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Gift memberships are available with TASA. If you would like to purchase a gift membership, please see the bottom of this newsletter for details on how to.

Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to fellow member Yvette Maker who was recently awarded a PhD in sociology:

Maker, Y. 2017, Beyond breadwinners, caregivers, martyrs and burdens: a new framework for managing competing claims in care and support policy, PhD thesis, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne.

Nexus

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 forward to the editors at nexus@tasa.org.au for inclusion in the March issue of Nexus. Congratulations!

Employment Opportunity

Research Manager – Yamatji Marpla Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC) Perth

Challenging leadership role of an experienced technical team for anthropological research to support Native Title for the Pilbara, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of WA. Support legal services and Knowledge Partnerships initiatives and all related reporting, budgets, project activity and stakeholder management in line with YMAC’s strategy. Please contact Doug McKay, Executive Consultant, for a confidential discussion on 08 9323 0208 or apply via https://jobs-apac.hudson.com searching for “Research Manager” or reference “6B/17877”.

2018 TASA Awards

Stephen Crook Memorial Prize - Closes April 30. Read on...
Raewyn Connell Prize - Closes April 30. Read on...
Outstanding Service to TASA - Closes May 31. Read on...
Distinguished Service to Australian Sociology - Closes May 31. Read on...
Sociology in Action - Closes June 15. Read on...
Outstanding Contributions to Teaching in Australian Sociology - Closes June 15. Read on...
Early Career Researcher – Best Paper Prize - Closes June 30. Read on...

For details, please go to the Social Sciences Week website.

Members' Publications

Books

Nick Osbaldiston (2018) Towards a Sociology of the Coast:Our Past, Present and Future Relationship to the Shore, Palgrave Macmillan UK

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This book seeks to understand the coast as a place that has deep significance both historically and sociologically. Using several case studies in Australia, the author uses Max Weber’s approach to rationalisation to understand the different ways coasts have been interpreted throughout modern history. While today, coastal places are known for their aspects of lifestyle or adventure, their histories, underpinned by colonialism and industrialization, are vastly different.

Book Reviews

Narelle Warren (2018) 'Book Review: Kim McLeod, Wellbeing Machine: How Health Emerges from the Assemblages of Everyday Life', Journal of Sociology

Book Chapters

Aqua Hastings (2017) Outback Healing: Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine across Shifting Socio-Cultural Landscapes in Holmes, T., & Cherniack, P. (eds.) Complementary Medicine and Culture: The Changing Cultural Territory of Local and Global Healing Practices, Ch. 2

Journal - Articles

Smith, G.J.D. (2018) 'Data doxa: The affective consequences of data practices', Big Data & Society, 5(1): 1-15, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951717751551. Open Access available at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053951717751551

Olga Maksimenko (2017) 'Environmental Consciousness: Definitions and Classification', Social Studies / Studime Sociale, Vol. 11. No. 3, 2017, pp. 25-30. Social Studies is the official Journal of the Albanian Institute of Sociology (AIS).

Gahan, L. (2018). Separated Same-sex Parents: Troubling the Same-sex Parented Family. Sociological Research Online, Online First - January 22 2018, 1-17. doi:10.1177/1360780418754699

Bianca Fileborn, Graham Brown, Anthony Lyons, Sharron Hinchliff, Wendy Heywood, Victor Minichiello, Sue Malta, Catherine Barrett & Pauline Crameri (2018) Safer Sex in Later Life: Qualitative Interviews With Older Australians on Their Understandings and Practices of Safer Sex. The Journal of Sex Research.

