Consumption - Einzelansicht

In capitalism, production and consumption are engaged in a process of constant negotiation but while Marx still emphasised the notion of production, it is to state the obvious that from the rise of mass culture, the focus has shifted to an increased interest in consumption which is not only an economic factor but also a culturally significant practice and as such not only affects the forces of globalisation but also to a large extent our everyday lives. Consumption is, of course, also situated in space and time and thus contextual and constructed in different places and at different moments in history. This course is designed to look at the history of consumption as well as some of the theoretical debates surrounding it to explore questions of agency, resistance, identity construction, consumption spaces and commercial cultures.

Presentation and short paper