This theme builds on the previous section in interrogating different histories and means of survival. These questions will draw on global and local challenges of the global economy that promotes consumer culture while opening inequalities between groups, societies, and regions. The theme links the consumer cultures between ‘uluntu’ and information technology and how identities are formed through consumerism. This conversation will explore the impact on labour, environment, and dignity (of those who cannot participate in this global economic condition).

 

Presenter: Prof Darelle van Greunen