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

Objectives
To study the body as a subject in the social sciences

Board 2010-2014
President
Bianca Maria PIRANI, University of Roma La Sapienza, Italy
biancamaria.pirani@uniroma1.it
Vice-President
Thomas S. SMITH, University of Rochester, USA
Secretary
Alireza MOULA, Karlstad University, Sweden, alireza.moula@kau.se
Treasurer
Chris SPEED, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
Board Members
Pierre BOUVIER, University of Nanterre, France
Roberto CIPRIANI, University of Rome 3, Italy
Devorah KALEKIN-FISHMAN, University of Haifa, Israel
Roberto MOTTA, Recife University, Brazil
Matteo NEGRO, University of Catania, Italy
Nicola PORRO, Cassino University, Italy
Ivan VARGA, Queen's University, Canada (deceased, 2012)

Past Boards

Forthcoming Activities

Publications
RC54 Newsletter

Spring Summer Fall

2010

2009

2008

Bodily Order. Mind, Emotion, and Social Memory
Edited by Bianca Maria Pirani and Ivan Varga
Current Sociology Vol.53, Nº2, Monograph Nº1
SAGE Publications: March 2005

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

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: 2009

Learning from Memory: Body, Memory and Technology in a Globalizing World
Edited and introduced by Bianca Maria Pirani
Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2011.
RC54 book prospectus.

Membership
Dues USD 50 (USD 25 discount) for a 4 year period.

ISA membership registration form is available on https://secured.com/~f3641/formisa.htm