Alan Bradshaw (Professor of Marketing, Royal Holloway, University of London) and Joel Hietanen (Associate Professor of Consumer Research, University of Helsinki) talk with various guests about markets and consumption in the current historical moment marked by isolation and a longing to touch base with friends.
In this Consumption, Markets & Culture (CMC) journals podcast 2, James Cronin and Sophie James discuss their recent article that explores the impact of the weird, creepy, and the eerie in theorising consumption.Please find the article at:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10253866.2024.2345063
In this Consumption, Markets & Culture (CMC) journals podcast 1, Søren Askegaard and Lars Mortensen discuss EU policy on sustainability and consumption, consumer individualization and responsibilitisation, and what kinds of articles they would wish to see in CMC in the future on these topics.
Alison Hulme joins us to talk about shopping (but mostly not doing it and degrowth anyway :). (Recorded on the 27th of July, 2020)
Janna Graham joins us to discuss what's at stake in the current situation with regards to our 'mental health', especially in a collective sense. (Recorded 21st of July, 2020)
Tracey Wechie joins us to discuss 'black struggle' in the context of the global pandemic and the BLM movement.
Holly Lewis joins us to talk about 'bodies' and body counts from conceptual and more directly American lived perspectives.(Recorded 17 July 2020)
There's been a lot of 'clapping' and other symbolic ways to show appreciation for people in particular occupations during the pandemic. Seth Wheeler joins us to discuss what all this might mean.(Recorded 16th of July, 2020)
Ashok Kumar joins us to talk about what is 'essential' about 'workers' and 'work' in the present moment. We also discuss his recent book on shifting power relations in the global garment industry. (Recorded 7th of July, 2020)
Jacob Östberg joins us for a wild ride through the cyclical intensities of 'fashion' and how they might look like today with far less physical presence.(Recorded 7th of July, 2020)
Andy Murray joins us to talk about how 'iconoclasm' could be understood in the current context where a lot of statues are coming down. (Recorded 3rd of July, 2020)
Stefano Harney joins us to discuss how his notion of the 'undercommons' could help us understand ways to be collectively subversive and how to rethink the idea of study. (Recorded 5th of June, 2020)
Eric Arnould joins us to discuss the need to reimagine our relationship with nature ecosophically, that is in ways consumer culture has made us forget. (Recorded 29th of May, 2020)
Martin Parker joins us to discuss 'education' and the business school in particular. We also ponder if there is something comical about it all. (Recorded 28th of May, 2020)
We are honoured to have Kate Soper join us to discuss 'sustainability'. Unfortunately this time the quality of the audio recording was not the greatest, so the track has some sound issues. (Recorded 29th of May, 2020)
Amanda Berlan joins us to talk about snacks and chocolates and how the global industry will be affected by the global crisis. (Recorded 20th of May, 2020)
Søren Askegaard joins us to to think about food and health in these troubling times. (Recorded 18th of June, 2020)
Sukhdev Johal joins us to figure out how the distribution and ownership of 'resources' in society might look different now. Also please check out the Foundational Economy research collective Sukhdev partakes in that shares all their material (https://foundationaleconomy.com/). (Recorded 14th of May, 2020)
Carl Rhodes joins us to figure out how 'woke capitalism' is doing these days. (Recorded 13th of May, 2020)
Maria Brock joins us to discuss the fate of 'nation' from the perspective of the current global situation. (Recorded 12th of May, 2020)
Robin Canniford joins us to wonder whether this is it for civilisation as we know it. (Recorded 8th of May, 2020)
Finola Kerrigan joins us to talk about how video streaming is changing consumer culture and how it is facilitating the spread of all kinds of opinions during this crisis. (Recorded 5th of May, 2020)
We are joined by Jo Grady to discuss the possibilities of 'solidarity' in these troubled times. (Recorded 30th of April, 2020)
Benedetta Cappellini joins us to discuss meals and eating during the crisis. Celebrity chefs also get served! (Recorded 27th April, 2020)
We are joined by Paul Du Gay to think about the potential benefits and pitfalls of bureaucracy and how the concept needs to be considered in the ongoing historical moment. (Recorded 24th of April, 2020)
We are joined by Giana Eckhardt to think how liquid our lives may be increasingly becoming. (Recorded 20th of April, 2020)
Craig Thompson joins us to talk about risk with an emphasis on the work of Ulrich Beck. (Recorded 17th of April, 2020)
William Large joins us to ponder social distancing from generally ethical and more personal perspectives. Levinas and Deleuze inside! (Recorded 14th of April, 2020)
James Fitchett provides many surprises on how to think 'dystopia'. (Recorded 8th of April, 2020)
We are joined by Aliette Lambert to stand on the vertiginous edge of psychosis. (Recorded 6th of April, 2020)
We are joined by Andreas Chatzidakis to imagine 'care' and 'caring' in markets and consumption in the current global situation. (Recorded 3rd of April, 2020)
We're joined by Lynne Segal to talk about ageing, the current situation and the market. (Recorded 2nd of April, 2020)
We're joined by Norah Campbell to be swarmed by bacteria and viruses.(Recorded 1st of April, 2020)
We team up with Stephen Dunne to talk about idleness and leisure and how we might understand these concepts in own pyjama adjourned but equally terrifying historical moment. (Recorded 27th of March, 2020)
Keir Milburn joins us to discuss the concept of generation from the perspective of the present historical moment. (Recorded 23rd of March, 2020)
This is the opening episode of Quarantined Market Podcast where Professors Alan Bradshaw (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Joel Hietanen (University of Helsinki) talk about their podcast series plans and the historical moment of crisis, consumption and self-isolating academicians in general. (Recorded 20th of March, 2020)