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The deadline for submitting your proposal to host either the 2019 or 2020 TASA Conference has been extended to Friday December 8. Full details are available on the Call for Expressions of Interest web page.

An updated overview of the upcoming #TASA2017 program is available here. The concurrent sessions timetable will be available on the conference site tomorrow.

Nexus

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Members' Publications

Books

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Paternoster, Henry (2017). Reimagining Class in Australia: Marxism, Populism and Social Science. Springer.

This book re-evaluates New Left and Marxist texts from the 1980s, in order to explore problems facing the study of ‘class’ which have emerged within Australian and international theories. The author contrasts the popular ideas of Connell, Bourdieu and the ‘Death of Class’ thesis, with those of lesser known texts, concluding that no single definition can account for the various historical meanings of class.

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O’Loughlin, Kate, Browning, Colette, Kendig, Hal (Eds.). (2017). Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer.

This book examines the many faces of Australia’s ageing population, the social and health issues they contend with, and the steps being taken—and many that should be taken—to help ensure a more positive and productive later life.

Book Chapters

Hookway, N. (2017) ‘Archives of Everyday Life: Research Blogs’, in V. Clarke and Braun (ed), Qualitative Data Collection: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Hookway, N. and Snee, H (2017) 'The Blogosphere’, in N.G. Fielding, R.M. Lee, and Blank, G., The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods (3rd edn), London: Sage.

Hookway, N. and Ezzy, D. (2017) 'Aesthetic and Relational Ethics: Beyond Bauman's Postmodern Ethics’ in M.H Jacobsen (ed), Beyond Bauman: Critical Engagements and Creative Excursions, Routledge: New York.

Reports

Ruth McNair, Cal Andrews, Sharon Parkinson & Deb Dempsey (2017). LGBTQ Homelessness: Risks, Resilience, and Access to Services in Victoria

Journal Articles

Tan, H. and Forbes-Mewett, H. (In press) Whose ‘fault’ is it? Becoming Homeless in Singapore. Urban Studies (accepted 28 Oct 2017).

Forbes-Mewett, H. and Wickes, R. (2017) The neighbourhood context of crime against international students. Journal of Sociology. Published online before print.

Persson A;Newman CE;Hamilton M;Bryant J;Wallace J;valentine K, 2017, 'Families Living with Blood-Borne Viruses: The Case for Extending the Concept of “Serodiscordance”', Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, vol. 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4352783

Persson AS;Newman CE;Manolas P;Holt M;Callander D;Gordon T;de Wit J, 2017, 'Challenging perceptions of “straight”: Heterosexual men who have sex with men and the cultural politics of sexual identity categories', Men and Masculinities, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184X17718586

Newman CE;Persson A;Manolas P;Schmidt HM A;Ooi C;Rutherford A;de Wit J, 2017, '“So Much Is at Stake”: Professional Views on Engaging Heterosexually Identified Men who Have Sex with Men with Sexual Health Care in Australia', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-017-0291-z

Wright, K., Swain, S. & McPhillips, K. (2017). The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect

MacDonald, F. (2017) Positioning young refugees in Australia: media discourse and social exclusion, Journal of Inclusive Education.

EveVincent, RoseButler, & Christina Ho (2017). ‘They try to avoid.’ How do parents’ feelings about ethnicised and classed differences shape gentrifying school communities? Emotions, Space & Society.

Garth Stahl & Cynthia Brock (2017). Theorizing Boys’ Literacies and Boys’ Literatures in Contemporary Times. Boyhood Studies.

