[Bilimsel Haber] Oral history and the consumer society

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

*Passion, play and the everyday: Oral history and the consumer society*
*Location:* 	United Kingdom
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*Conference Date:* 	2006-06-17

	

	

This oral history conference will examine the impact of changing
lifestyles, leisure, consumption and the development of the ‘consumer
society’. The emergence of a ‘consumer society’ raises important
questions about changes in political, corporate and consumer power, the
influence of the media, individual and group identity, the relation
between choice, freedom and regulation, ethical consumption, pleasure
and desire, the changing role of leisure and the relationship between
consumption and production.

‘Consumer society’ is often thought of as a contemporary phenomenon but
oral history provides an excellent means of exploring the historical
dimensions of consumption and consumer culture. Holding the conference
in Sheffield, a city whose wealth was founded on the coal and steel
industries, will allow us to reflect on whether oral history can capture
local, regional, national and global shifts from production to
consumption-based economies and cultures.

The conference will draw together a diverse range of oral history
practitioners and researchers, as well as people who use oral history as
part of their work or interest in the media, museums, education, local
and community history and entertainment.

	Michelle Winslow
University of Sheffield
Sykes House, Little Common Lane
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
S11 9NE, UK
Phone: +44 (0)114 262 0174
Email: m.winslow at sheffield.ac.uk <mailto:m.winslow at sheffield.ac.uk>
Visit the website at http://www.ohs.org.uk/conferences/