Sociology of consumption

 

Convenor:
Eivind Stõ : SIFO, National Institute for Consumer Research, Norway

- ROOM 0.1 

 

Tuesday September 23    (14.00 – 16.00)  

Session 1  
Politics of consumption: Government, state and the market

 
Author(s): Hanne Torjusen Campoverde and Laura Terragni
Institution: National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO)
Country:
Norway 
CONSUMERS’ AGENCY AND MARKET’S RESPONSIBILITY IN A WELFARE STATE: THE CASE OF “SAFE FOOD”
Author(s): Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen
Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki
Country:
Finland 
WHAT MAKES THE HOME A SAFE PLACE ? PRIVATE INSURANCE AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF THE DOMESTIC SPHERE
Author(s): Tally Katz-Gerro and Meir Yaish
Institution: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa
Country:
Israel 
STATE POLICIES, ECONOMIC STATUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Author(s): Mikael Klintman
Institution: Lund University
Country:
Sweden 
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERISM AND THE KNOWLEDGE GAPS: A CALL FOR CERTAIN CONSUMER CONFUSION
Author(s): Pekka Sulkunen, Kati Rantala and Mirja Määttä
Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki
Country:
Finland 
THE ETHICS OF NOT TAKING A STAND - THE DILEMMAS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PREVENTION IN CONSUMER SOCIETY

 


Wednesday September 24   (09.00 - 11.00)

Session 2
Consumption and the Environment

 

Author(s): Dario Padovan
Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Padova
Country: Italy 
TOOLS AND INDICATORS TO IMPROVE URBAN LIFE AND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION IN THE CITY OF TOMORROW
Author(s): Eivind Stø and Harald Throne-Holst
Institution: SIFO
Country: Norway 
DIMENSIONS IN CONSUMERS’ VISIONS OF FUTURE SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES
Author(s): Anne Kristine Haugestad
Institution: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Country: Norway 
THE POWER OF PURCHASING POWER: CONSUMERS AS HELPERS AND HEROES
Author(s): Kirsten Gram-Hanssen
Institution: Danish Building and Urbane Research
Country: Denmark 
MODERN AND LATE-MODERN CONCEPTS OF LIFESTYLE IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR
Author(s): Georgios Papastefanou and Antje Springer
Institution: ZUMA, Center for Survey Research and Methodology
Country: Germany 
SOCIO-STRUCTURAL AND SUBJECTIVE BELIEF REASONS FOR INTRA-EUROPEAN DISPARITIES OF ATTITUDES TOWARD GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
Author(s): Oliver Moore
Institution: Centre for Sustainability, Sligo IT
Country: Ireland 
HOW ARE DECISIONS TO BUY ORGANIC FOOD MADE? GROUNDWORK FOR A METHODOLOGICAL ENQUIRY

 

 

Wednesday September 24 (14.30 - 16.30)

Session 3
Everyday life and material culture


Author(s): Alan Warde
Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Manchester
Country: United Kingdom   
NEW CONCEPTS FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION
Author(s): Annechen Bahr Bugge
Institution: National Institute for Consumer Research
Country: Norway   
COOKING  AS IDENTITY WORK
Author(s): Tim Dant
Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom   
CONSUMPTION OR MARTIAL CIVILIZATION?
Author(s): Martin Hand, Dale Southerton and Elizabeth Shove
Institution: Martin Hand and Dale Southerton ( University of Manchester ), Elizabeth Shove ( Lancaster University )
Country: United Kingdom   
SUSTAINABLE DOMESTIC TECHNOLOGIES: CHANGING PRACTICE, TECHNOLOGY AND CONVENTION
Author(s): Heinz-Herbert Noll and Stefan Weick
Institution: Centre for Survey Research and Methodology, Mannheim
Country:
Germany   
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS IN GERMANY , INEQUALITIES AND CHANGES ACROSS TIME 

 

Wednesday September 24 (17.00-18.30)

Session 4
Everyday life and material culture (cont.)

Author(s): Paloma Herrera Racionero and Cecilia Díaz Méndez
Institution: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia / Universidad de Oviedo
Country: Spain 
A QUALITATIVE APPROACH TO THE STATISTICAL SOURCE OF FOOD
Author(s): Rachel Hurdley
Institution: Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University
Country: United Kingdom 
DISMANTLING MANTELPIECES: BOURDIEU AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMESTIC SPACE
Author(s): Ritsuko Ozaki
Institution: The Business School, Imperial College
Country: United Kingdom 
LIFESTYLES, BOUNDARIES AND HOUSEFORMS
Author(s): Olga Gourova
Institution: European University St. Petersburg
Country: Russia 
CLASSIFY UNDERWEAR: SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND EVERYDAY CONSUMPTION IN SOVIET RUSSIA
Author(s): Christian Stenbak Larsen
Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
Country: Denmark 
THE CATEGORY OF 'DISTASTE' IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION
Author(s): Dan Porsfelt
Institution: School of Social Sciences, Vaxjo University
Country: Sweden 
"AFTER-WORKING"  IN THE PUB – SOCIAL-INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION AT WORK?
Author(s): Patric Rozenblatt and Djaouida Selili
Institution: Université Lumière Lyon 2 GLISY/SAFA, GERS (CNRS)
Country: France 
SAVOIR ETRE, FAIRE VALOIR ET PROCESSUS DE RECOURS A DES SUBSTANCES PSYCHO-ACTIVES. UNE APPROCHE PAR LE GENRE  


