Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction – European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
2024 ANNUAL MEETING
IDENTITIES, BOUNDARIES AND SOCIAL DIVISIONS. RECONCILING COMPETING FRAMES
June 5th-7th, 2024 – University of Pisa, Italy
Combined event: Course on Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods | June 3rd-4th, 2024 – University of Pisa, Italy
The Center for Advanced Studies in Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory – Department of Political Science, University of Pisa, will host the 2024 SSSI-EUSSSI Annual Meeting.
This event, fourteen years after the first EUSSSI Conference, which took place exactly at the University of Pisa, should not be considered as a mere celebration, but as a fundamental opportunity to meet up with the most well-known scholars of Symbolic Interaction and Grounded Theory coming from Europe, America, and all around the world.
TOPICS
The theme “Identities, Boundaries and Social Divisions. Reconciling Competing Frames” reflects contemporary questions about identity, closure, separation, differences, and the developing needs of society.
The demand for recognition and integration of individual and collective identities carrying different features from established social and cultural models is generating reactions characterized by closure and conflict. Consequences are the increasing of new borders (social barriers and boundaries), and the resurgence of stigmatization, segregation, and segmentation processes, based on cultural divisions. Terrible wars devastate the lives of many peoples, primarily those directly involved, but they also have significant effects on the daily lives of citizens of all states around the world. Nevertheless, at the same time, there is a need to generate new forms of dialogue and openness, to reconcile cultural visions and social positions that are diverse and competing. Internationally, we are witnessing the spread of social and political movements from below that promote peace, styles of participation, and social integration based on meeting and enhancing diversity, evoking the need for innovative forms of coexistence, based on recognition of social and civil rights, on the realization of ever higher levels of social justice, on the enhancement of common goods and local welfare and community.
It is in this framework that the theoretical and methodological tenets of Symbolic Interactionism can be helpful to analyze these processes, to interpret their scope and effects in people’s lives, and to understand their relevance.
In this sense, the 2024 Pisa Conference is an invitation to dialogue, to affirm the importance of reconciliation between different points of view and between different cultural frames, aspects that are very much needed both in Europe and in the United States, as well as in all other parts of the world.
All about the conference
About the conference
KEY DATES
Call for papers
- February 2nd, 2024: call for papers opening
- March 29th, 2024: call for papers deadline
- April 5th, 2024: papers acceptance
Program and Registration
- April 12th, 2024: draft program releasing
- April 17th, 2024: registration opening
- May 27th, 2024: end of regular registration, final program releasing
- June 3rd-4th, 2024: Course on Qualitative Methods and Grounded Theory
- June 5th-7th: Conference!
REGISTRATION
In order to proceed with the registration, each participant must
- Complete the online payment form, see Registration Fees section.
- Complete the invoice form in full, see the Invoice Form section (mandatory!).
- Optionally, for those who wish to take part in the social dinner, complete the social dinner payment, see Social Dinner section.
- Send to the following addresses: michele.neri@unipi.it and grounded-theory@sp.unipi.it all the above receipts/documents:
- fee payment,
- invoice form,
- (social dinner payment)
- a copy of your passport/ID (mandatory!)
ATTENTION: IF YOU DO NOT SEND ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, THE REGISTRATION CANNOT BE FINALISED AND COMPLETED, AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
IMPORTANT: PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING AND PAYING THEIR OWN TRAVEL COSTS TO THE VENUE AS WELL AS FOR THEIR ACCOMODATION
REGISTRATION FEES
Registration and payment are compulsory for speakers in individual sessions as well for auditors. Please follow the instructions below.
VERY IMPORTANT: After paying for the Conference registration, send to the following addresses: michele.neri@unipi.it and grounded-theory@sp.unipi.it all the above receipts/documents:
- fee payment,
- invoice form,
- (social dinner payment)
- a copy of your passport/ID
PLEASE COMPLETE THE INVOICE FORM CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY.
IN CASE OF DOUBT, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ADMINISTRATION, BUT DO NOT
LEAVE ANY FIELD BLANK.
