In this podcast, researchers Anuja Pradhan and Alev Kuruoglu from the University of Southern Denmark take a critical look at everything and anything related to our consumer society. They will be talking to researchers and students about fun things like coffee, tv and fitness cultures.
Tales of Consumption
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In this podcast, researchers Anuja Pradhan and Alev Kuruoglu from the University of Southern Denmark take a critical look at everything and anything related to our consumer society. They will be talking to researchers and students about fun things like coffee, tv and fitness cultures.
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2/8/2021
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Recent Episodes
April 29, 2022
S2E10 - What’s an insect hotel? And other fun tales
In this episode we discuss our varied experiences of and relationships with nature. We pay particular attention to inter-generational similarities and differences, and geographical/ cultural differences of understandings of nature.<br /><br />We are joined by Christina Elvira Dahl, a research assistant, and Mathilde Hansson, a student in the Market & Management Anthropology Bachelor’s program, both from the University of Southern Denmark. They share their research on evolving garden practices in Denmark and indigenous strategies for dealing with waste in Hawaii, respectively. <br /><br />References in this episode:<br />Douglas, M. (2003). Purity and danger: An analysis of concepts of pollution and taboo. Routledge. <br /><br />Haraway, D. J. (2013). When species meet. U of Minnesota Press.<br /><br />Kimmerer, R. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Milkweed editions.<br /><br />Canniford, R. and Shankar, A., 2013. Purifying practices: How consumers assemble romantic experiences of nature. Journal of Consumer Research, 39(5), pp.1051-1069.<br /><br />Kunchamboo, V., Lee, C.K. and Brace-Govan, J., 2017. Nature as extended-self: Sacred nature relationship and implications for responsible consumption behavior. Journal of Business Research, 74, pp.126-132.
March 15, 2022
S2E9 - Health and Emotion: Complication in Consumption
In this episode Lez Trujillo Torres from the University of Illinois, Chicago shares her research on complex emotions and family dynamics involving covid 19 vaccines. <br />We also discuss, more generally, how consumption gets complicated when multiple actors experiencing varied emotions negotiate rules of engagement and boundary-making. <br /><br />References in this episode:<br />Mimoun, L., Trujillo-Torres, L. and Sobande, F., 2021. Social emotions and the legitimation of the fertility technology market. Journal of Consumer Research.
February 25, 2022
S2E8 - Got Milk? When Consumption Shapes Memories
We are joined by Tanvi Gupta and Rupali Kapoor from the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur to discuss the interrelationships between food practices, nationhood, memory and brands. <br />Tanvi and Rupali share their research on Cadbury’s Bournvita drinking chocolate and how this brand as well as product has been central to many Indian consumers’ associations of childhood. <br />We also touch upon the postcolonial associations of certain brands and how their significations change over time. <br /><br />Recommended reading:<br />Wilk, R.R., 1999. " Real Belizean food": building local identity in the transnational caribbean. American anthropologist, 101(2), pp.244-255.<br />Appadurai, A., 1988. How to make a national cuisine: cookbooks in contemporary India. Comparative studies in society and history, 30(1), pp.3-24.<br />Holtzman, J.D., 2006. Food and memory. Annu. Rev. Anthropol., 35, pp.361-378.<br />Belasco, W., 2002. Food matters: Perspectives on an emerging field. Food nations: Selling taste in consumer societies, pp.2-23.
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