Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 21:28:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: British Sociological Association Annual Conference
Eric - Please put this in the next MSN (edit for length if you have to)
Thanks -Phil


>BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
>ANNUAL CONFERENCE  6-9 APRIL 1998
>at the UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
>
>MAKING SENSE OF THE BODY:  THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>The sociological exploration of  the body is the theme for the 1998 conference.
> The body is central to understanding social action whether it is addressed
> explicitly or implicitly. However despite a notable growth in the development
> of sociological debates on bodies, sociology as a discipline continues to find
> its study problematic. This conference aims to promote reflection on the
> body by sociology and related disciplines.
>
>Given the breadth of theoretical debates on the relationship between the
> body and society it is timely to consolidate and reflect on the place of the
> body in sociological work. The body has been the site and topic for much 
>theoretical but less empirical work. The conference will provoke further
> theoretical debate, the development and exchange of empirical work and
> lead to a broad consideration of the relationship between theory, research
> and practice.
>
>We are inviting proposals for papers from as broad a range of contributors
> as possible. We particularly encourage proposals arising from feminist
> research and research on age, class, disability, race and ethnicity, gender 
>and sexuality. We also hope that the papers will reflect work carried out
> world-wide. 
>
>Potential themes include: 				
>* the body and the labour process		* the body in disability studies
>* legal bodies: the state and citizenship	* the body and mind: beliefs, 
practices and religion
>* locating the body: place, space and time	* cultural representations of 
the body
>* race, ethnicity and the body		* bodies at leisure and in sport
>*the body in health and illness		* the body in science, technology and medicine
>* sexuality and gendered bodies		* researching the body: methodological debates
>* the body and power:  regulation and resistance* the body in sociological 
theory
>
>Other suggestions will be welcomed
>
>As well as formal papers, we shall be organising a variety of other
> sessions, for example, workshops, displays, posters, roundtable
> discussions, and would welcome proposals for these.  We are also
> inviting speakers for the plenary sessions.  As usual, there will be
> an open stream for papers not addressing the conference theme, 
>and other events usually associated with the BSA conference. 
> Each stream will have a co-ordinator who will organise the sessions.
>
>Please send abstracts (250 words) by 30th September 1997 to:
> 1998 BSA Conference, BSA, Unit 3G, Mountjoy Research Centre,
> Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3UR, UK.
> The organisers reserve the right to refuse papers.
>
>The conference organising team:	
>Kathryn Backett-Milburn, University of Edinburgh
>Sarah Cunningham-Burley, University of Edinburgh
>Linda McKie, University of Aberdeen
>Nick Watson, University of Edinburgh
>		
>contact: Sarah Cunningham-Burley
>Department of Public Health Sciences
>University of Edinburgh
>Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
>
>Tel: 0131-650-3217   Fax: 0131-650-6090
>e.mail: Sarah.C.Burley@ed.ac.uk
>
>
Phil Brown, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Brown University
Box 1916
Providence RI 02912
(401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367)
fax (401) 863-3213