1) SSSI Members – Late Registration (after May 27th)
- Undergraduate, Post-graduate student: 10 EUR
- PhD student: 70 EUR
- Researcher and Assistant Professor: 100 EUR
- Associate and Full Professor: 130 EUR
- Professionals, Institutions: 160 EUR
Undergraduate and postgraduate students (free of charge) must register by writing an email to grounded-theory@sp.unipi.it.
DO NOT FORGET TO SEND ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS (FEE PAYMENT, INVOICE FORM, A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT/ID) AS REQUESTED ABOVE. THIS IS MANDATORY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS. IF YOU DO NOT SEND ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, THE REGISTRATION CANNOT BE FINALISED AND COMPLETED, AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE INVOICE FORM CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY.
IN CASE OF DOUBT, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ADMINISTRATION, BUT DO NOT
LEAVE ANY FIELD BLANK.
2) Non Members – Late Registration (after May 27th)
- Undergraduate, Post-graduate student: 30 EUR
- PhD student: 100 EUR
- Researcher and Assistant Professor: 130 EUR
- Associate and Full Professor: 150 EUR
- Professionals, Institutions: 190 EUR
DO NOT FORGET TO SEND ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS (FEE PAYMENT, INVOICE FORM, A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT/ID) AS REQUESTED ABOVE. THIS IS MANDATORY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS. IF YOU DO NOT SEND ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, THE REGISTRATION CANNOT BE FINALISED AND COMPLETED, AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE INVOICE FORM CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY.
IN CASE OF DOUBT, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ADMINISTRATION, BUT DO NOT
LEAVE ANY FIELD BLANK.
INVOICE FORM
It is mandatory that you complete the Invoice Form in full and send it, along with a copy of the bank transfer and a copy of Passport/ID – only for administrative reasons! – to the email addresses given in the general instructions above (see point n. 4 in the Registration section above). IF YOU DO NOT SEND ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, THE REGISTRATION CANNOT BE FINALISED AND COMPLETED, AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE INVOICE FORM CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY.
IN CASE OF DOUBT, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ADMINISTRATION, BUT DO NOT
LEAVE ANY FIELD BLANK.
The invoice form can be downloaded in Word or PDF format.
SOCIAL DINNER
The cost of the social dinner is 40 EUR per person.
Each attendee of the Social Dinner must pay the fee using the payment form and send the invoice form as instructed in the registration section.
If you have any special needs (vegetarian, vegan, etc.) or food intolerances write to: grounded-theory@sp.unipi.it after your payment.
The social dinner can be booked up until the 27th of May.
Call for papers
2024 Annual Meetings of the SSSI / European SSSI Conference
Call for Papers
Deadline: March 29th, 2024
The 2024 joint SSSI and European SSSI Annual Meeting will take place in Pisa, Italy from June 5-7, 2024. The theme of the conference is critical global issues.
We invite researchers, senior and junior scholars, and PhD candidates, to send us proposals for papers on topics such as boundaries and social divisions related to identities including, gender, race, age, and social classes;
- borders in human groups including mobility, migrations, social integration, or geographical borders;
- boundaries created by welfare policies, social work, and social services; borders resulting from policy conflicts, violence, and war;
- borders in international relations leading to poverty, vulnerability, and human suffering;
- borders that frame access to resources that reflect populism on the right and left; borders related to politics; religions, radicalization processes, and secularization;
- boundaries created by technology, social networks, the world wide web, and the digital divide;
- borders in social and public institutions related to bureaucratization and power dynamics;
- environmental borders: pollution, climate change, sustainability.
We are also interested in papers on any aspects of symbolic interactionist theory and encourage other sessions related to Symbolic Interactionism or Grounded Theory, sessions which may not fit directly into the conference theme but nonetheless promote lively thinking and reflection.
