Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

A student who has been through the module:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• understands current socio-technical changes within consumption in the light of a longer historical perspective and with regards to sustainability

Skills

• can analyse how technological changes in everyday life (at the micro level) are connected with broader social changes (at the macro level)
• can analyse the position of a product in a social context, including aspects related to culture, norms, social groups, gender, and age groups
• is able to apply a practice theory perspective in an empirical analysis of everyday use of technology
• can discuss how technologies and consumption co-develop with modern family life and the work-life balance
• is able to assess the possibilities for and the usefulness of including users in innovation processes for everyday products
• is able to carry out and analyse qualitative interviews, including coding of the material
• can apply systematic observation, ethnographic methods, studies of advertisements etc. as part of empirical studies on technology in everyday life
• can write about products and consumption in everyday life in a clear and accessible way

Competences

• can independently crystallize the main points in a scientific text and give an oral presentation of these points in an accessible and pedagogical way

Type of instruction

Reading and analysing texts, lectures and cases, facilitating exercises etc.

Exam

Exams