TY - JOUR TI - Consumption as creative activity AU - Iwasiński, Łukasz TI - Consumption as creative activity AB - Post-Marxist perspective on consumption views consumers as manipulated, exploited, oppressed, alienated individuals, while Cultural Studies argue that it can be means of resistance. The aim of this paper is to examine different, anthropological perspective on consumption, that puts stress on its creative aspects and perceives it rather from the perspective of individuals, than social forces, processes and structures, which are beyond their control. The paper provides analysis of the phenomenon of appropriation of goods, craft consumption and possession rituals. They focus on both symbolic and physical constructing and “domesticating” of the reality through consumption. The author illustrates these concepts with observed examples or cases obtained from desk research. VL - 2015 IS - Issue 3 (25) PY - 2015 SN - 1895-975X C1 - 2084-3860 SP - 227 EP - 238 DO - 10.4467/20843860PK.14.015.4084 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/konsumpcja-jako-tworcza-aktywnosc KW - consumption KW - creativity KW - individualization KW - craft consumption