The Haptic and the Phatic in the Era of Globalization
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https://doi.org/10.12893/gjcpi.2022.1.2Keywords:
touch, purity, caste, hierarchy, intimacyAbstract
Touch is a universal faculty which lets humans explore intimacy, danger and other aspects of their sensory worlds. In India, the regulation of touch is the key to the maintenance of a highly hierarchical, unjust and humiliating social system. Today, the spread of haptic technologies further complicates the relationship between human beings, machines and the paradoxes of intimacy.
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31-03-2022
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