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Course unit, curriculum year 2019–2020
DPSST01

Social Scientific Perspectives on Consumption, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2019–20.10.2019)
Active in period 2 (21.10.2019–31.12.2019)
Course code
DPSST01
Language of instruction
English
Academic year
2019–2020
Level of study
Postgraduate studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Anu Sirola
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Social Sciences 100 %

The course consists of the following lectures:

Pekka Räsänen (UTU): Consumption from the perspective of economic sociology

Taru Lindblom(UTU): Food consumption, status struggle and economic inequality

Atte Oksanen (TAU): Debt problems and life-course transitions

Mette Ranta(JYU): Towards youth financial independence: Psychological and societal factors

Minna Autio(HU): Sustainability in consumption: goods, services and innovations

Semi Purhonen(TAU): Cultural stratification: Starting points and recent debates

Terhi-Anna Wilska(JYU): Consumption, necessities and excess

Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen & Olli Pyyhtinen(TAU): Consumption and waste

In addition, thematic readings will be suggested for each lecture. All the lecture videos and course readings are available for students in the Moodle platform.

Learning outcomes
Completion option 1

Participation in teaching

16.09.2019 01.12.2019
Active in period 1 (1.8.2019–20.10.2019)
Active in period 2 (21.10.2019–31.12.2019)