Joshua Bluteau, Patricia Bluteau
University of Manchester, UK Coventry University, UK
Biography
Joshua Bluteau is a Lecturer at the University of Manchester in the UK. He completed his PhD in Social Anthropology in 2018 at the University of St Andrews, following a period of fieldwork in London and online with Instagram. His research interests include the anthropology of digital worlds, notions of self, gender, masculinity and clothing. He is currently preparing a monograph, which anthropologically explores bespoke tailors in London and their Instagram followers.
Patricia Bluteau is an Interim Associate Dean in the Faculty of Life Sciences at Coventry University in the UK. Patricia is a mental health nurse, counsellor, psychotherapist and academic. Her research interests include mental health and wellbeing, interprofessional education and integrated care and engaging with quality processes in higher education
Abstract
Abstract : Obsessive Consumption Disorder: Tackling the problem of handheld digital addiction