Update: The deadline for submitting extracts has been extended to 15 May 2010
ESA Research Network Sociology of Culture, Midterm conference aims to explore the role of culture–the symbolic context in which choices and actions acquire shared meanings ‐as a medium for building “worlds.” Cultures are analyzed in terms of their capacity to help shape the pasts and futures of contemporary societies. They are both ends and means in the society‐building process. They establish the terms of engaging injustice, articulating multicultural and multireligional issues, and providing new paths for conflict resolution and peace. They frame our very experience of space and the place in everyday life, as well as individual and collective identities. They provide material for new products, new markets, and new ways of life.
The conference will be attended by scholars from all over Europe and the United States. The papers will be evaluated through a blind review by the scientific committee of the conference.
Please submit your abstract of 250 words by April 20, 2010. Please include in your abstract information about the theoretical framework of the research, the methodology employed, and the contribution of the paper. Please indicate to which session the paper is submitted. Abstracts should be sent via the submission form on the conference website. Acceptance will be communicated by May 28th. Early bird inscriptions will be accepted until June 20th. For any other information regarding registration, payment of the conference fee, deadlines, accommodation and travel, please visit the conference website. Queries can be made on the conference website. They will be answered by email.
Visit the website of the conference www.esaculturebocconi2010.org, where you can find a detailed description of each session. Please direct questions to one of the Coordinators.
Coordinators
Anna Lisa Tota (tota@uniroma3.it)
Stefano Baia Curioni (stefano.baia@unibocconi.it)
Further members of the Scientific Committee
Pertti Alasuutari, Tia De Nora, Paola Dubini, Thomas S. Eberle, Dick Houtman, Hubert Knoblauch, David Inglis, Mark Jacobs, Rudi Laermans, Robert G. Picard, Zannie Giraud Voss.
Organizing Committee
Stefano Baia Curioni, Anna Lisa Tota, Paola Dubini, Ilaria Morganti, Lia Luchetti, Patrizia Minoia.