When less is more: Looks, speeches and practices about “simple life”
This article presents data and analyzes of an ethnographic research that aimed to map the different views and practices promoted by adepts of lifestyles that propose to reduce the consumption of material goods.The hypothesis that the concern with environmental issues would be one of the central moti...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Conversas & Controvérsias |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/39462 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/conversasecontroversias/article/view/39462 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Consumer studies Anti-consumption movements Simple lifestyle Minimalist life Voluntary simplicity Estudos do consumo Movimentos anticonsumo Estilo de vida simples Vida minimalista Simplicidade Voluntária |
| Sumario: | This article presents data and analyzes of an ethnographic research that aimed to map the different views and practices promoted by adepts of lifestyles that propose to reduce the consumption of material goods.The hypothesis that the concern with environmental issues would be one of the central motivations for reducing the consumption of material goods was deconstructed in the course of the study, being perceived as peripheral in the debates of the observed groups and in the interviewees' statements. What can be seen is that one of the main motivations that lead to adherence to lifestyles with greater simplicity is the search for autonomy to develop new life projects with greater well-being and happiness. |
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