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Date: 11/23/2023
Subject: TASA members newsletter: November 23rd
From: TASA



Members' Engaging Sociology
Dear ~~first_name~~,
 
TASA 2023 starts on Monday! The Colloquium kicks of with a terrific postgraduate event that includes a panel discussion on Imposter Syndrome and a workshop on Zine making. The keynotes and concurrent sessions are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. In case you haven't heard, the Colloquium is hybrid. There is still time to register via the orange link below
 
 
 
You can check out our TASA 2023 program (blue circle icon peppered throughout depicts online presenters), Handbook and Book of Abstracts all via the orange links below. Note, information on the keynote speakers, panel sessions and individual presenters is also all available via TASAweb here.  
 
 
 
 
    TASA 2023: Speakers
    Na
    Abstract: Sociological theory is critical to our understanding of the world. While memoir is often dismissed as “women’s work” as it is anchored in individual experience, this talk explores how memoir writing can use theory to help to inform our understandings of the social through self-writing. Read on...
     
    Note, Na'ama has been invited to give a 15-20 minute presentation during our Women's, Non-Binary, & Friends Breakfast.

    Abstract: Howard Becker, who passed this August, leaves a legacy of ideas about how to do sociology well. This includes a great deal of direction on how to see, how to be there, how to read, and how to write in a way that the social comes to life. In my talk I pay homage to Becker’s work on making representations and I reflect on alternative forms of storytelling. Read on...
    Tess
    Abstract: In my quest to answer a simple question about Australian settler social policy as it applies to Indigenous issues—namely, can it be ‘good’—I first had to confront the negative task of confronting how policy is conventionally approached. In the place of a focus on policy decisions and ramifications, I proposed approaching policy as a wilder configuration, one where every effort needed to be deployed to resist its claims to superior rationality and coherency. Read on...

    Note: you can access details of all TASA 2023 presenters on TASAweb here.
     
    Have you registered for Post Grad Day?
     
    A vital part of our TASA 2023 program is Post Grad Day, which will be held on Monday 27 November at the University of Sydney.

    Join us in-person or online, for an engaging program that will explore how early career researchers and established academics were able to 'navigate their own early careers while also dealing with Imposter Syndrome'.
     
    Delegates will also get the opportunity to participate in a hands on Zine Making Methods workshop facilitated by fellow member Ash Watson.

    EVENT DETAILS

    Date: Monday 27 November
    Venue: The University of Sydney
    Time: 9:00am - 1:30pm (includes lunch with TASA Executive for in-person delegates)
    Format: In-person or Online
    The event is free for members. 
     
     
    The Future of HASS - on during TASA 2023
    FREE EVENTS
    The Future of HASS in the University
    Monday November 27, 5.45pm 
    Wallace Theatre, University of Sydney
    Followed by drinks and canapes at the Courtyard Bar and Restaurant
     
    The Future of HASS Research
    Thursday November 30, 5.45pm
    Wallace Theatre, University of Sydney
    Followed by drinks and canapes at the Refectory

    For catering purposes, registration is essential via the orange link below:
     
    TASA Thematic Group Events
    On behalf of TASA's Sociology of Religion Thematic Group, we invite you to join us on 30th November 2023 for an interactive workshop on Creative Methods or Arts-based Inquiry in the study of religion.

    Arts-based inquiry or creative methods help researchers to explore unique ways of gathering, representing, and sharing research. These approaches allow for a variety of voices to speak through the research and thus provide richer understandings of human experience. It is a cross-disciplinary and versatile field that utilizes creative mediums such as art, poetry, photography, film, theatre, and creative writing to engage with and present research. 

    EVENT DETAILS

    Date: Thursday 30th November 2023
    Time: 9:45am - 12:30pm
    Location: Room 310, Eastern Avenue & Auditorium and Theatre Complex, University of Sydney
    Cost: TASA Members $5.00    | Non-Members $15.00
     
     
    PROGRAM

    As part of the workshop you will be invited to participate in one of the following activities:

    Activity 1:  Zine making Methods
    Facilitated by Ash Watson
     
    Activity 2: Witnessing
    Facilitated by Samantha Hauw
     
    Activity 3: Lego Serious Play
    Facilitated by Laura Simpson Reeves
     
    Activity 4: Tarot Reading in Precarious Times
    Facilitated by Anastasia Murney

    Registrations are now open for De-centring academic expertise: The Politics of knowledge production and social transformation which will be held from 4-5 December 2023 at the University of Melbourne & Online.

    Within this symposium, we want to consider how difference and uncertainty within research relationships can be productive forces for change. Audre Lorde, for instance, memorably called for methods of social change via the development of new tools for relating across difference. If we are to 'know differently', following Claire Hemmings, embodiment and affective responses must be central to the research frame. 'Affective dissonance,' within this view, is productive and can facilitate social transformation and promote 'affective solidarity'. Rather than promoting solutions (as if such an answer exists), we invite attendees to explore the complexity of research politics and practices, and consider ways to transcend the power dynamics that currently instantiate who, what, where, when, and how research occurs. Thinking through how we collectively work at the intersection of the university, community, and government navigate competing imperatives to develop projects, conduct research and produce transformative outputs is thus essential to the project of social justice.
     
