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The British Sociological Association Annual Conference
THE LIFE COURSE: FRAGMENTATION, DIVERSITY AND RISK
Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd March 2005 at the University of York
CALL FOR PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Plenary Speakers will be:
Professor Liz Stanley (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne)
Professor Jenny Hockey (University of Sheffield)
The new social demands and complexities of life in 'late modern' or
'postmodern' global societies are transforming the life course. In
an age of 'flexible' working practices and shifting family
arrangements, the fundamental co-ordinates of social life are becoming
ever more transitory and uncertain. At the same time, increasing social
pressures towards individualisation and a common (mediatized) knowledge
of 'panics', 'crises' and 'catastrophe', leave the majority
with a heightened sense of personal insecurity and social unease. Under
such circumstances it appears that we are made increasingly conscious of
the fact that social life is characterised above all by experiences of
fragmentation, diversity and risk. People are being made to question
the prevailing ideas of who they are and what they should get out of
life. Moreover, it can be argued that the cultural pluralism and
reflexivity of society at large is mirrored in the extent to which
western sociology has become a repository for expressions of personal
discontent and a 'celebration' of ideologies of difference. It is no
longer possible to identify sociology with a common set of intellectual
practices and disciplinary concerns; the sociological enterprise is as
fragmented and uncertain as the societies it seeks to explain. How
should we respond to this state of affairs? What is the 'promise' of
sociology for our times?
We invite papers addressed to the following themes:
The Fragmentation of Youth
Work, Family and Negotiation
Caring Across the Life Course
Social Identities and the Life Course
Gender, Race and Sexuality
The Lived Experience of Class
Making Sense of Life Trajectories
Methodological Approaches
Individualisation and Risk
All BSA study groups are actively encouraged to be a part of the
organised conference and where possible, to participate in one or more
of the above themes. The conference organising team will also consider
papers for an open stream.
ABSTRACT submission form available from:
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www.britsoc.co.uk/conference
Abstracts must reach the BSA Office by 30th September 2004. Late
submissions, faxed submissions or hard copy submissions will not be
considered.
IMPORTANT DATES:
30th September 2004 Last date for submission of abstracts
14th January 2005 Last date for registration by paper
presenters
24th March 2005 Last date for presenters to provide a
disk copy of paper
Conference organising team and stream convenors
Larry Ray, Miri Song, Sarah Vickerstaff, Azrini Wahidin and Iain
Wilkinson (University of Kent).
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