Leve como o ar: o minimalismo como reação à sociedade de consumo
This work aimed to understand the meanings concerning the adoption of a minimalist lifestyle. The literature review demonstrated the scarcity of published fieldworks concerning the lifestyle, moreover the insufficient study of minimalism among Brazilians. Hence, this work, of qualitative design, had...
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| Format: | master thesis |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) |
| Repository: | Repositório Institucional da PUC_SP |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.pucsp.br:handle/24090 |
| Online Access: | https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/24090 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA Minimalismo Estilo de vida Consumo (Economia) Psicologia junguiana Movimento Simplicidade Voluntária Minimalism Lifestyles Consumption (Economics) Jungian psychology Voluntary simplicity movement |
| Summary: | This work aimed to understand the meanings concerning the adoption of a minimalist lifestyle. The literature review demonstrated the scarcity of published fieldworks concerning the lifestyle, moreover the insufficient study of minimalism among Brazilians. Hence, this work, of qualitative design, had a convenience sample of 40 Brazilians, aged 18 and above, who identified themselves as followers of the minimalist lifestyle. The participation consisted in answering a questionnaire available through a digital platform. The main results were grouped in eight thematic categories, namely: “The discovery of minimalism”, “The influence of environmental and social factors concerning the adoption of minimalism”, “Discontents with the prior life”, “Finances: from debt to savings”, “Time: from wastage to optimization”, “Living with enough”, “The search of the good life”, and “Minimalism as a process”. It was observed that the participants manifested dissatisfaction with the consumer society: at the same time that they reported being frustrated with the narrative that through consumption a happy and meaningful life could be achieved, they also reported that maintaining a consumerist life brought anxiety, stress, debt and lack of time. After adopting the minimalist lifestyle, 90% of the interviewed minimalists reported that life changed: they became happier, learned how to manage both time and money better, and feel that life became more meaningful and lighter |
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