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This episode outlines the final assignment for a sociology course, SOCA3780, which challenges students to analyse value dynamics within a single, chosen sector (such as housing, healthcare, or education). The core purpose is to critically examine how true value—grounded in human agency, liveability, conviviality, and alterity—is distorted into capitalist value and fetish value through the processes of decommonization (reification, fetishization, and appropriation). The assignment requires students to identify key stakeholders, including corporations and community cooperatives, and propose concrete recommonization strategies designed to resist capitalist transformation, primarily through transitions in ownership and governance structures. Illustrative case studies are provided for food production, healthcare, housing, community services, and education, detailing the specific mechanisms through which value is generated and extracted in each sector.
By Dr S A Hamed HosseiniThis episode outlines the final assignment for a sociology course, SOCA3780, which challenges students to analyse value dynamics within a single, chosen sector (such as housing, healthcare, or education). The core purpose is to critically examine how true value—grounded in human agency, liveability, conviviality, and alterity—is distorted into capitalist value and fetish value through the processes of decommonization (reification, fetishization, and appropriation). The assignment requires students to identify key stakeholders, including corporations and community cooperatives, and propose concrete recommonization strategies designed to resist capitalist transformation, primarily through transitions in ownership and governance structures. Illustrative case studies are provided for food production, healthcare, housing, community services, and education, detailing the specific mechanisms through which value is generated and extracted in each sector.

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