GEOG 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cultural Capital, Consumer Sovereignty, Commodity Fetishism
15 Jan 2018
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Consumption in contemporary society: consumption is a visible part of everyday life, consumption is pervasive in the landscape it is everywhere, space is integral to consumption. Consumerism: when individuals (both producers and consumers) become enmeshed in the process of acquiring goods, and formulate their goals in life in relation to acquiring those goods. Place specific globalization: the nature of consumption varies geographically, consumption practices have cultural specificity place specificness for these activities. The changing global consumption landscape: global geographies of consumption are changing as economic power gravitates towards a group of emerging economies in asian with a growing middle class (and significant demand for consumption) The intangible (not physical, can"t physically touch it) nature of the tourism. Place promotion: place promotion the conscious use of publicity and marketing to communicate selective images of specific geographical localities or areas to a target audience, place promotion presents the world as an image.
