This session invites papers on the sociology of development. Social forces often play a significant role in shaping not only economic development, but also human, social and political development. Works are invited that examine the [...]
Nov 162012
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All scholars interested in the sociology of development are invited to the Development Sociology meeting. The meeting has two objectives. The first will be community building among scholars interested in the sociology of development. Second, [...]
Nov 162012
Automobility – or the complex and expanding system associated with, and foundational to, motor vehicle transportation – is fundamental to heterogeneous contemporary social and spatial practices. In recent years, critical scholars have increasingly problematized the [...]
Nov 162012
This session has been subdivided to feature into two sessions. Digital Media and Society I This session’s papers will analyse the structures and explore the phenomenology of the experience of social interactions involving digital media. [...]
Nov 162012
This session explores the dynamics of digital mediation occurring as new technologies and ways of using them become more pervasive and diverse. The ubiquity of smartphones, GPS, geolocational, visual technologies, and related devices and systems [...]