2018 Subsistence Marketplaces Conference
The Seventh Subsistence Marketplaces Conference
Subsistence and Sustainability
June 22-24, 2018 | Champaign, Illinois at the I Hotel
About the Conference
Subsistence marketplaces consist of consumer and entrepreneur communities living at a range of low income levels, and are concentrated in developing countries and regions such as Brazil, India, China, Vietnam, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, many individuals and groups in developed countries also live in subsistence. In the last decade, the Subsistence Marketplaces Conference has been a leading forum for evolving and sharing research and fostering best practices in these communities. The subsistence marketplaces approach is unique in examining the intersection of poverty and marketplaces with a bottom-up approach that begins with micro-level understanding of life circumstances of consumers, entrepreneurs, and communities. This stream has been reflected in five biennial conferences and almost 60 refereed articles in related special journal issues, as well as in dedicated session tracks at other conferences and refereed articles in a variety of journals.
Read more in our Call for Papers.
Themes
The specific themes for this conference help to organize the broad work in the field and facilitate discussion among participants:
Sustainable Business and Consumption from the Bottom Up
The Institutional and Organizational Dimensions of Enterprises and Public Partnerships
Survival, Subsistence, and Transformative Entrepreneurship
Sustainability and Consumption from the Bottom Up
Technology and Innovation
Curricular Innovations
Transformative Consumer Research in Subsistence Marketplaces
Methodological Innovations in Subsistence Marketplaces
Lessons from Practice in Subsistence Marketplaces
Subsistence Marketplaces Across Geographies
Junior Scholar and Practitioner Mentorship
Theoretical Avenues and Open-Minded Inquiry
Intersectionality, Historical Blueprints, and Worth in Subsistence Marketplaces
Contact
Co-Chairs
| Ronika Chakrabarti
Lancaster University |
Paul Ingenbleek
Wageningen University |
Srinivas Venugopal
University of Vermont |
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Conference Director Madhu Viswanathan |
Conference Sponsors
- Stellner Fund, College of Business, University of Illinois
- International Programs and Studies, University of Illinois