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First ISA Forum of Sociology
Special Preliminary Event
The Shape of Sociology
Barcelona, Spain
September 4, 2008
Special Preliminary Event
The Shape of Sociology
Seminar – for invitees only
The 'shape' of sociology in a post-modern, post-social, globalizing world is a matter of deepest concern to the ISA as a professional organization as well as to individual sociologists. In this pre-Forum seminar, a select group of theoreticians and practitioners from different continents will focus on some of the central issues, exploring if it is possible to develop a collective point of view about how the discipline is evolving. To conclude the seminar discussions, a panel of participants will present a Special Session of the Forum, relating to the 'Foreseeable Future of Sociology'. The presentations throughout the seminar and the discussions will be the basis for a publication and for on-going self-reflection in the framework of the ISA Research Council.
Venue:
Institut d'Estudis Catalans
Sala Pi i Sunyer
Carrer del Carme, 47
08001 Barcelona, Spain, map
Session 1: Sociology and social change
09:30 – 11:15Presiding and Discussant: Michel Wieviorka, France
Piotr Sztompka, Poland
Raewyn Connell, Australia
Sylvia Walby, UK
Session 2: Concepts and methods
11:30 – 13:15
Presiding: Roberto Cipriani, Italy
Eliezer Ben Rafael, Israel Sujata Patel, India
Gabriele Rosenthal, Germany Lauren Langman, USA
Discussant: Elena Zdravomyslova, Russia
Session 3: Issues of community
14:30 – 16:15
Presiding: Ann Denis, Canada
Michael Humphrey, Australia
Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, Spain
Elisa Reis, Brazil
Discussant: Larisa Titarenko, Ukraine
Session 4: Interconnections: Social sciences, 'natural' sciences, and policies
16:30 – 18:15
Presiding: Pirkkoliisa Ahponen, Finland
Susan McDaniel, Canada/ USA
Dennis Smith, UK
Emma Porio, The Philippines
Discussant: Bert Klandermans, The Netherlands
Session 5: Problems to be resolved
18:30 – 20:15
Presiding: Yen-Fen Tseng, Taiwan
Julia Evetts, UK Heinz Sunker(Germany
Marvin Prosono(USA Ari Antikainen, Finland
Discussant: Jan Fritz, USA
Session 6: Special Session: The foreseeable future of sociology
Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:30 – 13:30
Presiding: Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Israel
Arturo Rodriguez-Morato, Spain
Panel: tba
- Have we reached new ways of conceptualizing sociology?
- What implications do our conclusions have for understanding and structuring
- the sociological community around the world?
- Is there a necessary relationship between the conceptualization of the discipline and the organization of a professional association?
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