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

Statutes

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
Carlo Donolo, University 'La Sapienza', Italy
Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, University of Haifa, Israel
Roberto Motta Cortez, Recife University, Brazil
Nicola Porro, Cassino University, Italy
Ivan Varga, Queen's University, Canada

Past Boards

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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