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TASA 2018
Conference App
The 2018 Local Organising Committee have arranged to have an event App. The App already has some content on it with more to come in the next few weeks. The full details and instructions on how to download the App are available on the conference site.
Postgraduate Day
TASA 2018 Postgraduate Day will run on Monday November 19. The program is available on the conference site.
Registration
The presenter registration has closed. The Early Bird registration closes this Monday, October 1st. Read on...
Employment Opportunity
Contract Sociology/Criminology opportunity at UTAS. Teach 2nd year unit Sport and Crime in November. Email EOI and CV to Professor Catherine Palmer by 30th Sept 2018.
Scholarship Opportunities
The University of Newcastle have a scholarship opportunity on a project, 'Low Carbon Energy Transition'. The successful candidate will contribute to a cross-institutional research project investigating the political dynamics of the low carbon energy transition within the Australian energy industry. Application deadline: October 31. Read on...
The Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University have a scholarship opportunity on a project, 'India's Changing Cities and Informal Work'. The project is suitable for candidates with strong interests in informal work, migration and cities. Application deadline: November 11. Read on...
Sociologists looking for work
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.
Members' Publications
Books
Providing a state of the art overview, this comprehensive Handbook is an essential introduction to the subject of Gender and Social Policy. Bringing together original contributions and research from leading researchers it covers the theoretical perspectives of the field, the central policy terrain of gender inequalities of income, employment and care, and family policy. Examining gender and social policy at both the regional and national level, the Handbook is an excellent resource for advanced students and scholars of sociology, political science, women’s studies, policy studies as well as practitioners seeking to understand how gender shapes the contours of social policy and politics.
Catherine Gomes (2018). Siloed Diversity: Transnational Migration, Digital Media and Social Networks. Palgrave Pivot.
This book examines the experiences of transient migrants in the Asia-Pacific, and in so doing provides new ways of understanding diversity. By focusing on the transient destination hubs of Australia and Singapore, Catherine Gomes shifts our thinking about diversity for two disruptive reasons: the increasingly large and global transient flows of people and our everyday reliance on digital media. The unprecedented usage of digital media influences not only communication patterns and information-seeking behaviour, but has also led to the rapid evolution of the very nature of entertainment and news, and directly impacted on our documenting and mapping of self (e.g. posts of photographs, opinions and links on social media timelines). The book introduces readers to the concept of siloed diversity - a phenomenon which occurs when people rely on a hierarchy of identities developed while in transience to make connections and disconnections with others.
Catherine Gomes and Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Eds. (2018). Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific: Transformative Experiences in the Age of Digital Media. Rowman & Littlefield.
This edited collection interrogates the diversity of transnational migration experiences in the Asia-Pacific through the lens of digital ethnography in order to explore the transformative effects digital media plays in these experiences. While there has been work on the various ways in which internet communication technologies (ICTs) particularly mobile communication allows for various forms of connectivity between individuals and groups in this age of hyper (transnational) mobility, there is a scarcity on the way digital media presents challenges, creates agency and alters relationships within the broad umbrella of the transnational migration experience. The authors in this collection– who come from diverse disciplinary backgrounds across social, cultural, education and communication research – present cutting edge cross and trans disciplinary analyses of transnational migration where digital media becomes a creative, if not fundamental avenue, for migrants to develop new strategies for dealing with their cross-border mobilities.
Book Chapters
Belinda Hewitt & Michelle Brady. Making and unmaking families. In Shaver, S. (Ed.), (2018) Handbook on Gender and Social Policy. Edward Elger. pp. 289-306.
Catherine Gomes (2018). Navigating through the hostility: international students in Singapore . In Abe W. Ata, Ly Thi Tran & Indika Liyanage (Eds.), Educational Reciprocity and Adaptivity: International Students and Stakeholders. Routledge.
