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19.08.2005

Paper to the 7th conference of European sociological association, “Rethinking inequalities”, Torun 9th-12th September 2005.

Sociology of consumption is a working group within ESA, currently chaired by Eivind Stø at SIFO Do you want to read the papers?
Existing papers Anita Borch, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway. Studying balanced consumption Ragnhild Brusdal and Randi Lavik, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway Young hedonist and rational grown ups? A closer look at consumer identities in Norway Annechen Bahr Bugge, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway. Domestic Dinner – a result of social and cultural processes Catherine Bates, University College Dublin, Ireland  Agency Toke Haunstrup Christensen and Inge Røpke, Technical University of Denmark, Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Planning.  Danish Building Research Institute.  National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark Can practice theory inspire studies on ICTs in everyday life? Toke Haunstrup Christensen, Mirjam Godskesen, Kirsten Gram-Hanssen, Maj-Britt Quitzau and Inge Røpke, Technical University of Denmark, Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Planning.  Danish Building Research Institute.  National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark Greening the Danes? Dr Tim Dant, School of Political Social and International Studies, University of East Anglia Consuming morality: television and postmodern ethics Leena Haanpää, Economic Sociology, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration SHOPPING FOR FUN OF FOR NEEDS? A STUDY OF SHOPPING VALUES Lotte Holm, Department of Human Nutrition, Royal Veterinary- and Agricultural University, Copenhagen Bente Halkier, Department of Communication, Journalism and Computer Science, Roskilde University Reconstruction of European systems for building consumer trust in food: shared perspectives and diverging conditions Kaj Ilmonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland THE PROBLEM OF DISINTERESTEDNESS AND RECIPROCITY IN GIFT ECONOMY Margit Keller, PhD, Department of Journalism and Communications, University of Tartu Commodified or not: representations on marketing Unni Kjærnes, Alan Warde, Randi Lavik and Mark Harvey, The National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway, CRIC, University of Manchester, UK Trust and the institutionalisation of food consumption Johanna Mäkelä and Tiina Arppe LÉVI-STRAUSS CULINARY TRIANGLE AND THE LIVING FOODS DIET Dr Lydia Martens (Durham), Professor Sue Scott (Keele) and Dr Emma Uprichard (Durham) Safety Oliver Moore Trust - collective reflexivity and meso-level symbol complexes : an examination of organic fresh fruit and vegetable consumers at farmers' markets Mari Niva, National Consumer Research Centre Appropriating functional foods? Users’ and non-users’ accounts of healthy eating and health-promoting foods Ritsuko Ozaki, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London, Matjaž Uršic, Centre for Spatial Sociology, University of Ljubljana What makes ‘urban’ urban and ‘suburban’ suburban? Urbanity and patterns of consumption in everyday life Dario Padovan, University of Turin, Italy Tools and indicators to improve urban life and to promote sustainable consumption in the city of Padova Georgios Papastefanou, ZUMA, Mannheim, Germany Thomas Grund, University of Trier, Trier, Germany Social class differences in food and drinking expenditures: Change and stability in West-Germany 1969 to 2003 Maj-Britt Quitzau, National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark, Dept. of Policy Analysis. Bathroom practices today Annick Prieur, University of Aalborg, Lennart Rosenlund, University of Stavanger Social and Cultural Distinctions in Aalborg Keijo Rahkonen & Semi Purhonen, Department of Social Policy, University of Helsinki Cultural Capital and Hedonistic Shopping in Finland: An Empirically Orientated Postscript to the Sociology of Consumption in the 1980s Pekka Räsänen, University of Helsinki Media and Communication Technology Preferences in Finland in 1999 and 2004 Pål Strandbakken, National Institute for Consumer Research, Norway Social Constraints to Eco Efficiency: Refrigerators and freezers Eivind Stø and Pål Strandbakken, National Institute for Consumer Research in Norway Tradition - social innovation and high modernity. Sociological perspectives on creative sustainability. Building new bridges between rural and urban communities. Laura Terragni and Hanne Torjusen, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO) Recognising animals as subjects and enjoying them as food. An investigation of consumers’ ideals and dilemmas when eating food of animal origin Timo Toivonen, Economic sociology, Turku School of Economics The Time of De-reading: Explanations and Interpretations on the Basis of Finnish Time Use Surveys 1979-1987-1999 Jeremi Van Gorp, Research Assistant of the Research Foundation - Flanders, Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp Youth - identity and consumption : A research model Taru Virtanen, M. Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.), Researcher, PhD Candidate, Economic Sociology/ Turk School of Economics and Business Administration Dimensions of Taste for Cultural Consumption– An Exemplar of Constructing a Taste Pattern dr. Anele Vosyliute, Institute for Social Research, Saltoniskiu 58, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania Searching for new identity: Consumption Problems in Postsoviet Lithuania Alan Warde, David Wright, Modesto Gayo-Cal, Tony Bennett, Elizabeth Silva, Mike Savage, University of Manchester and Open University, UK Understanding cultural omnivorousness - or the myth of the cultural omnivore Matt Watson, Durham University, Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University Doing it yourself? Products Terhi-Anna Wilska, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration Gender differences in the consumption of children and young people in Finland

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