ISA - Research Committe on the Body in the Social Sciences RC54

Research Committee on the Body in the Social Sciences RC54

Established as

Thematic Group in 1996
Working Group in 2003
Research Committee in 2008

To study the body as a subject in the social sciences

President
Bianca Maria Pirani, University of Roma La Sapienza, Italy
biancamaria.pirani@uniroma1.it
Vice-President
Thomas S. Smith, University of Rochester, USA
Secretary
Nicola Porro, Cassino University, Italy
nicola_porro@fastwebnet.it
Treasurer
Chris Speed, Edinburgh College o Art, UK
Board Members
Roberto Cipriani, University of Rome, Italy
Carlo Donolo, University 'La Sapienza', Italy
Devorah Kalekin Fishman, University of Haifa, Israel
Roberto Motta Cortez, Recife University, Brazil
Ivan Varga, Queen's University, Canada

Delegate
Bianca Maria Pirani, Italy
Alternate
Nicola Porro, Italy

Research Areas

1. Bodies and Spatial Knowledge
Coordinators
Bianca Maria Pirani
University of Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Italy
biancamaria.pirani@uniroma1.it
Ivan Varga
University of Queens, Canada
vargai@rogers.com

2. Bodies and Social Networking
Coordinators
Thomas Spence Smith
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, NY, USA
tsmt@mail.rochester.edu
Bianca Maria Pirani
University of Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Italy
biancamaria.pirani@uniroma1.it

3. Bodies and Technologies
Coordinators
Tatiana Mazali
Polytechnic of Turin – Cinema and Communication Engineering
tatiana.mazali@polito.it
Gianni Corino
University of Plymouth, UK
gianni.corino@plymouth.ac.uk
Bianca Maria Pirani
University of Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Italy
biancamaria.pirani@uniroma1.it

4. Bodies and Identities
Coordinator
Pierre Bouvier
University of Paris X, Nanterre, France
pbouvier@msh-paris.fr

5. Body and Religion
Coordinator
Roberto Cipriani
University of Roma Tre, Italy
roberto.cipriani@tlc.uniroma3.it

6. Body Ethics
Coordinator
Ivan Varga
University of Queens, Canada
vargai@rogers.com

7. Bodies in Health and Disease
Coordinators
Nicola Porro
Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Cassino, Italy
nicola_porro@fastwebnet.it
Marvin Prosono
Missouri State University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, Springfield, Missouri 65897
mprosono@missouristate.edu

8. Bodies at work: neurosociological perspectives
Coordinators
Thomas Spence Smith
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, NY, USA, tsmt@mail.rochester.edu
Bianca Maria Pirani
University of Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Italy, biancamaria.pirani@uniroma1.it
Alireza Moula, Karlstad University, Sweden, alireza.moula@kau.se

RC54 Newsletter
- Spring 2007 [pdf file ]
- Summer 2008 [pdf file ]

The New Boundaries between Bodies and Technologies
Edited by Bianca Maria Pirani &Ivan Varga. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, New Castle upon Tyne: 2008.
ISBN9781847184993. 300pp. Hardback

First World Forum of Sociology
RC54 Selected Papers Voll.I-II

Acting Bodies and Social Networks: a Bridge between Technology and Working Memory
Vol. I. The Body as Social Icon, vol. II. Mapping Bodies in Networked Space.
Edited by Bianca Maria Pirani and Ivan Varga
University Press of America (forthcoming)
- Table of contents. [pdf file ]
- Foreword and Introduction. [pdf file ]

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