عنوان

Disrupting Wisdom 2.0:

شماره

LA126133

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Disrupting Wisdom 2.0:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

The Quest for "Mindfulness" in Silicon Valley and Beyond

نام نخستين پديدآور

Kevin Healey

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In early 2014 activist Amanda Ream and members of Eviction Free San Francisco disrupted the fifth annual Wisdom 2.0 conference, at which Silicon Valley leaders discuss the benefits of 'mindfulness' practices. It was another confrontation between working-class residents of San Francisco and the technology employees who have gentrified their neighborhoods. A member of the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, Ream's actions garnered support from other 'socially engaged' Buddhists from Berkeley and elsewhere. Secular critics have likewise questioned the appropriation of Buddhist practices by corporations whose business practices and products arguably undermine the cultivation of mindfulness. This article intervenes in these debates by outlining an approach called Contemplative Media Studies, which integrates critical media studies with the emerging field of Contemplative Studies. I argue that market imperatives have favored a corporate-friendly understanding of mindfulness that perpetuates structural injustice, and conclude that an expanded notion of civic mindfulness must include the revitalization of journalism and the development of non-commercial media systems. In early 2014 activist Amanda Ream and members of Eviction Free San Francisco disrupted the fifth annual Wisdom 2.0 conference, at which Silicon Valley leaders discuss the benefits of 'mindfulness' practices. It was another confrontation between working-class residents of San Francisco and the technology employees who have gentrified their neighborhoods. A member of the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, Ream's actions garnered support from other 'socially engaged' Buddhists from Berkeley and elsewhere. Secular critics have likewise questioned the appropriation of Buddhist practices by corporations whose business practices and products arguably undermine the cultivation of mindfulness. This article intervenes in these debates by outlining an approach called Contemplative Media Studies, which integrates critical media studies with the emerging field of Contemplative Studies. I argue that market imperatives have favored a corporate-friendly understanding of mindfulness that perpetuates structural injustice, and conclude that an expanded notion of civic mindfulness must include the revitalization of journalism and the development of non-commercial media systems.

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

67-95

عنوان

Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture

شماره جلد

4/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2165-9214

اصطلاح موضوعی

Buddhism

اصطلاح موضوعی

contemplative studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

mindfulness

اصطلاح موضوعی

political economy

اصطلاح موضوعی

Silicon Valley

اصطلاح موضوعی

Wisdom 2.0

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kevin Healey

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/21659214-90000101

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y