Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall

Rob Walker is the former Consumed columnist for the New York Times Magazine, the author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, and the founder of The Unconsumption Project. In an informal conversation, Walker and Bobbi Patterson of Emory’s Department of Religion, will discuss one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism—that suffering is caused by desire—and the complexity of navigating a culture in which “desire” is manufactured by product designers and advertising agencies, and driven by our own consumerism.

“The most trenchant psychoanalyst of our consumer selves is Rob Walker.  Buying In is a fresh and fascinating exploration of the places where material culture and identity intersect.” – Michael Pollan."

ALERT: THERE WILL BE NO RECORDING OR LIVE STREAMING OF THIS EVENT

This program is co-sponsored by Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives. The media sponsor is WABE 90.1 FM.