[ANPPOM-L] CFP: em busca do luxo

[Carlos Palombini]

The debate surrounding luxury is far from new. The traditional definition of
luxury as 'anything unneeded' is neither helpful nor relevant in today's
markets. Much of the theorising and controversy over luxury from the time of
the ancient Greeks through to the nineteenth century, focused not simply on
attempts to prevent the accumulation of material wealth and goods but also
to regulate them. Today the term exists in a far more diluted and less
politically charged form. It is no longer a debate between the 'haves' and
'have nots'. Luxury has become both a commendable and widely obtainable need
or necessity.

What do we understand by the term luxury and can it or should it be applied
to luxury branded goods today? Does contemporary branding allow such goods
to remain 'luxurious' even though they have been mass-produced? What do the
terms such as 'value', 'consumerism', 'fashion', 'taste' or connoisseurship'
really tell us about modern spending habits?

By discussing the history of luxury against the backdrop of contemporary
issues, a familiar debate is extended into unfamiliar contexts. In this new
and dynamic juxtaposition of two seemingly unrelated market cultures,
significant inter-relationships are proposed and explored.

This conference intends to expand the parameters of the debate around the
concepts of luxury to provide a refreshing context to construe the familiar
debates surrounding the subject.

Learn more <http://www.inpursuitofluxury.com/call/themes> about the expected
themes and strands of the conference and the process for abstract
submission<http://www.inpursuitofluxury.com/call/abstract_submission>
.
www.inpursuitofluxury.com

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carlos palombini
<cpalombini em gmail.com>

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14280 saint-germain-la-blanche-herbe
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