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First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate
Barcelona, Spain
September 5 - 8, 2008


Research Committee on
Sociology of Aging RC11

Main theme
Diversities of ageing: Discourses and debates


Programme Coordinator
Andreas Hoff, Univesity of Oxford, UK, andreas.hoff@ageing.ox.ac.uk

Members of the RC11 Programme Committee
Susan Feldman, Monash University, Australia; Andreas Hoff, University of Oxford, UK (Chair); Virpi Timonen, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; Lucie Vidovicova, Masaryk University, Czech Republic; and Feliciano Villar, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Venue of RC10 sessions:

Faculty of Geography and History
University of Barcelona
Montalegre, 6
08001 Barcelona, Spain, map

Joint session 1: Aging, social exclusion, and social participation in a globalizing world

Part I
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00

Part II
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30

Part III
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Joint Session of RC11 Sociology of Aging with RC10 Sociology of Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self Management.
Co-chairs: Julia Rozanova, University of Alberta, Canada rozanova@ualberta.ca and Andreas Hoff, University of Oxford, UK andreas.hoff@ageing.ox.ac.uk

Joint session 2: Leisure and the ageing societies

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Joint Session of RC11 Sociology of Aging with RC13 Sociology of Leisure
Co-chairs: Ishwar Modi, University of Rajasthan, India iiiss2005modi@yahoo.co.in and Sara Arber, University of Surrey, UK s.arber@surrey.ac.uk

Joint session 3: New forms of interaction between children and older adults in ageing societies

Part I
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30

Part II
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Joint Session of RC11 Sociology of Aging with RC53 Sociology of Childhood
Co-chairs: Doris Bühler-Niederberger, University of Wuppertal, Germany
buehler@uni-wuppertal.de and Andreas Hoff, University of Oxford, UK andreas.hoff@ageing.ox.ac.uk