That should have read European Sociological _Association_ Conference as
corrected below.
Sorry for cluttering up your mailboxes!
Mo Fordham
Dr Maureen Fordham
Geography Department
Anglia Polytechnic University
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From: Fordham <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 18 January 1999 17:06
Subject: Call for Papers
>I hope some colleagues might be interested in submitting something for one
>of the sessions below
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> NEW ANNOUNCEMENT
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>European Sociological Association Conference
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>18-21 August 1999, Amsterdam
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>SOCIOLOGY OF DISASTER WORKING GROUP
>Coordinator: Nicholas P. Petropoulos
>Emergencies Research Center
>Athens, Greece
>E-mail: [log in to unmask] (or [log in to unmask])
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>The Sociology of Disaster Working Group is organizing four sessions on the
>following themes:
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>1. "Mass emergency institutions and services in European countries"
>Concentrates on the forms and effectiveness of institutions and services
>that European countries have developed over the years to manage natural,
>technological and complex crises and disasters. Nicholas Petropoulos, .
>E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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>2. "Disaster theory:comparative perspectives" Focuses on the theories
>which disaster sociologists in Europe and elsewhere find useful in their
>work and on the impact of this on their research and their
>conceptualizations of of disasters. Wolfgang Dombrowsky, Christian
>Albrecht's University. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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>3. "Popular culture of disasters: Themes from Europe and Beyond" Deals
>with the role of popular culture (e.g. folk beliefs, folk tales, popular
>film, novels, poetry, humour, jokes, rituals, religious beliefs and
>interpretatons, etc. ) in disasters. Anne Eyre, Coventry University.
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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>4. "What difference does 'difference' make in disaster preparation and
>response?" Examines the possibilities of planning for and managing
>disasters whilst being sensitive to a range of differences (e.g. gender,
>race, class, ethnicity, religion, etc) within the population. Maureen H.
>Fordham, Anglia Polytechnic University. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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>Colleagues interested in participating in any of the above sessions should
>send an abstract of not more than 250 words to the chairperson of the
>desired session,not later than Feb. 1, 1999. For session 3, the
>presentation may be oral or poster in nature. N.P.
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> Sincerely yours,
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> N. Petropoulos
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>
>Dr Maureen Fordham
>Geography Department
>Anglia Polytechnic University
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