The Australian Sociological Association: Members' Newsletter
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Hal Kendig: Unraveling the secret elements of ageing. The Sydney Morning Herald
TASA 2018
Journal of Sociology
The September issue of JoS contains contributions from scholars from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. It leads with Bryan Turner's article on sociology's aversion to happiness and Peter Beilharz's appreciation of the work of Zygmunt Bauman. There are articles on postmodern ethics, the new materialism, robotics and AI, and Tinder. The sociology of youth is particularly well represented, with six articles devoted to this topic. Please note, you can access full-text versions of all JoS articles via the members' section of TASAweb.
Please note: Journal of Sociology Vol. 54, No. 3, September 1, 2018 is now available online.
Sociologists looking for work
There are many members of TASA who are looking for work, from sessional teaching through to applied consultancy research. We have created a registry to provide a way for members who are looking for work to connect with people looking to employ sociologists. We also acknowledge many members are employed precariously, and we hope this registry might help in building connections and networks towards more stable employment.
If you are a sociologist looking for work, we invite you to complete the form on TASAweb to be listed in our public registry of sociologists looking for work. We are using Google Docs to manage this registry, so you will need an account with Google to complete the form and to update your information in the future. Please contact Brady Robards (our Multimedia Portfolio Leader) if you have any questions or concerns.
Call for Academic Submissions
Fellow member Judith Bessant is urging academics, especially those working in the field of youth studies-politics, to make a submission to the Australian Senate inquiry into draft legislation proposing to lower the voting age from 18 to 16. Read on...
Employment Opportunities
New: Sessional Teaching in Health Sociology opportunity at UTAS Sydney. Facilitate workshops with health profession students in the second half of second semester 2018. Enquiries to: Dr Kim McLeod, kim.mcleod@utas.edu.au, 03 6324 5045.
Qualitative and Quantitative Research Social Scientists and Evaluation Specialists, ISSR, The University of Queensland
Multiple job opportunities for qualitative and quantitative research social scientists and experts in policy and program evaluation, The Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), The University of Queensland. They are seeking experienced researchers with a strong track record of working with government, industry or not-for-profits on high impact real-world projects. Jobs at Academic Levels C and D. Fixed term with potential for continuing appointment. Application deadline: September 23. Read on...
Project Officer
Monash University School of Rural Health and the Department of Health and Human Services Cancer Strategy are adapting the Victorian Patient Experiences of Cancer Care Survey (PECC) to ensure it is culturally appropriate and safe for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria. Expressions of interest are invited from persons seeking employment (0.5 FTE, fixed-term Sept 2018-May 2019) located in either Moe/Warragul or Bendigo. Applicant needs to have experience in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, excellent communication and time management skills, a Victorian driving licence and able to travel across Victoria. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. This is an exciting opportunity to play an active role in improving cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Victoria. Position description and further enquiries: Contact Dr Eli Ristevski on (03) 5128 1005 or email eli.ristevski@monash.edu
Members' Publications
Books
The face of internet celebrity is rapidly diversifying and evolving. Online and mainstream celebrity culture are now weaving together, such that breakout stars from one-hit viral videos are able to turn their transient fame into a full-time career. This book presents a framework for thinking about the different forms of internet celebrity that have emerged over the last decade, taking examples from the Global North and South, to consolidate key ideas about cultures of online fame. It discusses the overall landscape, developments and trends in the internet celebrity economy, and cross-cultural lessons.
The book was covered on Female First and book concepts were discussed in this podcast.
Hilde Bjorkhaug, André Magnan, Geoffrey Lawrence (Eds.) (2018). The Financialization of Agri-Food Systems Contested Transformations. Routledge.
Financialization is the increased influence of financial actors and logics on social and economic life, and is one of the key drivers transforming food systems and rural economies around the world. The premise of this book is that the actions of financial actors, and their financial logics, are transforming agri-food systems in profound ways. It is shown that although financialization is a powerful dynamic, some recent developments suggest that the rollout of financialization is contradictory and uneven in different spaces and markets. The book examines cases in which state regulation or re-regulation and social movement resistance are setting roadblocks or speed bumps in the path of financialization, resulting in a ‘cooling off’ of investment, as well as the other side of the argument where there is evidence of a ‘heating up’. The authors address not only the limits to financialization, but also the mechanisms through which financial entities are able to penetrate and re-shape agri-food industries.
Journal - Special Issues
Crystal Abidin (2018). "Histories and Cultures of Emoji Vernacular". First Monday. Volume 23, Issue 9. The special issues contains eight papers discussing various aspects of Emoji Epistemology, and contributions were authored by (mostly) recently graduated or soon-to-be graduated PhD Candidates.
Journal - Articles
Michelle Peterie (2018). Technologies of control: Asylum seeker and volunteer experiences in Australian immigration detention facilities. The Journal of Sociology. Article first published online: September 3, 2018
Informed News & Analysis
Dan Woodman (8 September, 2018). The new boom: Why grandma is a stoner. The NewDaily.
Crystal Abidin (August, 2018). “There's too much pressure on your relationship”: What it's like to break up on YouTube. ShortList.
Crystal Abidin (27 July, 2018). Is a Meme Born in a Private Account Still a Meme? WIRED.
Crystal Abidin (31 July, 2018) 5 Misconceptions about internet celebrities by Crystal Abidin. Female First.
Blogs
Jude McCulloch, JaneMaree Maher & Kate Fitz-Gibbon (7 September, 2018). Policing family violence: duty failures and accountability. LENS, Monash University.
Ann Game (8 September, 2018). Belonging in Anghiari: Filippo Borgogni. Living in Relation.
