GGR107H1 Lecture : Geographies of Consumption
Document Summary
[slide with 3 pictures, one is of a hut] The changing ways we are doing agriculture changes societies. Relationship of change from hunter-gatherer permanent homes fashionable mirrors. [slide with 3 pictures, one is of an european home] [4 pictures, one is of boys playing videogames] Even very low income ppl can afford consumer goods. Affluent ppl purchase 1 outfit per year: can be name brand, but they wear the same thing for an entire year. Innovated developed scientific understanding, processes: learning to do things differently. Affluent consumers expense on backs of very poor. One-time-only energy bonus: aluminum, other resources, need to recycle better, will be significant increase of price for resources, alternative energy will be necessary, otherwise significant change in consumption will take place. We need to consume to live: eat, drink. Processes of consumption are really important to our culture: where we eat, when. Retailers get a lot more power when consumption is a lot less connected to production.
