Date | Teacher | Place | Topic | Lecture notes / comments |
26.09.2005 | Maria Gj?lberg? | SUM 4th floor? | Colloquium? | Introduction to the course and course participants. ? |
27.09.2005 | Hal Wilhite and Desmond McNeill? | SUM 4th floor? | 1. INTRODUCTION: What is sustainable consumption? Where do the practical, policy and theoretical challenges lie? How does one go about studying consumption?? | Readings: Miller, pp139-199, Smith, pp 273-297? |
28.09.2005 | Maria Gj?lberg? | SUM, 4th floor? | Colloquium? | Write up: Campbell or Bourdieu? |
03.10.2005 | Maria Gj?lberg? | SUM, 4th floor? | Colloquium? | Write up: Shove or Wilhite and Lutzenhiser? |
04.10.2005 | Hal Wilhite? | SUM, 4th floor? | 2. CONSUMPTION THEORY: Is consumption social or individual? Competing theories from social science and economics? | Readings: Campbell, pp 105-139, Bourdieu, pp 51-70 Bourdieu pp71-104 [optional]? |
05.10.2005 | Hal Wilhite? | SUM, 4th floor? | 3. BEYOND ECONOMICS: Co-evolution of demand. Consumption as performance. Consuming to be normal.? | Readings: Shove et al, , pp 235-273, Wilhite and Lutzenhiser, pp 329-337? |
06.10.2005 | Hal Wilhite? | SUM, 4th floor? | 4. GLOBALISATION AND MODERNITY: Is globalisation carrying consumerism to the South? What happens in the meeting between global and local ideas on consumption?? | Readings: Appadurai, pp 1-50? |
10.10.2005 | Maria Gj?lberg? | SUM, 4th floor? | Colloquium? | Write up: Appadurai? |
11.10.2005 | Hal Wilhite? | SUM, 4th floor? | 5. THE ROLE OF MEDIA AND DISCOURSE: Discourses and their power. To what degree does media affect people’s actions?? | Readings: Morely, 199-235 Smith 273-296 [optional]? |
12.10.2005 | Maria Gj?lberg? | SUM, 4th floor? | Colloquium? | Write-up: Morely? |
13.10.2005 | Hal Wilhite? | SUM, 4th floor? | 6. TOWARD A NEW CONCEPTUALISATION OF CONSUMPTION AND CHANGE: Conclusion and final discussion? | Concluding session summarising perspectives and final discussion.? |
25.10.2005 | Exam? | SUM 4th floor? | EXAM? | Take home exam handed out on 25. October at 09:00 and submitted by 16:00 on 8. November.In situations in which the exam evaluation falls between two grades, participation in lectures and colloquiums will contribute to a decision on the final grade. ? |
Teaching plan
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