George Ritzer, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, and author of The McDonaldization of Society, will speak on his theory of prosumption and “prosumer capitalism” on May 6, 2015. The abstract for this talk can be found here.
Dorothy Holland, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and coauthor of Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds and History in Person: Enduring Struggles, Contentious Practice, Intimate Identities, will speak about the complexity and significance of grassroots activism for a transition to a post-consumerist society. Abstract / Paper Location … Read more