We accept both theoretical and methodological proposals and proposals should contain:
- The title of the paper
- Name, affiliation, and job title/position for all contributors
- Contact information for paper presenter (name, institution, and email)
- Abstract (500 words maximum)
- Keywords (5 maximum)
ALL PRESENTERS MUST BE SSSI MEMBERS
(subscribe at https://www.symbolicinteraction.org/)
Proposals must be sent to both Andrea Salvini (andrea.salvini@unipi.it) & Irene Psaroudakis (irene.psaroudakis@unipi.it) – before March, 29th 2024 (see dates to remember)
IMPORTANT: TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION ARRANGEMENT AND COSTS WILL BE BORNE BY EACH PARTICIPANT/PRESENTER
More considerations about the topics
This conference is of timely importance as in today’s societies, the demand for recognition and integration of individual and collective identities carrying different characters from established social and cultural models is generating reactions of different nature that are often worrying and disturbing. One of the reactions that appears to be more widespread is closure. From the construction of (new) walls to the closure of ports and borders, resistance to accepting of diversity is taking on new and unexpected forms, which cross a great number of phenomena. The resurgence of gender-based violence, and of stigmatization processes based on race, ethnicity, sexual, political, and religious inclinations of people are mirrors of new ways of segmentation and social and cultural division. Furthermore, we cannot forget that the effects of the economic crisis of the last 10 years that is still being felt in many countries and has increased the number of poor and of marginal groups, which are located near social borders based who experience difficulty in accessing the social resources that would guarantee a more dignified life. Moreover, the wars in Ukrainian and Gaza are changing the global order.
Simultaneously, in many geographical areas we are witnessing the spread of social and political movements from below that promote new styles of participation and social integration, based on meeting and enhancing diversity; on the sensitivity to overcoming old and new selfishnesses and social divisions, evoking the need for innovative forms of coexistence, based on the recognition of social and civil rights, on the realization of ever higher levels of social justice, on the enhancement of common goods, and local welfare and community. This also implies recognizing the importance that conflict can have in the dynamics of interaction, but also in operating forms of overcoming or, at least, sublimation of the dynamics of division and conflicting competition.
In this framework, Symbolic Interactionism constitutes one of the theoretical and empirical frameworks able to analyze these phenomena, to interpret their scope and effects in people’s lives, and also to point out its relevance both on an empirical and theoretical level. Symbolic Interactionism can respond to its dual vocation of perspective oriented to grasp social processes in the depths of their making and unfolding, starting from social and symbolic interactions, and at the same time oriented to enhance those dimensions of existence that promote the recognition of rights, the attention to the least and the vulnerable, the overcoming of social boundaries and divisions, and the reconciliation of competing perspectives in the dynamics of continuous negotiation and renegotiation of new and sustainable social equilibria.
Conference Organization
Scientific Committee
- Dirk vom Lehn
- Andrea Borghini
- Roberta Bracciale
- Joseph A. Kotarba
- Thaddeus Müller
- Irene Psaroudakis
- Andrea Salvini
Organizing Committee
- Junio Aglioti Colombini
- Erika Carlucci
- Brenda Fedi
- Aurora Maria Lai
- Elena Salamino
SSSI-EUSSSI
The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) is an international professional organization of scholars interested in the study of a wide range of social issues with an emphasis on identity, everyday practice, and language.
European Board of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
The European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (EU SSSI) emerged from an informal network of scholars having an interest in sociological and social psychology, especially Symbolic Interaction, and in the study of related issues through the use of qualitative methods.
The first conference of the EU SSSI was held in Pisa in 2010, followed by conferences in Kassel (2011), Rotterdam (2012), Uppsala (2013), Aalborg (2014), Salford (2015), Topola (2016), Lodz (2017) and Reykyavik (2018) which were attended by both European and American sociologists. Many of the participants were members of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI)—an international professional organization of social scientists with its own scientific journal, yearly conferences in conjunction with the meetings of the American Sociological Association, and a number of prestigious yearly awards for scholarly achievements.
The success of these EU SSSI conferences, attended by three generations of European researchers, had at least two important results. First, it led to a stable and growing interest on the part of the SSSI in the European traditions in the study of symbolic interaction, which were largely unknown in North America. Second, it motivated the EU SSSI to gain official recognition as a collective member of the SSSI, have structured discussions concerning research cooperation and the planning of edited publications, and form international research teams dealing with important European issues.
The EU SSSI Board
Andrew Blasko, Michael Dellwing, Robert Dingwall, Emma Engdhal, Anna Kacperczyk, Krzysztof Konecki, Vessela Misheva, Thaddeus Mϋller, Irene Psaroudakis, Andrea Salvini, Greg Smith, Vilma Zydziunaite.
