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Consumption, Everyday life and Sustainability
Summer School, 17th-23rd July 2001, Lancaster University, England.
An invitation to participate
The European Science Foundation is funding a summer school on
Consumption,
Everyday Life and Sustainability, as part of its TERM programme
(Tackling
Environmental Resource Management) to be held at Lancaster University,
in
England, from 17th-23rd July 2001.
Twenty funded places are available for PhD students, policy makers and
researchers from any European country interested and able to contribute
to the
summer school, which aims to:
* draw young social scientists and policy makers into an
interdisciplinary and international research network on consumption,
sustainability and everyday life
* develop and co-ordinate insights and theoretical approaches to
the
study of consumption, sustainability and everyday life and to provide a
focal
point for new, policy relevant, thinking in this area
* move beyond discussion of individual beliefs and attitudes, or
of
"green" consumers.
* address the social negotiability of demand and explore cultural
and
historical diversity and change in consumption patterns within and
between
societies.
* challenge concepts of consumer choice; locate consumption
practices in
the context of social and physical infrastructures, and consider
alternative
explanations for contemporary developments in the environmental
sustainability
(or otherwise) of everyday life
The summer school is organised around five themes:
* The Dynamics of Consumption
* Cross Cultural Meanings and Practices
* The Manufacturing of Demand
* Routines and Habits of Everyday Life
* Systems of Provision and Consumption
Within this framework we expect to consider empirical research on
specific
topics ranging from the future of domestic appliances and household
infrastructures; evolving standards of 'normal' practice; the future of
collective consumption; the role of public utilities and the
environmental
consequences of how people organise and manage time.
Invited contributors include:
Alan Warde, University of Manchester, England
Don Slater, London School of Economics, England
Rick Wilk, Indiana University, USA
Hal Wilhite, University of Oslo, Norway
Jan Selby, Lancaster University, England
Jaap Jelsma, University of Twente, the Netherlands
Mika Pantzar, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University, England
Jean-Claude Kaufmann, University Rene Descartes, Paris, France
Dale Southerton, University of Manchester, England
Heather Chappells, Lancaster University, England
Bas van Vliet, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Aad Correlje, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tim Moss, Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning,
Germany
Summer school participants will have an opportunity to discuss their own
research and join in workshops and exercises related to the themes
listed
above. Those who are invited to attend will be asked to do some
preparatory
work.
The costs of attending the summer school are covered by the European
Science
Foundation. Successful applicants will also be able to claim up to a
maximum
of ?200 towards their travel expenses.
If you are interested in participating, please send a one page CV and
outline
of your current research interests, together with a one page outline of
what
you hope to gain from taking part in the summer school to:
Joann Bowker
Department of Sociology
Cartmel College
University of Lancaster
Lancaster
LA1 4YL
Before 31st January 2001.
Applications will be reviewed and selected by the summer school steering
group
and applicants notified of the outcome before the end of February 2001.
Further details of the 2001 summer school, of the 1999 summer school,
and of
previous ESF funded workshops and exchanges on Consumption, Everyday
Life and
Sustainability can be found on the web at:
<http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/esf>
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