Visual Challenges in an Unequal World
Visual Sociology Working Group, International Sociological Association
13-19 July 2014, Yokohama, Japan CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract submission 3 June - 30 September 2013
Working under the International Sociological Association (ISA), the Visual Sociology Working Group (WG03) will hold its biennial conference in ISA's XVIII World Congress of Sociology, 13-19 July 2014, in Yokohama, Japan and will focus its sessions on Visual Challenges in an Unequal World, with a subset of sessions focusing on Environmental Visibilities.
General instructions for participation in WG03 Sessions
- Anyone interested in presenting a paper should submit an abstract online to a centralized website which will be operational from 3 June through 30 September 2013 (24:00 GMT). To upload your abstract please visit https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2014/cfp.cgi (Only abstracts submitted on- line can be incorporated in the sessions).
- Abstracts should be of no more than 300 words in English.
- Notification letters will be sent by November 30th 2013.
- Each session will last 110 minutes and will accommodate 4-5 papers of 15-20 minutes each as well as comments by a discussant, and a collective discussion.
- Language(s) of WG03 presentation: papers may be presented in English, French or Spanish (the official languages of the ISA for academic matters). In addition, WG03 can accept a limited number of paper proposals in Japanese. However, to be considered, the title and abstract of all papers must be submitted through on-line abstract submission platform in English. Due to budget constraints we will unfortunately be unable to provide formal simultaneous or sequential translation.
- Presenters will be asked to send a draft of their full papers (of 6000 words, including references) to session organizers by 12 June 2014 (one month prior to the conference).
- All participants MUST register for the World Congress by the early registration deadline of April 1, 2014 in order for their names to appear in the Program Book or in the Abstracts Book. Failure to do so will automatically result in being deleted from the program. For more information on Congress Registration, please visit:
http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2014/congress_registration.htm.
- In accordance with ISA World Congress regulations, a person may not present in a session of which s/he is chair, and no one may be in the World Congress program more than twice – as author, co- author, discussant, plenary speaker, session (co-)chair, critic, roundtable presenter, and/or poster presenter.
- One cannot present a paper in the same session that one is chairing.
Visual Sociology Working Group (WG03) Paper Presentation Sessions:
Globalization; Mediatization and Urban Development: Visually Exploring the Geographic, Social and Democratic Divide
The Visual Culture of Migration: Private and Public Negotiations
The Use of Visual Methods in Ageing Research
Too Much and Too Little: Urban Landscapes of Homelessness and
Gentrification
Post-Conflict Visual Imaginations. Visualizing Social Disparities
Environmental Visibilities. Perceiving, Understanding and Envisioning the Environment
The Shapes of Society; Material, Environmental and Situational Constraints of Interpersonal Space (The Cross-cultural Perspective)
General Visual Sociology Topics:
(In)Visible Design, the Surface and Everything Beneath: Researching Design as a Challenge for Visual Sociology
Film Making, Photography, and Performative Understandings of Method
Exploring Visual Sphere of Youth
Using Visual Material for Knowledge Creation: The Process of Analysis and Interpretation.