Conference Program
IDENTITIES, BOUNDARIES AND SOCIAL DIVISIONS. RECONCILING COMPETING FRAMES
June 5th-7th, 2024 – University of Pisa, Italy
Final Program
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June, 5th |
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8:30 |
Registration Desk |
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9:30 |
Plenary Session: Conference Introduction and
Welcome |
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Institutional Welcomes |
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10:00 |
Introductory Panel: Identities, Boundaries and
Social Divisions |
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Aula A |
The Limits of Knowledge and Real Boundaries.
Sociological Dilemmas and Perspectives Paolo De Nardis, Emeritus Professor, Sapienza University of Rome The Classical Roots of Peace Sociology: The
Contribution of Jane Addams and Symbolic Interactionism Vessela Misheva, Uppsala University Population Mobility and the Everyday Dynamics
of Frontier Medicine Joseph A. Kotarba, Texas State University Chair: Irene Psaroudakis, University of Pisa |
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11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:45 |
Parallel Sessions I |
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Aula A |
Advances in
Methodological Theory and Practice 1 Chair Viðar Halldórsson |
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From Little Things, Big Things Grow: Building a Grounded
Theory Research Community of Practice – Wendy De Luca, Yazdan Mansourian,
Charles Sturt University, Australia –
The Validity of Photographs as Analytical Data – Viðar Halldórsson,
University of Iceland –
Becoming a Grounded Theory User – Gerben Moerman,
University of Amsterdam –
Pushing the Boundary Too Far: Some Thoughts on
Autoethnography –
Stefania Tusini, University for Foreigners of
Perugia |
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Aula B |
Theorizing in
Symbolic Interactionism Chair Dirk vom
Lehn |
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“Quiet Sustainability”: How to Introduce
the External Categories in Social Theorizing – Anna Kacperczyk,
University of Lodz –
The Hobbesian Problem of Order from a Symbolic
Interactionist Perspective – Vessela Misheva, Uppsala
University –
On the Production of Common Sense and the Reproduction of
the Social Order –
Matteo Puoti, Sapienza University of Rome –
Experimenting with Sociology. New Iowa School and
Ethnomethodology’s Breaching Procedures as Alternative Sociologies – Dirk vom Lehn, King’s College
London |
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Aula C |
Migrations
Processes and Integration Dynamics Chair Andrea Laurent-Simpson |
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Usera
Between Urban Transformations, Borders, and Multiculturalism – Costanza Gasparo, University
of Florence –
“200 Million People in The U.S.
and You Had To Import Someone?”: Stigmatization of Intercultural
Relationships On 90-Day Fiancé – Beth Montemurro, Andrea
Laurent-Simpson, Penn State University, Abington, USA; Southern Methodist
University, USA –
Collective Narratives and Meta-Stories: How Iranian
Immigrant Groups Emerge and Function in the Atlantic Canadian Cities? – Foroogh Mohammadi, Acadia
University |
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13:15 |
Light Lunch |
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14:30 |
Parallel Sessions II |
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Aula A |
The Social
Construction of Media Chair Nicholas Baxter |
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SI and Environmental Sociology: The Role of Symbolic
Interaction in Theorizing the Human-Environment Relationship – Nicholas Baxter, Indiana University Kokomo –
The Construction, Maintenance, Weaponization, and Defence of Migrant Identities on Social Media – Luke Roach, Bath Spa University –
Home, Boundaries and Privacy: A Comparative Study of The
Representation of Privacy and Home in The Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Iranian
Cinema – Pouya
Morshedi, Memorial University of Newfoundland and
Labrador –
Designers’ Social Media Experiences during Cloud
Transformation – Julija Naskova, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University School of Design |
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Aula B |
Combining
Methods Chair Andrea Salvini |
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The Dark Path of German Terrorist Fighters. Radicalization
Processes, Social Network and Jihadist Preachers as Important Key Players – Kristin Weber, Center for Criminological Research
Saxony –
(Co-)Creating Meanings of Experiencing the Social Researcher’s
Profession in a Contemplative Interview – Hanna Kroczak, University of
Lodz |
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Aula C |
Artificial
Intelligence and Human-Machine Communication Chair Patrick Williams |
