The findings of the Research Project Consumerism in a period of economic crisis: Consumption practices and forms of governance

The findings of the Research Project Consumerism in a period of economic crisis: Consumption practices and forms of governance (Funded by H.F.R.I/G.S.R.I and Hosted by N.C.S.R-EKKE) will be presented and debated at a held virtually Seminar on 26th of February 2022.The research project refers to the study of the consumerism, as a cultural ethos, during the Greek crisis period. Consumption practices, consumer action and discourse repertoires, politics of consumer’s representation and politics of signification of the consumption and consumerism consist of this research’s objects of study.

 Furthermore, researchers and academics will present their studies concerning the issues of consumerism and crisis in the perspective of opening the relevant scientific discussion.

The zoom link of the seminar is the following: https://us06web.zoom.us/ j/89188357496?pwd= S2ZqeU9uSUdtTmlUeTQ0VndOSWNqdz 09

SEMINAR PROGRAM

Apostolos Papadopoulos (Greetings) 10:00-10:20
Dimitris Lallas (Presentation of the research project) 10:20-10:35

1. Advertising discourse, Consumers, and consumption in the context of the crisis (10:45-11:45)
Vassilis Vamvakas (Advertising in Greece during the economic crisis)
Yorgos Drosos (“Birthday at the Indian place”: The (rationalist) relationship between cause and effect in handling one’s bank savings as well as in audiovisual storytelling)

I. Zarikos (Chair)

2. Political discourse for the consumption (12:00-13:00)
Yiannis Mylonas (“Consumers” and “entrepreneurs” in the dominant discourse of the Greek recession)
Iason Zarikos (The Greek residence between Crisis and Utopia)
Mania (Maria) Sotiropoulou (Consumption and multi-level governance during the crisis)

Y. Drosos (Chair)

3. Civil society and consumption (13:15-14:15)
Konstantinos Theodoridis (“You have to be active, to become an active consumer, an active citizen”: Reconsidering the notion of citizen-consumer in the context of the economic crisis)
Alexandros Sakellariou (Consumption and Orthodox asceticism: The Church's (anti-)discourse during the economic crisis)
Margarita Komninou (Consumption as a means of protest and exercise of "sub-politics")

M. Sotiropoulou (Chair) 

Discussion panel: Consumption, Forms of Governance and Crisis (in English) (14:30-15:30)
Roberta Sassatelli
Stavros Stavrides

D. Lallas (Chair)