Thursday September 25   (09.00 - 11.00)

Session 5
Consumption through a life-course


Author(s): Ardis Storm-Mathisen and Ragnhild Brusdal
Institution: SIFO
Country: Norway 
YOUNG TEENAGE IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION AND PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION
Author(s): Jeremi Van Gorp and Dimitri Mortelmans
Institution: Antwerp University
Country: Belgium 
FREQUENCY OF SHOPPING BEHAVIOUR AMONG FLEMISH YOUNGSTERS
Author(s): Terhi-Anna Wilska
Institution: Finnish Youth Research Network
Country: Finland
 “TWEENS” ON THE MARKET – CONSUMER CULTURES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADOLESCENTS IN FINLAND
Author(s): Patricia Söderström
Institution: Linköping University
Country: Sweden 
BODY, APPEARANCE AND IDENTITY THROUGHOUT THE LIFE COURSE
Author(s): Ester Bódalo Lozano
Institution: University of Murcia
Country: Spain 
UN ESTUDIO SOCIOLÓGICO DEL CONSUMIDOR MAYOR
Author(s): Lhuissier Anne Gojard Séverine
Institution: INRA-Consumption Research Laboratory, Paris
Country: France 
FOOD CONSUMPTION AND PROVISIONING PRACTICES AMONG THE FRENCH ELDERLY

Thursday September 25  (14.30 – 16.30)

Session 6
Consumption through a life-course (Cont.)
The rise of consumerism and the spirit of the market



Author(s): Taru Virtanen
Institution: Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
Country: Finland 
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS IN TRAVELLING: EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS AND THEIR MOTIVES – DOES CULTURAL PLAY A FOCAL ROLE?
Author(s): Hans Christian Sandlie
Institution: Norwegian Social Research (NOVA)
Country: Norway 
REDUCED HOUSING CONSUMPTION AMONG YOUNG NORWEGIAN HOUSEHOLDS; WERE THEY PUSHED OR DID THEY JUMP?

 

The rise of consumerism and the spirit of the market
Author(s): Jukka Gronow
Institution: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies University of Helsinki
Country: Finland 
THE MODERNIZATION OF THE SOVIET CONSUMER
Author(s): Matthias Z Varul
Institution: University of Tübingen
Country: Germany 
THE STRUCTURAL ROMANTICISM OF MONEY – THE MISSING LINK IN THE ROMANTIC ETHIC OF CONSUMERISM?
Author(s): Ning Wang
Institution: Zhongshan University and University of Illinois
Country: China and USA
LABOUR AND CONSUMPTION IN CHINA
Author(s): Margit Keller
Institution: University of Tartu
Country: Estonia 
POST-SOCIALIST SHOPPING MALLS: CONFLICTING DISCOURSES OF THRIFT AND HEDONISM  

 


 

Friday September 26  (09.00 – 11.00)

Session 7  
Commercial Culture


Author(s): Margit Keller and Triin Vihalemm
Institution: Dept. of Journalism and Communications, University of Tartu
Country: Estonia 
SHOPPING FOR ENTERTAINMENT IN ESTONIA: ENTANGLEMENT OF CONTRASTING VALUES
Author(s): Kaj Ilmonen
Institution: University of Jyyvääskelää
Country: Finland 
EMOTIONS AND THE APPROPRIATION OF ROCK’N’ROLL IN PERIPHERY
Author(s): Hans Dagevos
Institution: Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), Wageningen University and Research Centre
Country: The Netherlands 
BEYOND PRICE AND PRODUCT: NEW CONSUMERISM AND THE CONCEPT OF FOOD CONSUMPTION
Author(s): Faustine Régnier 
Institution: INRA – CORELA
Country: France 
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF EXOTICISM THROUGH A FRANCE/GERMANY COMPARISON
Author(s): Antonio Jonas Dias Filho
Institution: UNIME, Salvador – Bahia
Country: Brasil 
EBONIZACAO ESTETICA E COSMETICA
Author(s): Marcus Persson
Institution: University of Lund
Country: Sweden 
COLLECTING: AN “EXISTENTIAL SOCIOLOGICAL” PERSPECTIVE

 

Friday September 26   (14.30 - 16.30)

Session 8
Lifestyles or social class?

 
Author(s): Mika Pantzar and Tanja Kotro
Institution: National Consumer Research Centre, Helsinki
Country:
Finland 
LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS AND STYLES LIFESTYLES
Author(s): Sam Binkley
Institution: New School University , New York
Country: USA 
THE NEW MIDDLE CLASSES AND THE DISCOURSE OF CARING: TOWARD A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL INTERMEDIARIES
Author(s): Susan Henriques
Institution: CIES, Lisboa
Country: Portugal 
CONSUMPTION AND LIFE STYLES IN THE MASS MEDIA
Author(s): Ning Wang
Institution: Department of Sociology, Zhongshan University , Guangzhou
Country: China 
CONSUMER CAPITAL AND SOCIAL MOBILITY PARENTAL INVESTMENTS AND CHILDREN’S CONSUMPTION OF EXTRA-SCHOOL EDUCATION IN URBAN CHINA
Author(s): Timo Toivonen
Institution: Department of Marketing, Turku School of Economics
Country: Finland 
TRENDS IN LEISURE TIME USE IN FINLAND, 1979 -2000