Deepti Bhargava
Biographic Data
| ID | 9239594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deepti Bhargava |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deepti |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhargava |
| SIGNATURE | BHARGAVA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4215-8423 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Should Death Do Us Part
Conceptualising Immortality The meaning and pursuit of immortality has long occupied a central place in philosophical, religious, and cultural discourse (Buben; Kar; Rosenthal; Nairn). At its core, immortality refers to the continuation of existence beyond the limits of material death, often understood as the endurance of an intangible identity such as the soul, consciousness, or personal essence (Andrade). In contemporary digital culture, this e…
The Datafication of the Soul
The human desire to survive death is not new. Religious traditions, philosophical systems, memorial practices, and popular culture have long offered ways of imagining continuity beyond biological life, whether through heaven, reincarnation, ancestral presence, symbolic immortality, or cultural remembrance (Bhargava; Cave; Iglesias et al.; Lifton; Nairn; Nairn and Matthews). What is changing, particularly in the age of artificial intelligence, is …
An exploration of the impression management and dialogical potential of arts organisations
Creating and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships between organisations and their publics is at the core of public relations practice. Social media has created new opportunities to nurture these relationships through mediated interactions. Ideally, if organisations and publics participate in these interactions with a dialogic orientation, they are likely to have an authentic relationship.Arts organisations globally, however, are known to…
To Perform or Not to Perform
This article explores narratives of how COVID‐19 impacted the performing arts sector, by drawing on interviews with creative workers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Despite the late exposure to COVID‐19 and the adoption of an elimination approach that afforded opportunities for performing arts to continue to varying extents between 2019 and 2022, cultural workers in Aotearoa New Zealand, as with their overseas counterparts, experienced significant and c…
Demon in a Dress
Introduction The term monster might have its roots in the Latin word monere (to warn), but it has since evolved to have various symbolic meanings, from a terrifying mythical creature to a person of extreme cruelty. No matter the flexibility in use, the term is mostly meant to be derogatory (Asma). As Gilmore puts it, monsters “embody all that is dangerous and horrible in the human imagination” (1). However, it may be argued that monsters sometime…
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Demon in a Dress
Introduction The term monster might have its roots in the Latin word monere (to warn), but it has since evolved to have various symbolic meanings, from a terrifying mythical creature to a person of extreme cruelty. No matter the flexibility in use, the term is mostly meant to be derogatory (Asma). As Gilmore puts it, monsters “embody all that is dangerous and horrible in the human imagination” (1). However, it may be argued that monsters sometime…
To Perform or Not to Perform
This article explores narratives of how COVID‐19 impacted the performing arts sector, by drawing on interviews with creative workers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Despite the late exposure to COVID‐19 and the adoption of an elimination approach that afforded opportunities for performing arts to continue to varying extents between 2019 and 2022, cultural workers in Aotearoa New Zealand, as with their overseas counterparts, experienced significant and c…
An exploration of the impression management and dialogical potential of arts organisations
Creating and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships between organisations and their publics is at the core of public relations practice. Social media has created new opportunities to nurture these relationships through mediated interactions. Ideally, if organisations and publics participate in these interactions with a dialogic orientation, they are likely to have an authentic relationship.Arts organisations globally, however, are known to…
Should Death Do Us Part
Conceptualising Immortality The meaning and pursuit of immortality has long occupied a central place in philosophical, religious, and cultural discourse (Buben; Kar; Rosenthal; Nairn). At its core, immortality refers to the continuation of existence beyond the limits of material death, often understood as the endurance of an intangible identity such as the soul, consciousness, or personal essence (Andrade). In contemporary digital culture, this e…
The Datafication of the Soul
The human desire to survive death is not new. Religious traditions, philosophical systems, memorial practices, and popular culture have long offered ways of imagining continuity beyond biological life, whether through heaven, reincarnation, ancestral presence, symbolic immortality, or cultural remembrance (Bhargava; Cave; Iglesias et al.; Lifton; Nairn; Nairn and Matthews). What is changing, particularly in the age of artificial intelligence, is …
Art (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Afterlife (2 works) · Existentialism (2 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Immortality (2 works) · Media, Religion, Digital Communication (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Reincarnation (2 works)