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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 Childhood RC53

Main theme
Childhood in scientific and public debates.
Exploring the relationship between actorship and social problems


Programme Coordinator
Doris Bühler-Niederberger, University of Wuppertal, Germany,
buehler@uni-wuppertal.de

Venue of RC53 sessions:

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

Programme

Session 1: Scientific and public images of children

Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Loretta BASS, University of Oklahoma, USA, lbass@ou.edu

Session 2: Defining social problems

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Alison COCKS, University of Reading, UK, a.j.cocks@reading.ac.uk

Session 3: Policing children

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Doris Buehler-Niederberger, University of Wuppertal, Germany, buehler@uni-wuppertal.de

Session 4: Familiarization and de-familiarization of children

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Régine Sirota, Universite Sorbonne, France, regine.sirota@paris5.sorbonne.fr

Session 5: Defining childhood by law

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Harriett Strandell, University of Helsinki, Finland, harriet.strandell@helsinki.fi

Session 6: Children in economic spheres

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Jo Moran-Ellis, University of Surrey, UK, j.moran-ellis@surrey.ac.uk

Session 7: Children’s participation

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Joint Session of RC53 Sociology of Childhood wit RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management
Chair: Claudio Baraldi, Univerity of Modena, Italy, cbaraldi@unimore.it

Session 8: Children, youth and leisure aspirations

Part I
Monday, September 8, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Faculty of Communication Blanquerna, University of Ramon LLull

Part II
Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Faculty of Communication Blanquerna, University of Ramon LLull
Joint Session of RC13 Sociology of Leisure,  RC34 Sociology of Youth and RC53 Sociology of Childhood
Chairs: Ngan-Pun Ngai, the Chinese University of  Hong Kong (RC34), NPNGAI@swkgpa.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk  Doris Buehler-Niederberger, University of Wuppertal, Germany (RC53) buehler@uni-wuppertal.de and Ken Roberts, University of Liverpool, UK (RC13) kenneth.roberts18@btopenworld.com