Mediating creative practice: Pragmatics Circulating in sites as diverse as design fairs, urban policy documents and TED talks, the ideology of “creativity” has become a powerful discourse in contemporary society. Yet creativity and innovation are [...]
Popular media in North America is full of stories about ‘the crisis in masculinity.’ Many normative assumptions about what it means to be a man or to be masculine are being challenged. Even ‘hypermasculine’ arenas [...]
This session will include papers and presentations focused on mental health outcomes across various social contexts, including the workplace, neighbourhood, and family. The general definition of “social context” will be quite broad. Session Organizer: Marisa [...]
This session will examine the stories of victim/survivors tell of their experiences of abuse and their help seeking and coping strategies. We would be particularly interested in victim/survivor’s experiences of the “helping” professions; police, prosecutors, [...]
Session invites presentations to case studies of ethnogeneses,ethnic conflicts, nation-making, separatism, secession, ethno-national diversity, multicutlrualism and other related themes, particularly critical and/or theory-oriented ones. Comparative, historical, demographic, qualitative, quantitative, and any other contributions are welcome. [...]