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Automating Interaction Order? Continuity and Change – William Housley, Cardiff University School of
Social Sciences –
Mundane AI intelligibility: ‘Lay’ Explanations of the
Social Implications of Automated Systems – Patricia Jimenez, Paderborn University, Germany –
Social Magic and Its Decadence. How Technological Rationalization Is
Undermining Human Communities – Viðar Halldórsson,
University of Iceland |
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16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:30 |
Parallel Sessions III |
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Aula A |
Gender and
Identity Work Chair Irene Psaroudakis |
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The Moral Order in Gender Issues. What Role Do Male Issues
Play? – Alessandro Vetrano,
Sapienza University of Rome –
Sex Education at School: The Italian Case – Ramona Cavalli, University of Verona –
Knowing My Name: Experiencing Names and Surnames in the
Gender Transition Process in Poland: An Analysis of In-Depth Interviews – Aleksandra Płaczek,
University of Lodz, Poland –
The Biopolitics of Weight and Disordered Eating – Alison Fixsen, University of
Westminster |
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Aula B |
New Forms of
Communities Chair Thaddeus Müller |
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Buurland (Neighbour Land): Community as a Form of Transgression – Thaddeus Müller, Lancaster University Law School –
The Brotherhood: Promoting Social Support through Group
Identity – Brandon A. Jackson, John Jay
College, The City University of New York –
Micro-Solidarity in Superdiverse Neighborhoods – Richard Cimino, Hans Tokke,
University of New York |
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Aula C |
New Theories of
Interaction Chair Silvia Pezzoli |
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Cracks in the Interaction: The Unfolding of Social Life
Dynamicity – Selene
Greco, Sapienza University of Rome –
Power, Domination, and Deformed Interaction – Andrew Blasko, The Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences –
P.O.V. on the Contested Identity Between Generalised Others. The Construction of Identity between
School and Digital Media –
Silvia Pezzoli, Carlotta Bizzarri, University of Florence |
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June, 6th |
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9:30 |
Parallel Sessions IV |
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Aula A |
Author Meets
Critics: "Goffman and the Cold War" Chair Dirk vom
Lehn |
Gary Jaworski – Author of the Book "Goffman and the Cold War" and winner of this year
publication award by the ASA Section History of Sociology and Social Thought
(HSST) Discussants: –
Dirk vom Lehn, King’s College London –
Greg
Smith, University of Salford –
Stacey
Hannem, Wilfrid Laurier University –
Chiara
Bassetti, University of Trento |
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Aula B |
Borders and
Identity Construction Chair Brenda Fedi |
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Identities, Boundaries and Land: Bridging Symbolic
Interactionism with a Conflict Resolution Perspective – Valentina Bartolucci, University of Pisa –
Cultural Practices in Border Areas: The Case of Gorizia – Monica Pascoli, University of Udine –
Transformative Journeys: Chinese Students’ Experiences in
Sino-Foreign Joint-Venture Universities – Marius Wamsiedel, Duke
Kunshan University –
Monkeying Around: Animals, Borders and Nation – Jon Ablitt, Cardiff University |
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Aula C |
Advances in
Methodological Theory and Practice 2 Chair Alison Fixsen |
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Empathic Revelations: Shining a Light on Mental Illness
Through Autoethnography –
Alison Fixsen, University of Westminster –
Symbolic Interactionist Duoethnography:
An Exploration of the Borders Between Military and Civilian Life for
Military-Civilian Couples –
Jennifer K. Gardner, Cubby L. Gardner, American College of Education,
Indianapolis, IN; University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD –
Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism: An Encounter – Irene Psaroudakis, University
of Pisa |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 |
Parallel Sessions V |
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Aula A |
People on the
Move Chair Martin Harbusch |
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Borders of Knowledge: Thoughts on Traveling Concepts for
Ethnography – Martin Harbusch, University of Siegen –
Fixed or on the Move? Identities and Reputation of
Migrants and Their Groups –
Davide Donatiello, University of Turin –
Purposeful Escapism: Reexamining the “Tourist Gaze” – Amanda Koontz, Ray Eddy, University of Central Florida –
One Border, But Two Polands?
