Abstract
L’articolo presenta al lettore gli studi sulla cultura materiale e il consumo di massa dell’antropologo inglese Daniel Miller, considerato il padre fondatore dell’antropologia del consumo. Ha condotto ricerche in Inghilterra, Trinidad e Tobago, Giamaica, India, analizzando temi come le culture domestiche, lo shopping, l’antropologia digitale, l’abbigliamento, mettendo in risalto i processi di oggettivazione nel rapporto tra persone e cose.
The paper introduces the reader to british anthropologist Daniel Miller’s studies on material culture. Miller is considered the godfather of the anthropology of consumption. He has done research in England, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, India. His research interests focus primarily on domestic culture, shopping, digital anthropology, dress code, including objectification as the process whereby a subject externalises itself in the creative use of things.