Refunction

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change. transitive

    "A global corporate power, Del Rio Inc., attempts to refunction a Mexican peasant culture of small-holders for biopolitical exploitation by commodifying the water that sustains their way of life."

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"A global corporate power, Del Rio Inc., attempts to refunction a Mexican peasant culture of small-holders for biopolitical exploitation by commodifying the water that sustains their way of life."

Etymology

From re- + function, as a calque of German Umfunktionierung.

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