Information and facts will save the climate from our destructive behaviour... Well certainly not, according to anthropologist Dr. Katarina Graffman. We are not rational beings living in a social and cultural vacuum. We are pack members defined by Consumer Culture. In this talk, Katarina Graffman helps us explore the cultural iceberg below the waterline of rationality. Katarina's idea is that our stubborn focus on information as the optimal way to change people's behaviour will lead to climate collapse. We need to stop looking at what’s going on between people's ears. To really change, we need to focus on what’s going on between people. Dr. Katarina Graffman’s words captures why we need more cultural anthropology in our lives. Katarina is a leading voice and expert on consumption culture, dedicating the last 20 years trying to help society and companies better understand and operate within it.
Stockholm-based, she runs the ethnographic and anthropological consultancy Inculture and co-authored in 2018 together with Professor Jacob Östberg the book “We are what we buy.” Katarina is an expert in consumer culture, consumer economy, sustainability, anthropology, tribes & trends, and media behavior. November 16th at #TEDxFastForward she will bring her expertise to discuss the impact of assuming and consumerism on climate collapse. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