    EVENT DETAILS
    Date: 4-5 December 2023
    Location: University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus
    Format: Please note this Symposium will be a Hybrid event
    Registration: Includes morning tea & lunch on both days and afternoon tea on day one.
     
    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

    * Please note: Registrations close TODAY 23rd November 2023
     
    A small number of bursaries are also available - please reach out for more information/details.
     
    This event is delivered by The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Emotions and Affect, Critical Disability Studies and Applied Sociology Thematic Groups. Hosted by University of Melbourne’s School of Social and Political Sciences.

    SOW 2023
    Dear Friends of Sociology Out West,

    You are invited to Sociology Out West’s end-of-year picnic. This is a great opportunity to catch up and have a well-earned celebration of this year’s successes.

    WHEN: Friday the 1st of December


    TIME: 4pm onwards.

    WHERE: At James Mitchell Playground South Perth Foreshore

    We have had a great year and we look forward to celebrating with you!


    Best wishes,

    The Sociology Out West team
    Publications

    Books

    Celia Roberts, Mary Lou Rasmussen, Louisa Allen and Rebecca Williamson (2023) Reproduction, Kin and Climate Crisis: Making Bushfire Babies,  Bristol University Press

     
    Reproduction
    What is it like to have a baby in climate crisis?

    This book explores the experiences of pregnant women and their partners, pre- and post-birth, during the catastrophic Australian bushfire season of 2019-20 and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic. Engaging a range of concepts, including the Pyrocene, breath, care and embodiment, the authors explore how climate crisis is changing experiences of having children. They also raise questions about how gender and sexuality are shaped by histories of human engagements with fire.

    This interdisciplinary analysis brings feminist and queer questions about reproduction and kin into debates on contemporary planetary crises.
     
    For further details, read on...

    Featherstone, Lisa, Byrnes, Cassandra, Maturi, Jenny, Minto, Kiara, Mickelburgh, Renee and Donaghy, Paige. (2023). The Limits of Consent: Sexual Assault and Affirmative Consent. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

    Limits of Consent
    This open access book examines the ways that consent operates in contemporary culture, suggesting it is a useful starting point to respectful relationships. This work, however, seeks to delve deeper, into the more complicated aspects of sexual consent. It examines the ways meaningful consent is difficult, if not impossible, in relationships that involve intimate partner violence or family violence. It considers the way vulnerable communities need access to information on consent. It highlights the difficulties of consent and reproductive rights, including the use (and abuse) of contraception and abortion. Finally, it considers the ways that young women are reshaping narratives of sexual assault and consent, as active agents both online and offline. Though this work considers victimisation, it also pays careful attention to the ways vulnerable groups take up their rights and understand and practice consent in meaningful ways. Read on...

    Journal Articles

    Lucy Nicholas and Sal Clark (2023) ‘Gender, Sex and Freedom: Testing the Theoretical Limits of the Twenty-First-Century “Gender Wars”  with Simone de Beauvoir, Shulamith Firestone and Luce Irigaray', Paragraph, Volume 46 Issue 3, Page 354-371, ISSN 0264-8334 Available Online Nov 2023.
     
    Lohmeyer, B., McGregor, J. R., Crittenden, Z., & Hartung, C. (2023). Mentoring for care-experienced young people: A rapid review of program design. Children and Youth Services Review, doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107350 [OPEN ACCESS]
     

    News and Analysis

    Nicole Kalms, Charishma Ratnam, Gill Matthewson, Murray Lee & Rebecca Wickes(2023) Urban planning has long ignored women’s experiences. Here are 5 ways we can make our cities saferThe Conversation, November 17th.
     
    Jennifer Power (2023) What does it mean to be asexual? The Conversation, November 17th.
     
    Sujith Kumar, Horas Wong & Limin Mao (2023) Ensuring equitable HIV outcomes for Sydney's Asian-born gay men The Mandarin, November 8

    Sujith Kumar Prankumar, Horas Wong & Limin Mao (2023) Broadening Australia’s HIV success: Ensuring equitable HIV outcomes for Asian-born gay men in Sydney | Melbourne Asia Review Melbourne Asia Review, November 8
     
    TASA Awards
    Stephen Crook Memorial Prize was established to honour the memory of Professor Stephen Crook in recognition of his significant contribution to Australian sociology. The Prize is awarded biennially, at TASA's Conference, to the best authored monograph within the discipline of Sociology published in the previous two years.
    Nomination deadline: March 3rd, 2024. Read on...
     
    Raewyn Connell Prize is to honour the work of Professor Raewyn Connell in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Australian Sociology. In particular, it honours her contribution to sociological theory and research, and her support and encouragement of sociologists at the beginning of their careers.
    Nomination deadline: March 3rd, 2024. Read on...
     
