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DESCRIPTION:Food fo
r Thought 3.11\nHome Speakers Programme Information How Possession Pos
sesses Us - On the Culture of Things A dinner speech with Prof. Daniel Mil
ler Material things rarely have friendly connotations. «Consumer society
»\, «materialism» or even «property» are mostly perceived negatively.
Less is more and better: less «stuff» leads to a better quality of life
. Clothing\, home\, food - we are constantly surrounded by material things
\, we use and consume them. What does this imply for our social and cultur
al life? How does our understanding of things\, of «stuff»\, change? How
does it differ from other cultures? By way of ethnographic studies\, for
which he accompanies a group of people in their daily life during consider
able periods of time\, Daniel Miller researches the significance of materi
al things across most different themes and regions. Clothing in India\, ho
mes in London and Facebook in the world. At Food for Thought 3.11\, Daniel
Miller will take an anthropological look at the consumption and materiali
ty of our time. We are looking forward to welcoming you to the habitual ho
spitality at GDI! Speakers Daniel Miller Great Britain Daniel Miller is a
Professor for Material Culture at the University College London (UCL) and
fellow of the British Academy. Miller has been committing himself to the u
nderstanding of the social and cultural significance of «stuff». His pub
lications range from the categorisation of pottery in Central India to the
theory of shopping right through to a large ethnographic study about Face
book (2011). Programme 18.00 Welcome Drink 18.30 Opening Words of welcome
by David Bosshart\, CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute then star
ters and Prof. Daniel Millers speech followed by the maincourse and desser
t. ca. 22.00 Closing Information Date 24 August 2011 Price 1 participa
nt CHF 240.– from 2 participants each CHF 205.– The fee has to be paid
in advance. The [...]
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SUMMARY:Food for Thought 3.11
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Food for Thought 3.11\nHome Speakers Programme Information H
ow Possession Possesses Us - On the Culture of Things A dinner speech with
Prof. Daniel Miller Material things rarely have friendly connotations. «
Consumer society»\, «materialism» or even «property» are mostly perce
ived negatively. Less is more and better: less «stuff» leads to a better
quality of life. Clothing\, home\, food - we are constantly surrounded by
material things\, we use and consume them. What does this imply for our s
ocial and cultural life? How does our understanding of things\, of «stuff
»\, change? How does it differ from other cultures? By way of ethnographi
c studies\, for which he accompanies a group of people in their daily life
during considerable periods of time\, Daniel Miller researches the signif
icance of material things across most different themes and regions. Clothi
ng in India\, homes in London and Facebook in the world. At Food for Thoug
ht 3.11\, Daniel Miller will take an anthropological look at the consumpti
on and materiality of our time. We are looking forward to welcoming you to
the habitual hospitality at GDI! Speakers Daniel Miller Great Britain Dan
iel Miller is a Professor for Material Culture at the University College L
ondon (UCL) and fellow of the British Academy. Miller has been committing
himself to the understanding of the social and cultural significance of «
stuff». His publications range from the categorisation of pottery in Cent
ral India to the theory of shopping right through to a large ethnographic
study about Facebook (2011). Programme 18.00 Welcome Drink 18.30 Opening W
ords of welcome by David Bosshart\, CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Ins
titute then starters and Prof. Daniel Millers speech followed by the mainc
ourse and dessert. ca. 22.00 Closing Information Date 24 August 2011 P
rice 1 participant CHF 240.– from 2 participants each CHF 205.– The fe
e has to be paid in advance. The [...]
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