'Consumption can be defined as a set of social relations, practices and discourses which centre on the scale, purchase and use and disposal of commodities' (Mansvelt, 2014: 379).
- An everyday social practice, experienced unevenly, used as a marker of identity.
Food Scares - 2013, Horse Meat, Pork found in Lamb Burger, 2007 Foot and Mouth...Responses included policy changes and new frameworks of commitments.
The Politics of Consumption
- Our local consumption experience only possible through global networks. Does that implicate our choices? 'Cocal-colonisation'...
- Images of globality are seen through local lenses...Consumption is politicised, our actions have wider moral and political implications.
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