Sarah MacLean, Amy Pennay & Robin Room (2018) ‘You’re repulsive’: Limits to acceptable drunken comportment for young adults, International Journal of Drug Policy, March 2018, Volume 53, Pages 106–112

Parsell, Cameron and Clarke, Andrew (2017) Agency in advanced liberal services: grounding sociological knowledge in homeless people's accounts. British Journal of Sociology. DOI:10.1111/1468-4446.12346

Clarke, Andrew (2017) Analyzing problematization as a situated practice in critical policy studies: a case study of ‘customer focus’ policy in urban compliance services. Critical Policy Studies. DOI:10.1080/19460171.2017.1414619

Reports

Karen Soldatic, 'A Study of War -affected Women with Disabilities in Sri Lanka: Pre -consultation Report'

Informed News & Analysis

Maggie Walter, 'First reconciliation, then a republic – starting with changing the date of Australia Day', The Conversation

Nik Taylor, 'Animals help refugee kids', Education Today

Blogs

Ben Eltham & James Arvanitakis, 'Spoon-feeding and the Massified University. Are university courses really getting dumber?

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 Christy Arnott, ASDF Research, is speaking at Clearwater Water Drinks, February 12, The Boatbuilders Yard, Melbourne. Christy will discuss community consultation & communication approaches that can assist organisations in Industry Water Management planning.

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.

Thematic Group Events

The next thematic group funding submission deadline is March 1st, 2018. If you have an idea for an event, we encourage you to share details with your fellow members/group conveners. More details about the funding round will follow soon.

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Migration Program 2018-19 Discussion Paper

The Department of Home Affairs has released a discussion paper, Managing Australia’s Migrant Intake, as part of the consultation process for planning the 2018-19 Migration Program. The paper is available here. This consultation process presents an opportunity to shape Australia's Migration Program over the medium to long term so that migrants are positive contributors to Australia's economy, values and society.

You are invited to consider making a submission in response to the paper. Submissions are due by close of business Friday 2 February 2018 via email to migration.policy@homeaffairs.gov.au.

Call for Papers - Journals

Popular Music and Society invites article proposals for a special issue on Regional and Rural Popular Music Scenes. Guest-edited by Andy Bennett, David Cashman, and Natalie Lewandowski Proposals due by June 30. Read on...

Journal for the Academic Study of Religion invites contributions to a Special issue Religion at the Royal Commission. Abstract submission deadline: March 1. Read on...

Journal of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, New University of Lisbon (CICS.NOVA). This Call for Papers is continuously open and papers should be sent to forum@fcsh.unl.pt. Read on...

Routledge Studies in Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South
Call for Proposals The series provides an opportunity to illustrate the work of emerging and established scholars who are challenging traditional paradigms in the fields of crime and justice. Read on...

Consumer Vulnerability: Advancing a multidisciplinary perspective of vulnerability The Editors are looking for interdisciplinary perspective on consumer vulnerability. Submission deadline: 12 February. Read on...

Call for Book Proposals

Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research Read on...

Call for Themed Issues

New: Journal of Applied Social Theory Call for Themed Issues Submission deadline: April 30. Read on...

Workshops

TQ2U is an international touring version of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology’s (IIQM) globally acclaimed ‘Thinking Qualitatively’ (“TQ”) workshop series. February 17 - 18, Canberra. Read on...

Symposiums

Australian Mothering in Contemporary and Historical Perspective 15-16 February, The University of Melbourne. Read on...

Conferences

New: Health and Illness in the Neoliberal Era RN16 - Sociology of Health and Illness 18 - 20 April, University of Turin, Italy. Read on...

Power & Governance: Forms, Dynamics, Consequences Tampere, Finland, 27–29 August 2018 Submission deadline: March 30. Read on...

Caring of People in a Pluralistic Way: Towards an Interdisciplinary Management of Persons with Mental Disorders Morocco, 7 - 9 May Submission deadline: April 25. Read on...

4S 2018 Conference: Call for Papers, Closed Panels, Making and Doing Presentations, and STS Across Borders Exhibits Sydney, Australia, 29 August to 1 September 2018 Submissions close: February 1. Read on...

X PORTUGUESE CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY Covilhã, University of Beira Interior July, 10 - 12, 2018 Submission deadline: January 28. Read on...

Woman – science – society 24 April 2018 in Warsaw (Poland) Submission deadline: January 31. 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. Read on...

Gift Memberships

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