Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging
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Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging 14th ESA Conference Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging Outline Programme 14th ESA Conference | 20-23 August 2019 | Manchester, UK © European Sociological Association, August 2019 Design: ESA Office Paris (Andreia Batista Dias) 54 Boulevard Raspail | Bureau A2-12 | 75006 | Paris | France SIRET: 484 990 825 00024 www.europeansociology.org Printing: August 2019, Prontaprint, Stockport * The ESA wishes to thank Myriam Meliani, Paul Rivest (Conference interns 2018-2019) Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH, Paris) Emma Robinson (Conference & Events Coordinator, MMU) Sarah Evans & Julie Cockcroft (Conferences & Venues, UofM) Gemma Hill (The Bridgewater Hall) Anthony Cassidy & Stephanie Newton (Marketing Manchester) Tony Trueman (Press Relations) Arndt Lau & Bogdan Strecker (Sinnoptics) Dr. Harald Weinreich (ConfTool) With special thanks from the ESA Office to outgoing ESA President Sue Scott, for 2 fantastic years. *The Worker Bee is a symbol of Manchester and of the city’s hard-working, industrial past. Table of Content Conference Theme...........................................................................................4 Welcome Messages.........................................................................................6 Organisers European Sociological Association..................................................15 Local Organising Committee............................................................16 Research Networks.............................................................................17 Research Streams................................................................................20 Sponsors...........................................................................................................22 Publishers & Exhibitors.................................................................................23 Conference Information Venues & Access.................................................................................25 Floor Plans............................................................................................28 Registration Desks..............................................................................33 Coffee Breaks & Lunch Areas..........................................................34 Practical Information | Survival Kit..................................................35 Meetings & Assemblies.................................................................................38 PhD Summer School......................................................................................39 Types of Sessions...........................................................................................40 General Schedule...........................................................................................43 Programme Day by Day................................................................................45 Plenaries, Semi-Plenaries, Middays, Research Networks, Research Stream and Joint Sessions, Fringe Events ESA Elections................................................................................................205 Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging In encouraging presenters and other conference participants to think Beyond Europe we wish to consider contemporary developments, processes, practices and subjectivities not only through the lens of Europe and European sociology, but also as central to the development of sociology, or sociologies, for the present and the future. We cannot and should not ignore the factors which are re-shaping Europe from within, such as the effects of globalisation, nationalism, populism and migration and, of course, ‘Brexit’. However, it is also crucial that we continue to look towards the possibilities of a global sociology which also takes account of the local without being parochial. Boundaries and boundary making spans the sociological spectrum, from how we create and reinforce the markers of distance and difference in social interaction, through the ways in which communities and groups are divided from each other by ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation and other dimensions of inequality. Boundaries are underlined through the extreme divisions of our living conditions: homelessness, ghettos and gated communities. Divisions are being reinforced between citizens and non-citizens as well as between Europe and the rest of the world. Social, symbolic and material boundaries affect us all. We will also explore the Barriers which reinforce these boundaries: barriers to movement, whether for asylum, migration, work or education; barriers to reflection and understanding; barriers to better living conditions; barriers to cooperation and empathy; barriers created through politics and policy – intended and unintended. Belonging is an increasingly contested idea, reinforced as nationality through populism and the far right, disrupted by war, violence, racism and other forms of rejection. It is also created and re-created in communities of necessity and choice and through intimacies, transformations of the self, and our understandings of home. New types of belonging are emerging through virtual networks and communities which challenge both traditional and sociological thinking. 4 | CONFERENCE THEME The 14th ESA conference will offer opportunities to engage not only with the content of sociological research and theorising, but also with the ways in which our discipline has been and is being shaped, both in and beyond Europe. Where are the boundaries of the discipline? How can we address barriers to its development both inside and outside of academia? What does it mean to belong to the community of sociologists? We are sure that the conference will give a wide range of sociologists, other academics, practitioners and fellow travellers, an excellent opportunity to present and engage with research and scholarship and also to explore the potential influence of sociology in the public sphere. The conference theme calls for thinking in new ways about persistent inequalities, for challenging dominant discourses and for taking a fresh look at abstract concepts in order to better understand how sociology can contribute, both in theory and practice, to the unmaking and rethinking of ‘boundaries’ and ‘barriers’ and to understanding ‘belonging’. 5 | CONFERENCE THEME The ESA President’s Welcome to the 14th ESA Conference When I attended the first ESA conference in Vienna in 1992 little did I think that I would have the pleasure of welcoming delegates to the 14th conference as the President. When the Executive decided to go ahead with the conference in Manchester, we assumed that Brexit would have happened on the 29th of March 2019, that we would be in the two-year transition period and that this wouldn’t make too much difference to either the organisational aspects or to delegates. However, as time passed and we began to truly understand what Political Scientists mean by ‘non-decision making’, the prospect of ‘crashing out’ loomed as a possibility and was a serious cause for concern, so it was great relief all round when ‘B Day’ was put back to the end of October this year. I for one (and I think that most if not all of you will share this view) am delighted that the UK is still part of the EU as we come together to discuss the damage, difficulty and disruption caused by reinforcing boundaries and creating barriers. I certainly feel that I belong to Europe and I don’t see that changing whatever happens in October. Some people were skeptical about holding the conference in Manchester probably resulting from a combination of Brexit, concern about the weather and a lack of knowledge of the city – except for its football teams of course! However, it has proved to be an excellent location with good venues, especially the stunning Bridgewater Hall, where our Opening Ceremony and Plenaries will be held, as well as some other special sessions, and of course the Conference Party. Manchester has for a long time been a cradle of sociology and the discipline continues to be nurtured at The University of Manchester, at Manchester Metropolitan University and also at the University of Salford – just across the local boundary in the City of Salford. I hope that you will come to the stand in the Publishers area for a drink before going to the Opening Ceremony to find out more about sociology in the city. I took up my first lectureship at the University of Manchester 33 years ago and although I left in the early 1990s I feel that it shaped me as a sociologist. It feels particularly good to be coming back with 3000 other sociologists! 6 | PRESIDENT'S WELCOME MESSAGE I am delighted that it will, once again, be a very large conference with many and varied presentations in the networks and streams. The downside is that they must be frustratingly short, but if you keep to time then it will be possible to have the discussions, which are so important. We also have excellent Plenaries and Semi-Plenaries as well as a set of Midday Special Sessions around issues that are important for all of us regardless of our particular areas of interest. Our theme of ‘Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging’ has grown even more poignant since we first agreed that it would be right for this conference: Migration, asylum and trafficking continue to be major issues across Europe and we are not handling them at all well. As I write, women are being sent to detention centres in the UK who have already suffered the