Theoretical and Methodological Advances in the Sociology of Consumption

Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)

Description

This session focuses on new directions in conceptual and methodological work on consumption. We invite papers that advance sociological understandings of consumers and consumption by rethinking foundational concepts, engaging with interdisciplinary approaches, or proposing innovative methodological and analytical frameworks. Topics may include theories of value, meaning, and identity; the cultural and material dimensions of consumption; the relationship between consumer practices and institutions; etc.

Sub Unit

• Consumers and Consumption Section / Theoretical and Methodological Advances in the Sociology of Consumption

Presider

• Amanda Koontz, University of Central Florida

Individual Presentations

• Between Worth and Waste. Sustainable Consumption, Inequality, and Normative Resistance - Roberta Sassatelli, Department of History and Cultures University of Bologna

• ‘Fitting In While Standing Out’: The Sonic-Semantic Structure of Success in Popular Music - Abdul Basit Adeel, Pennsylvania State University

• How Markets Make and Tame Emotions: The Struggle of Evaluating Diffuse Psychedelic Experiences - Isak Ladegaard, University of Hong Kong

Session Organizer

• Amanda Koontz, University of Central Florida