Schedule

Food Studies

Food plays a significant role in social life. The production, preparation and consumption of food have mutually shaped and been shaped by social histories, systems, spaces, technologies, meanings, relations, and ways of being and orientations to being. This session invites papers that attend to the theme of food, especially in media, popular culture, and/ or theory. Session Organizer and Chair: Ondine Park, University of British Columbia

Sociology of Culture Research Cluster

This session bridges themes of culture consumption, culture production, and social critique. Presentations in this session analyze the relationships between social dynamics and cultural production. Session Organizers: Taylor Price, New York University Sonia Bookman, University of Manitoba

Work, Professions and Occupations Research Cluster

This session features research relating to work challenges and opportunities experienced. Session Organizers: Vivian Shalla, University of Guelph Tracey L. Adams, Western University Karen Hughes, University of Alberta

Animals in Society Research Cluster

This year's conference centers on the nature and process of partnerships between academia and “diverse publics for social impact” within Canada, and internationally. In this session, presenters will consider how these collaborations impact nonhuman and human animals in myriad ways. Session Organizers and Chairs: Rochelle Stevenson, Thompson Rivers University Sarah May Lindsay, Western University

Social Networks Research Cluster

This panel gathers scholarship exploring diverse sites to engage key questions of social belonging (drawing on Bourdieu’s concept of ‘social capital’ [1986], and Stuart Hall’s ‘meaning-making’ [1980]) in a postmodern and (post)colonial present. Foregrounding the practices, identities, performances, products, and representations of diverse agents with different citizenships, claims to social membership, experiences, and struggles, it seeks to interrogate how personal belonging is negotiated in localized spaces increasingly understood in relation to global networks, movements, and communal forms. This includes the negotiation of racialization, police violence, and identity in the cultural production of African diaspora communities in Canada, the role of shame in cycles of intimate-partner violence, misrepresentations of First Nations in the Discover Canada citizenship guide, articulations of hope in the practices of women content creators within and beyond digital platforms, eco-social movements in the Balkan region following the Yugoslav Wars, as well as the impacts of emergent public spaces and social media on dynamics of violence and alienation. We stress the roles of agents in the formation of social bonds and personal identities, as well as the strategies researchers use to spotlight this agency. Session Organizer and Chair: Tyler Correia, University Canada West

Teaching and Learning Cluster

The Teaching and Learning Cluster meeting is open to current members and those interested in learning more about our cluster activities. Attendees will have an opportunity to network with others working in this field of research and/or teaching. We welcome feedback on our current activities and encourage suggestions for future initiatives. Session Organizer: Silvia Bartolic, University of British Columbia

Work, Professions and Occupations Research Cluster

This session features research addressing barrier at work. Session Organizers: Vivian Shalla, University of Guelph Tracey L. Adams, Western University Karen Hughes, University of Alberta

Canadian Network in Durkheimian Studies Research Cluster

The Network of Durkheimian Studies Research Cluster meeting is open to current members and those interested in learning more about our cluster activities. Attendees will have an opportunity to network with others working in this field of research and/or teaching. We welcome feedback on our current activities and encourage suggestions for future initiatives. Session Organizer: Ronjon Paul Datta, University of Windor

Social Networks Research Cluster

This panel gathers scholarship exploring diverse sites to engage key questions of social belonging (drawing on Bourdieu’s concept of ‘social capital’ [1986], and Stuart Hall’s ‘meaning-making’ [1980]) in a postmodern and (post)colonial present. Foregrounding the practices, identities, performances, products, and representations of diverse agents with different citizenships, claims to social membership, experiences, and struggles, it seeks to interrogate how personal belonging is negotiated in localized spaces increasingly understood in relation to global networks, movements, and communal forms. This includes the negotiation of racialization, police violence, and identity in the cultural production of African diaspora communities in Canada, the role of shame in cycles of intimate-partner violence, misrepresentations of First Nations in the Discover Canada citizenship guide, articulations of hope in the practices of women content creators within and beyond digital platforms, eco-social movements in the Balkan region following the Yugoslav Wars, as well as the impacts of emergent public spaces and social media on dynamics of violence and alienation. We stress the roles of agents in the formation of social bonds and personal identities, as well as the strategies researchers use to spotlight this agency. Session Organizer and Chair: Tyler Correia, University Canada West

Work, Professions and Occupations Research Cluster

The Work, Professions, and Occupations Research Cluster meeting is open to current members and those interested in learning more about our cluster activities. Attendees will have an opportunity to network with others working in this field of research and/or teaching. We welcome feedback on our current activities and encourage suggestions for future initiatives. Session Organizers: Vivian Shalla, University of Guelph Tracey L. Adams, Western University Karen Hughes, University of Alberta

Animals in Society Research Cluster

Embracing interdisciplinary approaches, the Animals in Society Research Cluster recognizes and respects that we are all animals in a shared society. We welcome all who are interested in learning more about our cluster activities, the teaching and research that is ongoing in this area, or are just curious about Animals in Society! The meeting will provide opportunities to connect with other scholars, space for feedback on our current activities, and discussions about future initiatives. We look forward to seeing you there! Session Organizers: Rochelle Stevenson, Thompson Rivers University Sarah May Lindsay, Western University

Institutional Ethnography Research Cluster

This inaugural meeting of the Institutional Ethnography Research Cluster is open to those interested in connecting with others working in this field. Our first meeting is an important opportunity to propose and organize future initiatives and to set the directions for this new cluster. Session Organizers: Colin Hastings, University of Waterloo Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University

Violence and Society Research Cluster

The Violence and Society Research Cluster meeting is open to current members and those interested in learning more about our cluster activities. The cluster is especially welcoming new participants and emerging scholars who would like to contribute their opinions to the activities of the cluster or to volunteer their time to its work. Attendees will have an opportunity to network with others working in this field of research and teaching. We welcome feedback on our current activities and encourage suggestions for future initiatives. Session Organizers: Lily Ivanova, University of British Columbia Robert Nonomura, Western University