Eco-Chic: Connecting Ethical, Sustainable and Elite Consumption

Researchers from the Social Sciences and Humanities are invited to participate in the Eco-Chic: Connecting Ethical, Sustainable and Elite Consumption Conference.
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the Linköping University.
The conference will take place on 10 - 14 October 2011 at Scandic Linköping Vast, Linköping, Sweden.

Submission Deadline: 30 June 2011
Grants for Young and Early Stage Researchers available.
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Eco-Chic: Connecting Ethical, Sustainable and Elite Consumption
10 - 14 October 2011

Chaired by:
Dr. Rivke Jaffe, Leiden University, NL
Dr. Bart Barendregt, Leiden University, NL

This conference analyses the recent emergence, in Europe and beyond, of new forms of ethical, sustainable and elite consumption and the associated social movements, identity politics and processes of commodification. It approaches these shifts as an emerging cultural complex termed ‘eco-chic’. Eco-chic is both the product of and a move against globalization processes. It is a set of practices, an ideological frame and a marketing strategy, that have emerged in a wide range of socio-geographical loci. This conference addresses the following questions:

• What forms does eco-chic assume in Western and non-Western contexts, and to what extent does form rely on the specific local context?

• Why is it now, at this particular moment in advanced capitalism, that eco-chic become so popular in the formulation of new identities?

• Can eco-chic, with its mix of consumption and idealism, make a genuine contribution to solving the main problems of our time?

In other words, does it contribute to sustainable development or will it remain limited to consumerist identity politics?

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Robert Foster- University of Rochester, US
Shaking the global commodity chain? Coca-Cola® and the politics of consumer citizenship
Michele Micheletti - Stockholm University, SE
The Eco-chicness of sustainable citizenship
Gert Spaargaren - Wageningen University, NL
The chic and the ordinary: On the cultural dimension of sustainable consumption
Martin Mowforth - Plymouth University, UK
Fair trade and other fashion-conscious labels in tourism
Mike Goodman - King’s College London, UK
iSustainability: Defining politics in a 'post-greenwash' era
Stefano Ponte - Danish Institute for International Studies, DK
>From conscious to compassionate consumption: Labels, celebrities and everyday "heroic shopping"
Ivonne Vizcarra Bordi - Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, MX
Nostalgia welfare consumption in Mexico: The return of native maize in a globalized world

Attendance is possible only after successful application. Full conference programme and application form accessible from MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "go.madmimi.com" claiming to be www.esf.org/conferences/11361

A certain number of grants are available for students and early stage researchers to cover the conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs.

Closing date for applications: 30 June 2011

This conference will be providing the opportunity for leading scientists and young researchers to meet for discussions on the most recent developments in their fields of research. We enable collaboration between international scientists from EU, first world and emerging countries which acts as a catalyst for creating new synergistic global contacts across disciplines.

We invite you to join us in harnessing this great potential, working towards an even more cohesive scientific force in Europe and beyond by contributing to our intense, dynamic and fun events.

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