Abstract
Date: April 2010. Setting: Classroom of elementary school in Amsterdam. Participants: Four children aged 8, five parents, one teacher (as an observer). FOCUS GROUP MODERATOR (FGM): Today we are going to talk about consumption – that is what we eat, drink and use, and what we throw away. I hasten to say I know as much as you do about consumption, and probably less […] I have your consumption diaries in front of me… First, I want to ask the kids: What is consumption? ANGELA: It’s that diary … that we had to like … make. Right? JAN: It’s what we eat and drink. FMG [TO THE OTHER TWO CHILDREN]: What do you think? ANNEKE: Same as [Angela]. DIRK: Consumption is when you consume things. DIRK’S FATHER: [Laughs] And what is consume? DIRK: [shyly] Eating stuff … JAN [EXCITEDLY]: That’s what I said! FMG [READING FROM JAN’S DIARY]: ‘Mum wants me to have sandwiches for breakfast.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Environmental Anthropology Today |
| Editors | Helen Kopnina, Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Chapter | 5 |
| Pages | 118-139 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781136658563 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415781558, 9780415781565 |
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| Publication status | Published - 5 Aug 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |