The Australian Sociological Association: Members' Newsletter
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Congratulations
A warm congratulations is extended to the following members:
- Professor Alan Petersen and Professor Deborah Lupton have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia for their distinguished contributions to their disciplines and to society.
- Dr Helen Forbes-Mewett has been appointed to the Victorian Multicultural Commission Regional Advisory Council for the Eastern Metropolitan Region recognising her significant work with the community and policy makers. Read on...
'Where sociologists work' pilot project
EoI for postgraduate consultancy work
TASA is looking to hire a postgraduate member as a consultant to write a 1000 word report for the TASA blog highlighting the contribution of applied sociology in diverse workplaces outside of academe. To inform the report, the consultant will conduct and record an interview with an applied sociologist and where possible visit their workplace. Expression of Interest deadline: October 14. Read on...
Nexus
Call for short essays: Research Ethics
The Nexus editors are calling for short essays on 'Research Ethics' in sociological practice for next issue. The deadline is October 13 to nexus@tasa.org.au.
Doctoral completions
Have you completed a PhD, professional doctorate or similar degree in recent months? If so, we would like to publish details in Nexus. Please complete this form and email it to the editors at nexus@tasa.org.au so that they get the details right. Congratulations!
Members' Publications
Books
Congratulations
A warm congratulations is extended to fellow member Sara James on the publication of her first sole-authored book, Making a Living, Making a Life: Work, Meaning and Self-Identity
Sara James (2018). Making a Living, Making a Life: Work, Meaning and Self-Identity, Routledge
In a world in which individuals will undergo multiple career changes, is it possible any longer to conceive of a job as a meaningful vocation? Against the background of fragmentation and rationalisation of work, this book explores the significance and meaning of work in contemporary life, raising the question of whether people continue to feel motivated to dedicate their lives to their work, or must now look to other areas of life for meaning. Based on rich, in-depth interviews conducted with workers of different ages and across a broad range of occupations in the major city of Melbourne, Making a Living, Making a Life reveals that work continues to be a source of pride, passion and purpose, the author shedding light on the ways in which cultural narratives, collective meanings and structural factors influence people’s feelings about work.
Congratulations
A warm congratulations is also extended to fellow member Steven Threadgold on the publication of his first sole-authored book, Youth, Class and Everyday Struggles.
Steven Threadgold (2018). Youth, Class and Everyday Struggles, Routledge
The concept of everyday struggles can enliven our understanding of the lives of young people and how social class is made and remade. This book invokes a Bourdieusian spirit to think about the ways young people are pushed and pulled by the normative demands directed at them from an early age, whilst they reflexively understand that allegedly available incentives for making the ‘right’ choices and working hard – financial and familial security, social status and job satisfaction – are a declining prospect.
Kristine Aquino (2018). Racism and Resistance among the Filipino Diaspora: Everyday Anti-racism in Australia. Routledge.
Filipino migrants constitute one of the largest global diasporas today. In Australia, Filipino settlement is markedly framed by the country’s on-going nation-building project that continues to racialise immigrants and delineate the possibilities and limits of belonging to the national community.
This book explores the ways in which Filipino migrants in Australia experience, understand and negotiate racism in their everyday lives.
Forthcoming: Nicholas, Lucy & Agius, Christine (2018) The Persistence of Global Masculinism: Discourse, Gender and Neo-Colonial Re-Articulations of Violence. Springer. Read on...
Forthcoming: Forbes-Mewett, H. (2018) The New Security: Individual, Community and Cultural Experiences. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills.
Book Chapters
Thomson, S. B., Nyland, C. and Forbes-Mewett, H. (2017) Stigma and Multi-National Corporations. In S.B. Thomson and G. Grady (eds), Stigmas, Work and Organizations, Palgrave Macmillan, 207-228.
Jiamin Gan and Helen Forbes-Mewett (2017) International Students Mental Health: An Australian case study of Singaporean students’ perceptions. In K. Bista (ed.), Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education: Tensions and Issues. Routledge (Taylor & Francis, USA) (forthcoming).