Examining Polish Media Discourse on The Humanitarian Crisis at The
Polish-Belarusian Border: A Qualitative Analysis – Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik,
Jagiellonian University |
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Aula B |
Prison and
Total Institutions Chair Charlie Barnao |
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No Bars, No Boundaries? Media as Home in the Prison
Experience – Aaron Bielejewski, Center for Criminological Research Saxony –
The Boundaries of Time: Meanings and Perceptions of the Temporal
Dimension in the Words of Drug-Addicted Mothers – Paola Di Carlo, University of Siena –
Autoethnography Behind the Bars: Culture and Self-Therapy
in a Maximum Security Prison – Charlie Barnao, University of
Catanzaro |
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Aula C |
Music in the
Air Chair Jeffrey van den Scott |
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Howard Becker, Charles Seeger, and the Promise to
Ethnomusicology –
Jeffrey van den Scott, Memorial University of Newfoundland –
Performing Protection: Chivalry, Vulnerability, and Gender
in Heavy Metal Music Scenes –
Stacey Hannem, Christopher J. Schneider, Wilfrid
Laurier University (Canada), Brandon University (Canada) –
Power of sound, power of authenticity. Radio reportage
creation as interactive storytelling – Rafał Wiśniewski,
Izabela Bukalska, Grażyna
Pol, Magda Ostrowska, University in Warsaw –
Gospel Choir as Group Life. Evidence from Italian
Experiences – Andrea
Salvini, University of Pisa |
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13:00 |
Light Lunch |
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14:00 |
Parallel Sessions VI |
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Aula A |
Revisiting
Central Concepts in Symbolic Interactionism Chair Natalia Ruiz-Junco |
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Inverting Mead’s Theory of Socialization: How Parents
Decodify Their Children’s Symbolic Conduct – Vincenzo Romania, University of Padua –
Is There No Future? Planning in Times of Crises – Piotr Statucki, University of
Lodz –
Reifying Empathy: An Examination of an Interactionist
Concept – Natalia Ruiz-Junco, Auburn
University |
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Aula B |
Social Media,
Self, Society Chair Elena Salamino |
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Dealing with Socio-Emotional Challenges Via Social Media:
A Case Study Using Hermeneutic and Computational Methods to Study Social
Action – J. Patrick Williams, Samuel
Judah, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore –
Anchoring the Self in the Vastness of Cyberspace: MBTI
Subculture Among Chinese Social Media Users – Wu Si, J. Patrick Williams, Nanyang Technological
University –
Penelope’s Web 3.0. Old and New Inequalities in the
Fashion of the Future –
Michele Varini, Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart – Rationalization of Work Process:
Organizational Contexts and the Use of E-work – Xiaoli
Tian, Sining Wang, University of Hong Kong |
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Aula C |
Stigma in
Contemporary Society Chair Eve Gardien |
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Stigma as Contextured
Phenomenon: Categorial Orientations to ‘Stigma’ in the Search for Help – Robin James Smith, Cardiff University –
Marked Identities within Unmarked Work Practices:
Revealing a Hierarchy of Disability in Singapore’s Employment Context – Kerri Heng Yi Ping, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore –
Non-Intersubjective Experiences: The Limits of Inclusion
in Ordinary Life –
Eve Gardien, Rennes 2 University –
Stigma and Exclusion in Addiction Recovery Trajectories – Max Dennehy, Thaddeus Müller, University of Lancaster |
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15:30 |
Coffee
Break |
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16:00 Aula
A |
Plenary Session. Keynote Speech Meaning-Making and Sense-Making:
Distinctions, Delineations, and a Conceptual Model Staci Newmahr, SUNY
Buffalo State |
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17:30 |
SSSI
Business Meeting – Aula A |
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20:00 |
Banquet –
Ristorante “Il Quore” |
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June, 7th |
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9:30 |
Parallel Sessions VII |
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Aula B |
Social Support
and Social Work Chair Deana Simonetto |
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Caregiving Narratives: Stories of Everyday Violence in the
Home – Deana Simonetto,
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus –
