Sociology Seminar series
Sociological Impact in Extraordinary Times
The School of Sociology's Seminar Series engages diverse forms of presentation and topical discussion to contribute to contemporary academic and public debate. It aims to generate meaningful approaches to social problems and to inspire new ecologies of practice. While raising issues of contemporary and future relevance, the series is also attentive to our history. It aims to think through our debt to negated and appropriated ways of knowing and being, which have formed the conditions of social scientific knowledge.
With this in view, the series is broadly oriented to the theme of Decolonising. Throughout its diverse topics and modes of presentation, we aim to explore the ways in which habits of thought, language, culture and sociality are tied to the material work of colonisation and decolonisation.
Submissions
If you wish to have a paper considered for the series, please send a title, abstract, brief biography and preferred presentation date to Rebecca Pearse.
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Past events
Novel climate interventions, coral reefs, and the social sciences
18 Nov 2024
Escalating climate impacts are reflected in increased research and development efforts focused on the delivery of novel climate interventions. These include...But I've got other things to worry about right now...
11 Nov 2024
How information, political affiliation, and material concerns impact present and future concerns over climate change in Australia. Climate anxiety is now...Turning to the Sensed Unconscious
30 Sep 2024
Abstract: As we live our daily lives, our senses generally seem something that we “have,” not something that we “do.” But people learn that they have to...Stolenwealth: Examining the expropriation of First Nations women’s unpaid care
23 Sep 2024
This article examines the intersections between coloniality and gender in the generation and maintenance of Australian wealth. Settler colonialism is ongoing...Do climate models leave us cold? Devices, felt-virtualities and the sociology of heat
5 Aug 2024
The paper seeks to ground heat and temperature more sociologically. The starting thought, which is possibly completely wrong, is that the modelling of global...Representing Identity in Online Networks
22 Jul 2024
Researchers often know very little about social media users other than their public actions on a platform (for example, posting, sharing, liking) and when...Together, Apart: Transnational Family Separation in the PALM Scheme
6 May 2024
The recent expansion of regional guestworker migration schemes has altered the political economy of the South Pacific, creating a ‘permanent labour reserve’ (...Teaching in the climate crisis: Reflections from the humanities and social sciences
4 Mar 2024
In 2022, a group of researchers and educators from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University came together to explore our pedagogical...Digital (in)justice?: Lay users and the technological transformation of the court system
26 Feb 2024
Abstract: England and Wales, like many other countries, are currently undergoing enormous technology-driven changes to their justice system. These changes,...Food System Transitions, Nutritional Insecurity and Oil Palm: Changing Landscapes of Social Reproduction in Sumatra's Plantation Belt
23 Oct 2023
In Southeast Asia, a plantation boom over recent decades has transformed landscapes and life-making on an immense scale, with some 16 million hectares of land...