Please join me, and UW professor of Community and Environmental Sociology Jane Collins, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. for a Gallery Talk: (How) Does Conscious Consumption Matter?
This event brings art and sociology into an active conversation about how we consume and whether changing our consumption habits matters.
In Jennifer Bucheit’s project "Again and Again: A Reflection on Consumer Culture," featured in the "Wisconsin Triennial," she presents photographs of the paper packaging that she encounters in everyday life, encouraging reflection on the life cycle of the goods, the messages the packaging conveys, and the implications of personal consumerism.
Jane Collins uses recent sociological evidence to open up the question of whether, by changing our individual consumption practices, we can solve large-scale problems such as climate change and inequality.