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Sociology of Quotidian and Consumption

Sociology of Quotidian and Consumption

Code	13186
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Sociology
Entry requirements	None
Learning outcomes	Students should be able to: • Identify and understand the main sociological approaches to consumption; • Discuss the significance of consumption in everyday life within contemporary societies; • Relate consumption practices to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); • Develop a critical sociological perspective on the themes explored throughout the course unit.
Syllabus	1. Main Theoretical Approaches to the Sociology of Everyday Life 1.1. Everyday life as a social laboratory and empirical field. 1.2. Everyday actions and social structures. 2. The Consumer Society 2.1. Consumption, consumerism, and consumers. 2.2. Everyday life and the "cathedrals of consumption". 2.3. The emotional dimension of consumption and everyday life. 2.4. Consumption practices and their social and environmental consequences. 2.5. Consumption practices and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 2.6. The relationship between consumption and economic growth. 2.7. The relationship between consumption and environmental sustainability: towards a degrowth society?
Main Bibliography	BAUMAN, Zygmunt (2007), Liquid times: living in an age of uncertainty, Cambridge, Polity Press BERGER, Peter e LUCKMANN, Thomas (1997), Construção Social da Realidade, Petrópolis, Ed. Vozes GARFINKEL, Harold (1996), Studies in Ethnomethodology, Cambridge, Polity Press HELLER, Agnes (1977), Sociología de la Vida Cotidiana, Barcelona, Ed. Peninsula LIPOVETSKY, Gilles (2006), A Felicidade Paradoxal – Ensaio sobre a Sociedade do Hiperconsumo, Lisboa, Edições 70 MACHADO PAIS, José (2002), Sociologia da Vida Quotidiana, Lisboa, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais CRUZ, Isabel; GANGA, Rafaela e WAHLEN, Stefan (eds), Contemporary Collaborative Consumption, Springer VS. LATOUCHE, Serge (2010), Degrowth, Journal of Cleaner Production, 18, 519-522. SCHWARTZMAN, David (2012): A Critique of Degrowth and its Politics, Capitalism Nature Socialism, 23:1, 119-125. VEBLEN, Thorstein (2018), A Teoria da Classe de Lazer, Actual Editora.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	The methodology presupposes the reading and critical analysis of texts and teamwork, as well as the development of a group project and the writing of an individual essay.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.