[ecrea] CfP: South Africa-Brazil Consumption Studies Workshop

South Africa-Brazil: South-South Consumption Studies Workshop

3-7 November 2013

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa



The Critical Research in Consumer Culture (South Africa) Network invites 
applications for participation in a scholarly workshop focussed on 
South-South exchange and collaboration between research about consumer 
culture in Brazil and South Africa.



Countries such as Brazil and South Africa occupy a fascinating dual 
position. On the one hand, they are arguably the future economic elite 
of the global capitalist system. Their populations comprise huge numbers 
of people who are desperate to see their own quality of life improved as 
a consequence of economic growth, who increasingly see themselves as 
global citizens, and who are enmeshed in global flows of media 
discourses promoting consumerism. On the other hand, these populations 
are sure to soon realize that unlimited economic growth in the 
neoliberal framework is not a sustainable model and will not result in 
broad-based equality and social mobility – as the collapse of certain 
free-market structures in the global north is already proving.



The workshop is intended to function as an opportunity for intellectual 
exchange between scholars working on any aspect of consumption or 
consumer culture in South Africa or Brazil. The workshop will be 
interdisciplinary, and will welcome any scholar from any orientation in 
the humanities or social sciences, though we will give preference to 
those who demonstrate critical underpinnings. The workshop will create 
an open space for scholars to share their empirical and theoretical 
perspectives linked to their current research, as well as to facilitate 
opportunities for collaborative or comparative research projects to be 
seeded.



The workshop can host a maximum of 20 participants. We hope to have an 
equal number of South African and Brazilian scholars participating. 
Applicants should send the following to (mehita.iqani /at/ wits.ac.za) by 30 
August 2013:



* A one-page CV

* A two-page motivational statement, describing:

- current research preoccupations

- a working title for a 20-minute research paper

- an account of how scholarly exchange between South Africa and Brazil 
may tie in to

current research work

* Confirmation of availability from 3 – 7 November 2013



We ask that all applicants demonstrate a coherent research agenda/focus 
in their motivational statement. Both established and early-career 
researchers are welcome to apply.



Successful participants will be informed by 15 September 2013, in order 
to allow for sufficient time for travel preparations. Participants will 
need to cover their own travel costs to and from South Africa. SIX 
accommodation subsidies are available for Brazilian participants?who 
should indicate their interest in their cover letter. Any inquiries can 
be directed to (mehita.iqani /at/ wits.ac.za).



http://consumerculturenetwork.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/call-for-participation-south-africa-brazil-consumption-studies-workshop/




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