Essays about: "commodity cultures"

Found 4 essays containing the words commodity cultures.

  1. 1. Global Cultures – Critical Zone Observatories of Everyday Objects : (A Global Environmental History of Yogurt)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Leni Charbonneau; [2022]
    Keywords : yogurt; biofilm; critical zone observatory; microbiopolitics; probiotic; microbial biodiversity; new materialism; OOO;

    Abstract : This study turns to what is for many an everyday item – yogurt – as a critical zone observatory, a synergistic, place-based laboratory which aims to integrate heterogenous representations of planetary phenomena as they are registered at a common surface. Yogurt has an impressive cultural endurance largely derived from its prominence in various paradigms of health. READ MORE

  3. 2. Travel Selfie: A commodification of the tourist experience and culture?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Patrina Axelsson; [2018]
    Keywords : travel selfie; modern tourist; tourist experience; commodification; contemporary;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the development of the travel selfie phenomenon in contemporary media and culture, and its impact on tourist experiences. By discussing key issues surrounding the phenomenon, particularly commodification and social media such as Instagram, this thesis investigates the effects of the travel selfie on tourist experiences, through a qualitative study approach. READ MORE

  4. 3. Politics for breakfast - a study of politics, consumption and commodities in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Erik Gustavsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Political consumerism; human ecology; political consumption; commodity cultures; commodity narratives; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is focused on exploring what insights a human ecological perspective could provide on the understanding and practice of political consumerism. This is divided and conducted in two sections, the first section is a theoretical discussion which is devoted to defining political consumerism and reconseptualizing some aspects and components of it as well as to positioning it in a wider and more integrated context. READ MORE

  5. 4. Deconstructing culinary culture : a critical outline of a theory on the culinarization of the self

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Manuel Actis; [2003]
    Keywords : Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis is an outline of a theory on the "culinarization of the self", which is linked with a theoretical framework, shaping the subject in an everyday experience by power dynamics related to discourse and ideology. Practises such as eating and cooking are flavoured by an exposed Western discourse in popular media. READ MORE