Call for Papers The Social and Cultural Study of Music: Then and Now A Symposium in Honour of John Shepherd Carleton University, Ottawa, 24–25 Nov. 2017 During the late 1970s and early 80s, an emerging body of literature based in sociology, popular music, feminism, cultural and critical theory began to infiltrate the study of music, challenging the objects and methods …Read more »

Transnational Fields of Production and Consumption RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture (host committee) Language: English International Sociological Association Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (July 15-21, 2018). Deadline for abstract is September 30, 2018 24:00 GMT. CFP and submission info below. According to Meulemen and Savage (2013: 232), Bourdieu’s work on cultural consumption employs a “Franco-centric” model of cultural …Read more »

Das ist Ästhetik! 14.bis17.02.2018 X. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ästhetik Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main Call for Papers 2018 – und mit die­sem Kon­gress – wird die Deut­sche Ge­sell­schaft für Äs­the­tik ihr 25-jäh­ri­ges Be­ste­hen fei­ern. Dies ist uns indes we­ni­ger An­lass zum Rück­blick auf die tra­di­ti­ons­rei­che Ge­schich­te der phi­lo­so­phi­schen Äs­the­tik, in deren Licht die Ge­sell­schaft üb­ri­gens ge­ra­de­zu über­ra­schend …Read more »

November 9-12, 2017 The restoration of old, historic, depressed or derelict quarters of cities is a common feature of social, economic, aesthetic and environmental development strategies around the world. https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/events/call-papers-imagine-kingston-regenerative-city Restoration and regeneration are often used as the basis to catalyse and to chart pathways for economic growth and renewal, to pioneer new sectors of social and economic endeavours, and …Read more »