Barcelona

Menu:

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


Research Committee on
Social Classes and Social Movements RC47

Main theme
Gobalization, social movements and experience


Programme Coordinator
Henri Lustiger Thaler ,Ramapo College, USA, lustigerthaler@aol.com

Venue of RC47 sessions:

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

Session 1 : RC47 Plenary Session: The global reconfiguration of experience and actors

Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Henri Lustiger Thaler, Ramapo College, NJ, USA.

Session 2: Collective action and personal experience: Latin Americans and Latinos in globalization

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chairs: Yvon Le Bot, Cadis, Cnrs/Ehess, Paris, France and Luis Lopez, School of Architecture, Paris, France

Session 3: Movements and conflicts 1

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Antimo L. Farro, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy.

Session 4: Movements and conflict 2

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chairs: Paola Rebughini, University of Milan, Milan, Italy and Emanuele Toscano, Cadis Ehess, Paris, France.

Session 5: East Asian movements and globalization

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Shujiro Yazawa, Seijo University, Tokyo, Japan.

Session 6: Latin American localisms in a global context

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Maria da Glória Gohn, UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil.

Session 7: Collective action and the public sphere: Promises and shortcomings of participatory democracy

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Marie-Hélène Bacqué, Évry University, Evry, France.
Pierre Hamel, Montreal University, Montreal, Canada.

Session 8: Global challenges

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Roland Roth, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, Magdeburg, Germany.