@CiaraNi I wouldn't call this hypocritical. We live in a toxic culture that often disperses families all around the planet, while sustainable travel is actively lobbied against in favour of flying by large airlines and the "business as usual" lobby. Sometimes we are left with literally no other option but to fly. We are obligated to do our best to protect and honour the world we belong to... But our honest and sincere best is all that we can do. We are in every sense of the word, only human.

#ConsumerCulture #flying #HumanThoughts #Gaia

WNYC had a whole call-in segment for people to share their Bed Bath and Beyond memories. Why exactly did it rub me the wrong way? Maybe because it’s another example of the way we perceive ourselves as customers rather than souls? But, like, there are probably giant corporate stores I have emotional attachment to myself. #BedBathAndBeyond #wnyc #ConsumerCulture

The phrase, #PhilosophyOfFutility, (from Business Literature!) stuck in my mind for years. I came across #StuartEwen's #CaptainsOfConsciousness and saw that the phrase is from #PaulNystrom, "noted business economist". #HelenWoodward and #EdwardFeline also seem like key people in the efforts to trivialize the individual. What else did #DenysThompson have to say about not being "allowed to develop his or her own potentialities."
#Advertising and the Social Roots of #ConsumerCulture

The phrase, Philosophy of Futility, (from Business Literature!) stuck in my mind for years. I came across #StuartEwen's #CaptainsOfConsciousness and saw that the phrase is from #PaulNystrom, "noted business economist". #HelenWoodward and #EdwardFeline also seem like key people in the efforts to trivialize the individual. What else did #DenysThompson have to say about not being "allowed to develop his or her own potentialities."
#Advertising and the Social Roots of #ConsumerCulture

Employing wardrobe study, our new JoCC article remaps the intricate relationship among consumption, memory and fashion, also reveals how affective feelings are reconciled & renewed through fashion. Pls share!

#JournalOfConsumerCulture #Sage #Sociology #MemoryStudies #AffectTheory #Fashion #WardrobeStudy #Gay #Male #ConsumerCulture #HongKong

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14695405221149098#bibr34-14695405221149098

Excited to join mastodon for a wee change! Hoping more join suit! #academic #universityofglasgow #marketing #consumerresearch #consumerculture #UofG

Coming up tomorrow at the Geneva School of Social Work: International Symposium: #FoodAid and the #RightToFood in Times of Crisis.

I plan to talk about food aid recipients' lived experiences in the context of Finnish #WelfareState and #ConsumerCulture.

https://www.hes-so.ch/agenda-details/colloque-international-aide-alimentaire-et-droit-a-lalimentation-en-temps-de-crise

American culture is disintegrating. No wonder our politics are so corrupt and one dimensional. #consumerculture #consumerpolitics