Culture and Lifestyles

Final Workshop

a.a. 2019-2020

 

Thursday 12 December – 15-18, Room 10

Part 1: Consumerism and consumer society

15.00 -15.10: Jamila Ohlmer, Smoking in the modern society. The evolution of cigarette consumption and the current meaning.

15.10 – 15.20: Anna Caprinali and Giulia Costantini, Masculinities and beauty-related consumption (metrosexual men)

15.20 – 15.30: Isabella Åberg, Food consumption patterns among the social classes

15.30 – 15.40: Zofia Banaszak and Anna Rzeźnikowska, Shopping addiction-Consequences for contemporary family relationships

15.40 – 15.50: Elisa Nalon and Valeria Rainero, Cultural appropriation in fashion

15.50 – 16.00: Silvia Biasetton and Sofia Zanini, Gay pride: between a transgressive political action and the commodification of sexual rights.

16.00 – 16.10: Lidiya Savova Boykova, #Please Subscribe. Social Media and its impact on contemporary lifestyle and consumption

 16.10 – 16.30 – Short Break

 Part II: Consumption and societies

16.30 – 16.40: Sidra Saeed, Flourishing, Languishing and Consumerism; a Cross-cultural Study.

16.40 – 16.50: Maria Rebecca Rossi, The concept of Hygge in Denmark consumption

16.50 – 17.00: Judyta Kazimierczak, Consumption during communist times

17.00 – 17.10:  Barbora Steklá, Analysis of Clothing Purchasing Behaviour in the Czech Republic

17.10 – 17.20: Jaroslav Vondrák and Vera Doarme, Wasting problems in the Czech Republic

17.20 – 17.30: Pietro Casari, Paola Di Carlo, Mariachiara Elia and Virginia Salaorni, Commodification of urban areas: a comparative study between three neighbourhoods in Italy.

17.30 – 17.40: Ioana Doleanu and Felicita Pedevilla, Commons in Trentino: a civic use

 

Friday 13 December – 9-12, Room 10

Part IV: Consumption, space and mobility

9.00 -9.10: Ilaria Tani, Shopping centre: spaces for social recognition or not-places?

9.10 – 9.20: Lorenzo Mainas, Charity shops in UK: second hand-market

9.20 – 9.30: Cristina Mazzero and Irene Michielin, Friendly shop and the zero waste products. A case study

9.30 – 9.40: Valeria Giambòm, Digital Platforms and Food Waste management

9.40 – 9.50: Angela De Luca and Federico La Bruna, Between social structure and social action: Commuting as a Consumption Practice

9.50 – 10.00: Gregorio Giacomin, Eleonora Catanzaro and Giulio Castellarin, Car-Sharing and Access Economy.

10.00 -10.10: Viola Tesi, Choice architecture: a dialogue between marketing and investigative journalism.

10.10 – 10.20: Michael Zaslavsky, Slow News: a sustainable consumption of information

10.20 – 10.40 – Short Break

 Part V: Individual and collective political consumerism

10.40 – 10.50: Maela Brugnolo, Urban farming and collective gardens

10.50 – 11.00: Riccardo Doratiotto, Sustainability in the world of wine

11.00 – 11.10: Rodolfo Pezzi, Italian factory recovered by its worker (workers buyout WBO)

11.10 – 11.20: Agostino Cristofalo, Anti-mafia Consumers: a full picture

11.20 – 11.30: Jardel Sestrem,    When private enterprises become activists, the case of Brazil’s Amazon fires

11.30 – 11.40: Lorenzo Bernabei and Francesco Zuccolo, Consumer narratives in Fridays For Future. Investigating the meaning of consume among activists in three Northern Italy cities.