Changing Societies and Cultures: Youth in the Digital Age
12-14 June
2013, Tallinn University, Estonia
Organized by
the Institute for International and Social Studies, Tallinn
University
NYRIS12,
like previous Nordic research conferences, offers a platform for
international,
interdisciplinary and interactive discussion that will reflect
research in
youth studies from various perspectives. We now invite proposals
for
sessions to be held at the conference. NYRIS12 focuses
on
cultural and social changes in the digital age. Rapid
technological
developments, structural changes in society and economic
uncertainty may
influence young people in some respects more than other age
groups. In the
highly globalising and ICT-saturated world young people can also
be seen as one
of the main agents of change in society.
Technological
developments have enabled new forms of participation in
international
communities as well as rapid exchange of ideas and cultural
products. The lives
of many young people are being reconfigured by new digital
technologies that
bring about multi-directional trends and outcomes –
opportunities as well as
challenges. New cultural trends or political worldviews are
often global
in reach, spreading quickly to different locations while also
developing unique
local characteristics in different places. On one hand,
technological advances
like security cameras enhance safety, while, on the other hand,
unregulated
cyberspace creates too many uncontrolled or risky situations.
In the digital
era young people have broader opportunities for socializing and
self-expression
but digitally disadvantaged young people may be more excluded
from social life.
Youth
research has to consider all these changes, opportunities or
risks while
focusing on a variety of topics related to youth - youth
cultures, identities,
values, consumption, inequality, labour market, education,
creativity,
political participation, sexuality etc. Regardless of the
research angle it is
impossible to investigate contemporary youth without
acknowledging the mutual
shaping of young people’s agency, digital developments and
social changes.
Confirmed
key-note speakers:
Prof. Andy
Bennett, Griffith University, Australia, Mediated youth
cultures: The
shifting nature of youth cultural association in the
(post)digital age.
Dr. Ellen
Helsper, London School of Economics, UK Unpacking Digital
Natives: Digital
Diversity and Inequality Among European Youth.
Dr. Siyka
Kovacheva, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria Cultural changes
in the biographical
constructions of East European youth.
Prof. Marju
Lauristin, University of Tartu, Estonia, Social change and
generations
Prof. Steven
Miles, University of Brighton, UK Young people, resistance
and the seductive
complicities of consumption
NYRIS12
seeks to highlight multiple topics raised by digital revolution.
The proposals
for sessions may be on any topic relevant to the conference
theme, but topics
listed below are especially welcome:
• Youth
cultures and new social movements
• Cultural and
political values
•
Consumption and lifestyles
•
Online/offline identities
•
Educational transitions and opportunities
• Economics
and labour market
• Social
networks and social capital
•
Multiculturalism and immigration
• Gender and
sexualities
• The
changing conceptions of privacy
•
Communication, self-expression and creativity
• Youth and
localities
•
Marginalized / disadvantaged youth
• Youth and
memory
•
Socialisation and inter-generational relations
In addition
to sessions presenting original research findings in the
traditional form, we
encourage proposals that offer innovative approaches to
presenting and
discussing scholarship. These may include for example
discussions and
roundtables, moderated debates, interactive workshops, as well
as sessions
featuring audio and visual resources
The
proposals should include the following information:
1.
Title of the session.
2.
Coordinators of the session: Provide full name, affiliation,
mailing address,
telephone number and e-mail address of the coordinator(s) of the
session.
Coordinators will be responsible for selecting the papers for
the session and
they will act as chairs of the session at the conference.
3.
Description of the topic of the session (not exceeding 300
words)
4. Participants
of the session (optional): If the proposal concerns a complete
session with
given participants, the proposal should also include the
individual abstracts
of each participant and a list of names, affiliations, mailing
addresses and
e-mail of each participant.
5. Requests
for audio visual equipment and media requirements (data
projector, DVD,
internet, visual projection, audio and so on).
The length of a parallel session will be approx. 90–120 minutes.
The suggested
number of presenters in a session consisting of traditional
workshop papers is
3−4 plus the coordinator and discussant.
The session
proposals, in one document attachment (in WORD format), should
be submitted
to the Organizing Committee by October 15th, 2012 to the
address [log in to unmask].
The e-mail should have the subject heading “NYRIS 12 session
proposal”. More
information http://www.tlu.ee/nyris12
On behalf of organizing committee
Airi-Alina Allaste
-- Prof Dr Airi-Alina Allaste Director of Institute of International and Social Studies, Tallinn University Uus-Sadama 5 10120 Tallinn, Estonia