Forbes-Mewett, H. (2018) Responsibility, in Bruce A. Arrigo and Geoffrey J. Golson (eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Book Reviews
Review by Mike Dee for Policy Press of: Youth Marginality in Britain: Contemporary Studies of Austerity, by Shane Blackman (Editor), Ruth Rogers (Editor)
Journal Articles
Segrave, M., Forbes-Mewett, H. and Keel, C. (2017) Migration Review Tribunal decisions in student visa cancellation appeals: Sympathy, hardship and exceptional circumstances. Current Issues in Criminal Justice 29 (1).
Forbes-Mewett, H. and Wickes, R. (Accepted 15 August 2017) The neighbourhood context of crime against international students. Journal of Sociology.
Wilson Otengah, Erick Ater Onyango, Noah M.O Sanganyi, & Crispinous Iteyo(2017) Compelled By Conditions: Dynamics Surrounding Care Givers Verdicts In Alternative Family Care For Children In Kenya, International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies,Volume 4,No. 5(74-78)
Meenagh, J. (2017) Breaking up and hooking up: A young woman's experience of "sexual empowerment" Feminism & Psychology, Online first, September 29, doi.org/10.1177/0959353517731434
Blogs
Lucy Nicholas: The Benchmark Sociologist
Yarrow Andrew: Could I be an ally?
James Arvanitakis: Cultures of Resistance
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.
Peta Cook: 2nd National Forum - Age friendly cities Australia, 3-4 October, Tasmania
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.
Thematic Group Events
Youth Symposium - Research Methods in Youth Studies: Doing ‘Difference Differently’ 22 November, 2017, University of Melbourne Invited speakers: Professor Greg Noble, Professor Anita Harris, Professor Pam Nilan, Dr Julia Coffey, Dr Brady Robards
2017 TASA Health Day - Registration is now open for TASA's 2017 Health Day. Mobilising health sociology for impact: How can complex understandings of injustice and inequality be used in policy and practice? Friday 13th October, UNSW Sydney
Other Events & News
International Sociological Association
ISAGRAM, issue 154, october 2017
Call for Papers
Consumer Vulnerability: Advancing a multidisciplinary perspective of vulnerability The Editors are looking for interdisciplinary perspective on consumer vulnerability. Submission deadline: 12 February, 2018. Read on...
Report Launch
'Temporary Migration and Family Violence: An analysis of victimisation, vulnerability and support'. The Monash Gender and Family Violence Program and the Border Crossing Observatory, together with InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence will be launching a report into temporary migration and family violence. This report is based on a research collaboration with InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence in 2016, and draws on an extensive evidence base.
The report will be launched by Helen Kapalos, the Chair of the Victorian Multicultural Commission, on Thursday 12th October at 11am at the Monash Law Chambers (555 Latrobe St, Melbourne). To RSVP, please submit your details directly here.
CHASS
14th CHASS Annual General Meeting Tuesday, 10 October 2017 at Meeting Room, Level 5, Building 37, RMIT University, 411 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. Read on...
2017 CHASS Australia Prizes Dinner: the annual celebration of achievements in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) in Australia. 10th October at RMIT University's Storey Hall Auditorium from 6pm till 10pm. Read on...
Symposiums
Working with Communities: Alcohol and Other Drug Intervention and Policy Research November 30, Bentley, WA This is a free event, registration is essential. Read on...
Southern Knowledge Symposium: Valuing Wisdom and Know-how from beyond the West Fellow members Raewyn Connell, Maggie Walter & Kim McCleod are a part of this event 2-3 November, University of Tasmania. Read on...
Newsletter Submissions
We encourage you to support your colleagues by sharing details of your latest publications with them via this newsletter. No publication is too big or too small. Any mention of sociology is of value to our association, and to the discipline, so please do send through details of your latest publication (fully referenced) for the next newsletter, to the TASA Office. Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning.
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