The seminar “The socio-historical formation of consumer society in Spain” will analyze the constitution of consumer society in Spain from its origins and early development to the COVID-19 crisis. The seminar will first introduce the theoretical and methodological models that have accompanied research into consumer society. It will then present the history of consumption in contemporary Spain and conclude with an analysis of research on consumption in Spanish society from a gender perspective. The seminar is promoted by El Rincón de la Imaginación Sociológica in collaboration with the Faculty of Social Sciences, the López Piñero Interuniversity Institute, and the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Valencia

Programme:

10:00 am Presentation of the seminar
Speakers:
Elena Mut. Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
David Muñoz. Secretary of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
José Manuel Rodríguez. Coordinator of the Sociological Imagination Corner.

10:15 a.m. Theoretical and methodological models in consumer research in Spanish society
Luis Enrique Alonso. Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Presenting and coordinating the debate:
Antonio Santos Ortega. Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.

11:15 a.m. History of consumption in contemporary Spain: from the oil crisis (1973) to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Fernando Conde. Director of CIMOP and professor at the UCM.
Presenting and coordinating the debate:
Rafael Xambó. Honorary professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.

12:15 p.m. Coffee break

12:30 p.m. Research on consumption in Spanish society from a gender perspective.
Cristina Santamarina. Director of CIMOP and professor at UCM.
Presenting and coordinating the debate:
Joan Palomares. Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.