Practices of Destigmatization. Social Work in Homeless
Assistance – Saskia Amira
Appel, University of Siegen –
More than ‘Doing Death’ and ‘Doing Dying’? ‘Doing
Mortality’ in Professional Practices of Social Work in Hospice Care Services – Lisa-Marie Gewalt, University
of Siegen –
Associations: Mirrors for People Living with Parkinson’s
Disease – Lucia Landolfi,
University of Salerno |
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Aula C |
Senses and
Emotions Chair Vincenzo Romania |
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Shpilkes
and Other Needles: The Sensory Experience of Professional Tattoo Spaces – William Ryan Force, California State University, Fresno –
Sociology of the Senses: Researching Lived Experiences – Krzysztof T. Konecki,
University of Lodz –
The (Ir)Relevance of Subjective
Discomfort. Interactionist Perspectives on the Borders Between the Intimate
and the Public – Giuseppe
Toscano, University of Catania –
Shameful Digital Traces: How the Internet Transformed the
Social Emotion of Shame. A case study – Vincenzo Romania, University of Padua –
Senses
and emotions as social phenomena – a sociological performance – Emma Engdahl, University of Gothenburg |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 |
Parallel Sessions VIII |
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Aula A |
Culture,
Violence, War, and Democracy Chair Eric O. Silva |
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Symbolic Interactionist Approaches to Cultural Conflict – Eric O. Silva, Georgia Southern University –
Cultural Democracy Between Urban Borders and Peripheral
Subjectivities – Giulia Crippa, University of Bologna –
A Mirror of Society? The Alienation Between Police and
People – Lisa Düerr,
Antonio Vera, German Police University –
Adult Self-Change from a Radical Interactionist Perspective – Lonnie Athens, Seton Hall University South
Orange, New Jersey |
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Aula B |
Social
Construction of Health Chair Beata Pawlowska |
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Making Ambiguity: How Diagnostic
Categories Socially Organize Mothering Responsibility – Dan Liu, University of Hong Kong –
Borders in Hospital Wards. The Job Relations of Medical
Staff – Beata Pawlowska,
University of Lodz |
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Aula C |
Authenticity,
Ethnicity, Identity Work Chair Patrick Williams |
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The Workings of Authenticity: How and What Constitutes to
‘Be Authentic’? –
Ramón Menéndez Domingo, UDIT –
‘I Am Not a Conspiracy Theorist’: Relational
Identifications in the Dutch Conspiracy Milieu – Jaron Harambam, University of
Amsterdam –
The Crucible of Identity: The Precarity of National
Identity in Southeast Asia –
Mohamed Haikel Fansuri
Bin Mohamed Latiff, Forward College Berlin |
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13:15 |
Farewell speech – Aula A |
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13:30 |
Light
lunch |
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Venue
Location
The Conference will be held at the Centro Congressi “Le Benedettine”, Piazza S. Paolo a Ripa D’Arno, 16, 56125 Pisa PI, Italia.
Arrivals, transportation, and accommodations
Pisa International Airport offers worldwide connections directly and via major hubs including London, Munich, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. The city is well connected by train to Italy’s major cities (Rome, Florence and Milan) with tickets available through Trenitalia and Italo.
Pisa is easy to walk around and is served by efficient public transport.
Please note that the conference organisers have not reserved any accommodation. However, the compact nature of the city makes it easy to get around on foot and a wide range of comfortable accommodation and B&Bs can be easily found on leading booking platforms.
IMPORTANT: PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING AND PAYING THEIR OWN TRAVEL COSTS TO THE VENUE AS WELL AS FOR THEIR ACCOMODATION
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Program & Events
Conference events:
Scientific events:
Plenary Sessions with keynote speakers
Parallel thematic Sessions
Social events
SSSI Business Meeting and EUSSSI Business Meeting
Banquet (6th June, 2024)
Gospel Concert
Touristic tour of downtown and Leaning Tower
and… more!
Combined special event: 03-04 June 2024
IV Edition of the Summer School on “Innovation in social research strategies”, organized in partnership with the Methodological Section of Italian Sociological Association, to be held just before the SSSI Conference.
The Summer School will be focused on Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods