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How can people find a sense of the good life through voluntary simplicity?
How can people find a sense of the good life through voluntary simplicity?
B. What is "voluntary simplicity"?
lifestyle or a movement?
a continuum: radical versus mainstream
politics, economics, ecology
other labels for this way of living
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alternative hedonism / sustainable hedonism
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Post-materialism / post-consumption
anti-consumption
sustainable consumption / sustainable living
definitions
history
roots
emergence of minimalist lifestyle
overview of challenges/benefits
often misunderstood
consumerist norms i.e. advertising, raising a family, peer expectations
benefits: the "more" of less
A. What is a "good life"?
history
key factors
disaffection with consumerist lifestyle
desire to be versus have
satisfaction, happiness, well-being
citizenship & community
kindness (self, others) rooted in empathy and acceptance
connection to voluntary simplicity
F. Where are the gaps/opportunities in existing literature?
Canadian focused research is limited
existing research dominated by realms of consumer studies, economics, psychology | opportunity to bring the interdisciplinary nature of communications to this space
(auto)ethnographic study limited, and mostly to radical simplicity (i.e. off grid lifestyles, etc)
D. Theory & Method
Performance Theory
Brief overview
Why it is a fit - what unique insight does it have to offer?
(auto)ethnography using reflexive dyadic interviews
Paradigm: interpretive, leaning into critical