Hookway, N. (2017) The Moral Self: Class, Narcissism and the Problem of Do-It-Yourself Moralities, The Sociological Review (online before print): http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0038026117699540

Hookway, N. (2017) 'Zygmunt Bauman’s Moral Saint: Reclaiming Self in the Sociology of Morality’, Acta Sociologica (online before print): http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0001699316688947

Hookway, N. and Graham, T. (2017) ’22 Push-Ups for a Cause: Depicting the Moral Self via Social Media Campaign #Mission22’, MC Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture: http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/1270

Clarke, R., Hookway, N., and Burgess, R. (2017) ‘Reading in Community, Reading for Community: A Survey of Book Clubs in Regional Australia, Journal of Australian Studies

Hookway, N., Elmer, S. and Frandsen, M. (2017) ‘Risk, Morality and Emotion: Social Media Responses to Pregnant Women Who Smoke’, Health, Risk and Society (Online before print): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13698575.2017.1385731?journalCode=chrs20

Informed News & Analysis

Rob White: Criminality and Climate Change, University of Tasmania

Peter Robinson: Gay rebels: why some older homosexual men don’t support same-sex marriage, The Conversation

Michael Flood: Do parents of boys view sexual violence differently to parents of girls? The Sydney Morning Herald

Blog Posts

Abidin, Crystal. 2017. “Not Just Another Gangnam Style.” Anthropology News website, October 24, 2017. doi: 10.1111/AN.631

Podcasts

Nicholas Hookway: RAW Masculinity, ABC TAS StateWide Mornings with Leon Compton

Videos

Brady Robards et al. New Sexes in the City? - Current gender challenges and possibilities

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.

Thematic Group Events

Emotions and Social Theory Workshop

The Social Theory thematic group of TASA and the Contemporary Emotions Research Network (UOW) are running a collaborative workshop on emotions and social theory. November 27, University of Wollongong.

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

NINE spots left, CLICK HERE to register

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Inequality Campaign - Share the Pie

Fellow member Dina Bowman is a part of the 'Share the Pie' campaign: Are we all getting a fair share of Australia's pie? "There is growing concern in our community that the Newstart Allowance for unemployed people is inadequate. Australia is a prosperous nation, but now has one of the lowest unemployment payments in the developed world."The 'Share the Pie' campaign is an initiative to help "spur community conversation about inequality issues and a ‘fair go’ for all."

Bursaries Opportunity

2 x Honours Bursaries from Monash Population, Migration and Social Inclusion Focus Program

In 2018 the Monash Population, Migration and Social Inclusion (PMSI) Focus Program is offering two Honours Bursaries (value $3,000) to support students to undertake research that aligns with our research agenda. PMSI aims to provide understandings of the social, economic and physical impact of population growth in Australia with a specific focus on short and long term consequences of increased immigration for social inclusion as well as settlement experiences for regular and irregular migrant groups.

For further information on these bursaries including eligibility and application details visit our Honours bursary webpage or contact Rebecca Powell Rebecca.powell@monash.edu Applications close TOMORROW November 10, 2017.

Public Lecture

Flinders Sociology 40th Anniversary Raewyn Connell Public Lecture Flinders Victoria Square, Adelaide. Tuesday November 21, 5:30pm Space is limited, RSVP is essential. Read on...

Workshop

HASS Centres of Excellence workshop for the forthcoming ARC Centres of Excellence rounds. Monday, 11 December, 10:00am–4:00pm, ACT Free Admission: Bookings essential. RSVP: by 4 December. Read on...

Symposiums

Health Inequities, Trade and Global Governance Research Symposium La Trobe University's Centre for Health Law and Society 30 November Registration is free but essential. Read on...

Working with Communities: Alcohol & Other Drug Intervention & Policy Research National Drug Research Institute 30th Anniversary Symposium Thursday 30 November, 8:30am-5pm Registration free but essential. Read on...

Conferences

New: Power & Governance: Forms, Dynamics, Consequences Tampere, Finland, 27–29 August 2018 For session and paper proposal deadlines, please read on...

Abolitionist Approaches to Social Problems The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) August 10-12, 2018, Philadelphia Submission deadline: January 31, 2018. Read on...

Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Alternative Economic Models and Responses to Decline in Contemporary Society 21-22 May 2018 in Warsaw, Poland Submission deadline: December 10. Read on...

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...

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