Journal - Articles
Jenny Chesters, Jonathan Smith, Hernan Cuervo, Jacqueline Laughland-Booÿ, Johanna Wyn, Zlatko Skrbiš, & Dan Woodman (2018). Young adulthood in uncertain times: The association between sense of personal control and employment, education, personal relationships and health. Journal of Sociology. Article first published online: September 25, 2018
David Farrugia (2108). The formation of young workers: The cultivation of the self as a subject of value to the contemporary labour force. Current Sociology. Article first published online: September 25, 2018
Mary Holmes & Jordan McKenzie (2018). Relational happiness through recognition and redistribution: Emotion and inequality. European Journal of Social Theory. Article first published online: September 25, 2018
Judy Rose & Belinda Hewitt (2018). Does part-time employment status really reduce time pressure? Journal of Sociology. Article first published online: September 20, 2018
Catherine Gomes (2018). Identity as a strategy for negotiating everyday life in transience: A case study of Asian foreign talent in Singapore. Current Sociology. Article first published online: September 13, 2018.
Adele Pavlidis (2018). Making “space” for women and girls in sport: an agenda for Australian geography. Geographical Research.
Archana P. Voola et al. (2018. Families and food: exploring food well-being in poverty. European Journal of Marketing.
Informed News & Analysis
Jenny Kennedy, Larissa Nicholls, Paula Arcari & Yolande Strengers (27 September, 2018). One reason people install smart home tech is to show off to their friends. The Conversation.
Emma Rowe (24 September, 2018). Public schools losing out in political power plays. The Conversation.
Crystal Abidin (24 September, 2018). Shadow Economies Of The Influencer Industry. MinuteHack.
Crystal Abidin (13 September, 2018). What is an internet celebrity any way? CYBOROLOGY.
Blogs
Crystal Abidin (23 September, 2018). Public shaming, Peer surveillance, and the Profitability of internet drama. WISHCRYS.
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 Theresa Petray is to be one of the keynote speakers at the Public Lecture Activist Movements and Social Theory.
Fellow member Andrew Jakubowicz is to be one of the keynote speakers at the Metropolis Conference New thinking on migration starts here.
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.
Other Events, News & Opportunities
Seminar
New: Regional transition, structural adjustment and multi-level policymaking: A comparative case study of Australian and Canadian auto cities John Tierney, PhD candidate in Sociology, IRPS/ACU. Thursday 4th October, 11am-12pm, Melbourne. Read on...
Public Lecture
New: Activist Movements and Social Theory The Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture
168 Lonsdale st, Melbourne
Friday, 23rd November 4:30pm Speakers include fellow member Theresa Petray Bursuries available for TASA postgraduate members. For more details, and
registration, Read on...
PhD Summer School and One Day Conference
Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities
January 2019 in Sydney, Australia
Hosted by the Community Economies Strategic Initiative, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Registrations will open December 5. Read on...
Masterclass - call for participants
‘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...
Call for Papers - Journal
New: 2019 Special Issue Call for papers: Disability and Children's Rights. The Canadian Journal on Children’s Rights (CJCR) Submissions deadline: April 1, 2019. Read on...
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: Real and Digital Experiences: Latin American Migrants in Australia 1 November, 2018, RMIT University, Melbourne Registration deadline: October 22. Read on...
New: EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION Symposium: "Communicating Good Health & Wellbeing: Knowledge Production, Promotion and Advocacy" Friday, 23 November, Deakin University, Burwood Campus. (note, this is the day after the TASA conference at Deakin University) New Submission Deadline: Monday October 1st, 8pm (Melbourne time) Submit 300 word abstract and 100 bio to: comhealth2018@gmail.com. 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: New thinking on migration starts here Metropolis Conference, 29 October – 2 November, Sydney Explore migrant voices in a connected world - a place for advocating social change or platform for cyber racism? Keynotes include fellow member Andrew Jakubowicz. Read on...
A conference on rural crime, law and practice, and the criminal justice response Thursday 29 and Friday 30 November, 2018, University of New England Abstract submissions & Early-bird registrations close Monday 1st October. Read on...
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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