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Tag: consumerism

Conversations with Planet Ocean: Plastic Pollution and the Common Heritage of Humankind

This story-based journey is an eclectic discussion on marine plastic pollution. It responds to the Environmental Humanities by bringing material history, personal experiences as well as ecotheories and natural sciences together. The conversational style, likeshifting tides, speaks to anyone who wishes to develop a broader understanding on plastic pollution and its ecological consequences. While much …

Students as Brand Consumers

Social changes in Croatia in mid-1990s marked a breakthrough of consumer affluence and the emergence of consumer society. Among the instruments of consumer society which ensure continuous reproducing the circuit of work and consumption are brands. Today brands are available in abundantly supplied stores; however, for our citizens they had a special meaning and symbolism …