Based on Slovene/Yugoslav and Czechoslovak primary sources, Dr. Habinc will discuss socialist commission shops in comparison with other types of historically known second-hand retail channels. The lecture will examine the role such shops had in socialist consumption practices and in economies of shortage.
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Wednesday, October 30
Socialist Commission Shops and Used Clothing Retail
Time:
4:00 pm
Presenter:
Dr. Mateja Habinc, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with University of Ljubljana
Contact:
Sera Passerini
Contact Phone:
4126487407
Contact Email:
smp125@pitt.edu