    Honours/Masters Student Award is given annually to the best Honours/Masters student in Sociology in each Australian university. Each winner receives a one-year student membership to TASA, making the student eligible for conference discounts, membership of Thematic Groups, the weekly members’ newsletter, online access to sociology journals (full text) and self-promotion opportunities in Nexus. For the full details, and to nominate your top Honours/Masters student in Sociology, read on... 
    Employment
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow in epidemiology/quantitative social science/demography
    University of Sydney
    Full time, Camperdown campus
    Please note that the University shutdown period is from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Monday 8th January 2024. Applications and queries will be reviewed once they return from leave. Read on...
     
    Lecturer in Cultural Studies (Multiple Positions)
    University of Melbourne
    Full-time; Continuing
    Application deadline: November 30Read on...
     
    Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Social and Political Sciences (Multiple Positions)
    University of Melbourne
    Application deadline: TOMORROW November 24th. Read on...
     

    Jobs Board

    The Jobs Board enables you to view current employment opportunities. As a member, you can post opportunities to the Jobs Board directly from within your membership profile screen.
    Current Employment Opportunities
    PhD Scholarships
    Rainbow Families PhD Top-Up Scholarship
    University of New South Wales
    Researching the experiences and needs of LGBTQ+ parents and their children, and developing skills in collaborative community-led research
    For details, please contact fellow member Christy Newman
     

    Scholarships Board

    The Scholarships Board enables you to view available scholarships that our members have posted. Like the Jobs Board, as a member, you can post scholarship opportunities directly from within your membership profile screen.
    Current Scholarship Opportunities
    In case you are not aware, you can add job and scholarship opportunities to our publicly searchable Jobs & Scholarships Board via your TASA membership profile, see image below: 
    Jobs and Scholarships Board
    Other Events, News & Opportunities

    Round Table

    New: Basic Income & the Arts
    The Australian Basic Income Lab
    Tuesday, November 28 at Sydney Town Hall at 6pm.
    This roundtable is particularly timely given the innovative pilot of Basic Income for Artists in Ireland, and a push by artists facing precarious working conditions around the world for greater income security.
    For details, and to register, read on...

    Webinars

    New: Community of Practice for Inclusive Research
    Online, Tuesday December 5th, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM AEDT
    Speakers include fellow members Christy Newman, Anthony K J Smith & Kerryn Drysdale
    For details, and to register, read on...
     

    New Journal

    New: The first and only academic journal devoted to the study of femininities: the Journal of Femininities.

    While there are numerous journals focused on masculinities, there has yet to be a single academic journal focused on femininities – until now! For years, we have dreamed of bringing symmetry to the study of gender through this flagship journal. Today, that dream becomes a reality as we proudly launch the Journal of Femininities.

    We aim to cultivate and unify the field of Femininities by publishing cutting-edge research advancing theories and methods that deepen understandings of femininity. It is an international, peer-reviewed journal that welcomes contributions from various disciplines (e.g., sociology, psychology, gender studies, business, public health, education, political science, media studies, legal studies, family science, etc.). We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary work from feminist perspectives. We encourage research that explores femininity across intersectional axes, recognizing its complexity across race, sexuality, disability, class, and more. Click here to read more about the journal’s aim, scope, and submission guidelines.

    If you would like to register as a peer-reviewer or submit an article, please click here.

    Finally, you are invited to follow the Journal of Femininities on social media. You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter/X.
     
    TASA Gift Memberships
    Gift memberships, for any membership category, can now be accessed at anytime via your membership profile screen. If you would like to gift a membership, to someone new or to a current member, please follow the steps below:
     
    STEP 1: Click here and log in

    STEP 2: Click on the drop down menu to the right of your name in the purple bar (RH) at the top of the website (see 1st image below)
     
    STEP 3: Click on Profile (see 1st image below)
     
    STEP 4: Click on the Gift Memberships menu item and complete the details, see yellow highlights in 2nd image below. 
    Profile Steps 2
    Submitting Newsletter Items
    We encourage you to support your colleagues by sharing details of your latest publications with them via this newsletter. No publication is too big or too small. Any mention of sociology is of value to our association, and to the discipline, so please do send through details of your latest publication (fully referenced & with a link, where possible) for the next newsletter, to TASA Admin. Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning.
    Updating your Member Profile
    Personal pronoun preferences can be added to your profile. There are 9 combination options to choose from. Please let Sally in TASA Admin know if your preference/s is not on the list and we will have them added.
     
    For assistance with updating your Member Profile on TASA web please see the video tutorial: Updating your Member Profile
     
    TASA Documents and Policies
    In case you are not aware, you can access details of TASA's current Executive Committee 2023 - 2024, and their respective portfoliosas well as documents and policies, including the ConstitutionValues StatementStatement on Academic FreedomCode of Conduct, Grievance Procedures Safe & Inclusive EventsSustainable Events and TASA History
     
    Accessing Online Materials & Resources
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    TASA members have access to over 90 peer-reviewed  Sage Sociology full-text collection online journals encompassing over 63,000 articles. The image on the left shows you where to access those journals, as well as the Sage Research Methods Collection & the Taylor and Francis Full Text Collection, when logged in to TASAweb. If needed, here is a short instructive video on how to access the journals. 

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