Design, Sound and Vision in Midcentury Media

10th July 2017

Call for submissions to ‘Design, Sound and Vision in Midcentury Media’, the 8th Kern Conference on Visual Communication due to take place at Rochester Institute of Technology in April 2018. Abstracts by January 15, 2018 Read More

Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America

6th July 2017

Announcing the publication of a new book by Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder, published by MIT Press in August 2017:   […]

Free Access to the Marketplace Icon series

19th October 2016

The Marketplace Icon series at Consumption Markets & Culture has now published over 20 articles – all available free for a limited time. Recent topics include Gary Cross on collecting, Rohit Varman on curry, Joonas Rokka on champagne, and Kirstie Ball on surveillance. Read More

Consumer Finance Research Methods Toolkit by Erin B. Taylor and Gawain Lynch

The CFRM Toolkit: Methods for understanding consumers in a changing world of finance

12th May 2016

Consumer finance globally is undergoing a process of rapid change. How can we adapt our research methods to understand changing consumer behaviour? The newly-launched CFRM Toolkit reviews cutting-edge methods in consumer finance research. Read More

New Book: The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach

29th January 2016

Announcing a major new book by Joel Stillerman, proposing a global approach to the sociological study of consumption. Read More

‘Plastic Water’ – new book by Hawkins, Potter and Race

23rd October 2015

News on ‘Plastic Water’ – a new book by Gay Hawkins, Emily Potter and Kane Race which looks at how exactly branded bottles of water have insinuated themselves into our daily lives Read More

Learning to talk like an urban woodsman

23rd October 2015

Jonathan Schroeder on a recent article in Consumption Markets and Culture that provides a parody of an ‘urban lumberjack’ brand Read More

Consumption Markets & Culture Best Paper award, 2014

10th June 2015

Consumption Markets & Culture announces its Best Paper awards for 2014, with Nicholas Carah’s paper on how affective labour helps create brands and Andrew Higson’s paper on the diversity of nostalgia coming at out as winners Read More

Liquid Retail: Cultural Perspectives on Marketplace Transformation

26th May 2015

Call for papers for Special Issue of Consumption, Markets & Culture on ‘Liquid Retail: Cultural Perspectives on Marketplace Transformation’. Deadline March 2016. Read More

Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies

2nd April 2015

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies, edited by Dan Cook and J. Michael Ryan has just been published Read More