ESRC RESEARCH SEMINAR
SERIES
on
Identities and Consumption
Seminar
Four
Representation, identities and consumption
Monday December 11th 2006
12.30 - 5.30
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Speakers
Professor Karin Ekstrom,
University of Gothenberg, Sweden
The collector’s identity
Professor Jonathan Schroeder
& Dr Janet Borgerson,
University of Exeter, UK
Ethics of representation: Marketing, communication and identity
Dr Sean Nixon, University of Essex
Title to be announced
Claire Barratt,
Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design
"Adorned with ashes: Mourning jewellery, consumption and the fashion industry"
Provisional Programme
Seminar One
Consumption, cyber-identities
and new forms of citizenship
Seminar Two
Branded identities, marketing and the process of commodification
Seminar Three
The new consumers: Childhood and youth
Seminar Five
'Money's
too tight to mention':
Consumption on the margin'
Seminar
Six
Disordered consumption:
Health, identities and social
policies around consumption
.
Attendance at this seminar is free, but we do need to know how many people will require lunch by Friday 1st December 2006.
For further information,
to book a place at any Seminar,
and if you wish to go on the
Seminar
Series
mailing list,
contact:
Professor
Christine Griffin
Department of Psychology
University of Bath
Tel: 01225 385293
Email: c.griffin@bath.ac.uk
Web page: http://staff.bath.ac.uk/psscg/
We can reimburse travel expenses for a limited number of students and low/unwaged participants wishing to attend any Seminar. Apply in advance to Chris Griffin