tasks according to the mathematical activities involved provides insights into the cultural practices deemed suitable for children and whether these cultural practices were differentiated according to gender. The analysis shows that there was a predominance of measuring and designing activities with children engaging in adult-equivalent tasks such as building a henhouse. These tasks had limited specific instructions, indicating that children needed to persevere in working out the details and have the resourcefulness to adapt them to their own situation. In addition, there are only a few features that aligned tasks to a particular gender. The puzzles and handicrafts indicate that appropriate childhoods were considered to be those that treated children as autonomous and valued the importance of doing things.

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“…As Paul Feyerabend famously argued, science is most successful when it abandons method, cuts loose, and opens to play [12]. Scientific toys, for instance, have often served to provoke spectacular insights, especially in chemistry and molecular biology where researchers regularly proceed by tinkering with molecular models [1,16,27,56]. At the same time, amateurs and professionals alike have frequently approached science as a recreational activity, for the sake of spectacle, entertainment, or sheer amusement [54].…”

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Just for Fun: The Playful Image of Nanotechnology

Milburn

2011

Nanoethics

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In 1959, Richard Feynman suggested that the most compelling reason to pursue nanoscale research might be 'just for fun.' This article traces a history of playful images and ludic practices in nanotechnology. Two case studies-nanocars and nanosoccer-exemplify the ways in which scientific research mobilizes speculative futures, less through engineering design or stepwise protocol than through the recreational dynamics of play. Although such molecular toys might appear frivolous, they index the increasingly widespread conditions of play labor, or 'playbor', shaping today's technoculture. Exploring the processes of transmutation and transvaluation by which technological imaginaries are rendered operative, this article tells a story of how the nanoworld became an everyday reality by becoming a game.

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Magic, science and masculinity: marketing toy chemistry sets

Cited by 18 publications

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Fetish of sneakers and youth lifestyle simulation representation in Indonesia

Fetish of sneakers and youth lifestyle simulation representation in Indonesia

What the mathematics in the puzzles and handicrafts in 1920s Danish children’s magazines tells us about childhoods

Just for Fun: The Playful Image of Nanotechnology

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