Podcasts
Crystal Abidin (2018). SocietyNow: Why study 'frivolous' topics like internet celebrity and selfie culture?
Videos
Social Sciences Week event - The Beaumont Children: investigations and implications of cold-cases.
Zines
Call for submissions: submissions are now open for So Fi Zine edition #4. So Fi is a sociological fiction zine for arts-based research, creative sociology, and art inspired by social science. We accept short stories, poetry, photography, photo essays, cartoons, and other creative works. Edition #4 is inspired by a golden thread that runs through Raewyn Connell’s extensive body of work – ‘critique is inadequate: one needs to show alternatives.’ Submissions close on September 30. See sofizine.com for full submission info.
Members' Keynote Invitations
Have you been invited to give a keynote? If so, we'd love to hear about it so that we can list the details in the weekly newsletter here.
Fellow member Rob Stones, Western Sydney University, gave the opening keynote presentation at the Conference, ‘Successful Societies - Crises of Citizenship’, an International Conference organised by the Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity, University of Potsdam, Germany, 6-8th September 2018. The title of the keynote is: ‘Successful Societies, Successful Cities, and the Good Life’. Rob will also be giving the keynote lecture at the conference, ‘Bangkok - City of the Skies’, Annual Conference of the Centre for Contemporary Social and Cultural Studies, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, 19th September 2018. The title of the keynote is: ‘Meta-Theoretical Reflections on Researching the City’.
Promotions
Have you been promoted recently? If so, we'd love to hear about it so that we can share the details in the weekly newsletter here.
Fellow member, and previous TASA President, John Germov is moving from the University of Newcastle to Charles Sturt University. John has been appointed the new Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). You can read all about John's new appointment here.
Other Events, News & Opportunities
Masterclass - call for participants
New - ‘Affect, Knowledge and Embodiment: A Critical Feminist Arts/Research Masterclass.’ Run by Dr Laura Rodriguez Castro, Ashleigh Watson and Samantha Trayhurn. This masterclass will explore ways of practically extending critical and feminist social research with art – specifically with photography, sociological fiction and zine making. Suitable for Honours, Masters and PhD students, and established social researchers. Friday November 16, Monash University, Clayton Campus, 2-6pm (afternoon tea included) This event is free but registration is required. Places are limited. Read on...
Seminars
New - Welfare to work in UK and Australia: Sanctions, Supports and conditionality Tue. 25 September 2018, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Prest Theatre, Faculty of Business and Economics, 111 Barry Street, Carlton Victoria Join Dr Sharon Wright, University of Glasgow; Dr Elise Klein, University of Melbourne; Dr Danielle Thornton and Dr Dina Bowman, Brotherhood of St Laurence; Owen Bennett, President of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union; and David Tennant, CEO, Shepparton Family Care in a lively discussion about welfare to work and conditionality. This event is free but registration is required. Read on...
International Sociological Association
Call for Chapters - Book
Theorising the university: critical perspectives on institutional research Edited by Mark Murphy, Ciaran Burke, Cristina Costa and Rille Raaper Submission deadline: December 1, 2018. Read on...
Call for Submissions - Edited Book
The Rise of the Far-Right:Technologies of Recruitment & Mobilization After decades of existing on the social and political margins, far-right groups and movements are enjoying increasing success and claiming a place in mainstream electoral politics. This call for submissions invites scholars to contribute a chapter to an edited book bringing together research that describes what factors lie behind this rise in the far-right, giving attention to how these groups recruit new members and mobilize action, and their use and involvement with media technologies. Submission deadline: November 15: Read on...
Symposiums
New: Communicating Good Health & Wellbeing: Knowledge Production, Promotion and Advocacy Friday, 23 November 2018
1-Day Medical Sociology Symposium at Deakin University, Burwood Campus
Abstract submission deadline: Sunday September 23. Read on...
10th Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium. 15 -17 October, Hobart, Tasmania. Read on...
Rural Crime and the Law: from community concerns to institutional action 29-30 November, University of New England, Armidale, NST Keynotes: Professor Russell Hogg, QUT, and Mr Steve Bradshaw, retired Assistant Commissioner NSW Police Force. Submission deadline: October 1. Read on...
Conferences
New - Education, Employment and Retirement: Transitions in risk societies III International meeting of Industrial Sociology, Sociology of Organizations and Work 26th -27th November 2018 Faculdade de Letras, University of Lisbon Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...
The future in the past SAANZ – Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand Conference 2018. “The future in the past” is a phrase taken from Ernst Bloch, capturing his attention to the materiality of both past and future, and their interactions, in the present. Submission deadline: November 5. Read on...
EUROPE AND BEYOND: BOUNDARIES, BARRIERS AND BELONGING
14th ESA Conference, 20-23 August 2019 to be held in Manchester / UK. Read on...
DIASPORA CONFERENCE: Diasporas in Action: Working Together for Peace, Development and Humanitarian Response featuring Professor Cindy Horst - Research Director and Research Professor in Migration and Refugee Studies at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 September, University of Melbourne. Read on...
Gift Memberships
Gift memberships are available with TASA. If you would like to purchase a gift membership, please email the following details through to the TASA Office:
- First name of gift recipient;
- email address of gift recipient;
- the membership category you are gifting (see the Membership Categories & Fees section of TASAweb);
- the cost of the membership; and
- who the Membership Invoice should be made out to;
Upon receiving the above details, TASA will email the recipient with full details on how they can take up the gift membership. You can view an example of that email in both Word (39kb) and Pdf (159kb) formats. You will receive an invoice, via email, after the recipient completes the online membership form.
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