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Date: 3/30/2022
Subject: TASA members newsletter: March 31
From: TASA



-Dear ~~first_name~~, 
 
In case you missed our email earlier this week, we are so excited to share that our TASA 2022 conference submission portal is now open. Although you have until May 25th to submit, we are looking forward to receiving submissions sooner! In the coming weeks, we will include details about conference bursaries. 
 
Speaking about events, the Postgraduate Sub-committee are hosting our next TASA Thursdays one - April 7thChoosing the right PhD for you: traditional thesis versus thesis by publication. Chaired by Richa George,  with panellists Claire Moran, Alice Campbell and Farida Fozdar. 10:30 - 11:30 AWST, 12:00pm - 1:00pm SA/NT, 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST. The Zoom access details are: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89459716938?pwd=OC9Wd21pZllCb1U5aEVBTW0wazh3dz09. Meeting ID: 894 5971 6938. Passcode: 409407
 
 
Congratulations
A warm congratulations is extended to Georgina Brick who was the top Honours sociology student at Monash University in 2021. If you are the sociology convener/Honours coordinator at your university, we invite you to nominate your top Honours students in Sociology for 2021. Nominated students receive a complimentary 12 month TASA membership and are listed on TASAweb. Details of the Award, as well as the nomination form, and the universities that have already nominated students, are located here. (There is still time to nominate students.)
TASA Thursdays
 
For a full list of our TASA Thursdays events for 2022, as well as the registration links, please see TASAweb here. The next event is scheduled for April 7. 
 
TASA Tea Time
Heidi Hetz, our Equity and Inclusion Portfolio Leader, will be hosting the next TASA Tea Time on Tuesday April 5, 8:30am - 9:30am (AWST Perth), 10:00am - 11:00am (Adelaide), 10:30am - 11:30am (AEST Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane & Cairns).
 
This event is open to TASA members only, you can register here and the zoom access details will be emailed to you a few days before the event. 
 
Members' Engaging Sociology

Books

Adam Possamai & David Tittensor (2022) Religion and Change in Australia. Routledge. 

Religion and Change in Australia
This timely book offers a panoramic overview of the enduring significance of religion in modern Australian society. Applying sociological perspectives and contemporary theories of religion in society, it challenges conventional assumptions around the extent of secularisation in Australia and instead argues that religious institutions, groups, and individuals have proved remarkably adaptable to social change and continue to play a major role in Australian life. In doing so, it explores how religion intersects with a wide range of other contemporary issues, including politics, race, migration, gender, and new media. 
 
Religion and Change in Australia explores Australia’s unique history regarding religion. Christianity was originally imported as a tool of social control to keep convicts, settlers, and Australian Aboriginal peoples in check. Read on...

Journal Articles

Laura Rodriguez Castro (2022): Complicating difficult heritage and the politics of institutionalized memory in post-Accord Colombia, Museum Management and Curatorship, DOI:10.1080/09647775.2022.2053872.
 
Clark, M., Southerton, C., & Driller, M. (2022). Digital self-tracking, habits and the myth of discontinuance: It doesn’t just ‘stop.’ New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221083992
 
Li, Yao-Tai and Katherine Whitworth. 2022. “Contentious Repertoires: Examining Lennon Walls in Hong Kong’s Social Unrest of 2019.” Journal of Contemporary Asia (Online first) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00472336.2022.2032277
 
Li, Yao-Tai. 2022. “Digital Togetherness as Everyday Resistance: The Use of New Media in Addressing Work Exploitation in Rural Areas.” New Media & Society (Online first) https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221080717
 
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). The production of counter-space: informal labour, social networks and the production of urban space in Dhaka. Current Sociology, 001139212210780. doi: 10.1177/00113921221078049
 
Li, Yao-Tai and Ka Yi Fung. 2022. “Donating to the Fight for Democracy: The Connective Diaspora Activism of Overseas Hong Kongers and Taiwanese in the 2019 Anti-extradition Bill Movement.” Global Networks 22(2): 292–307. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12345

Informed News & Analysis

James Godfrey (2022) Activism for Palestinian freedom in English universities. Overland, March 23. 
 
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). Next Generation Technology Workforce—Precarious Work and Platform RegulationIEEE Technology Policy & Ethics .
 
TASA November

SAVE THE DATE

New: New lives, new research agendas: Sociology beyond the pandemic symposium
Note, due to the pandemic, this event was not able to be held during TASA November last year. 
Thursday 2nd June 9.30am-4.30pm, La Trobe University Collins St Campus, Melbourne CBD

This is a free event, with limited places. Registration opening soon.

Accommodation and travel bursaries available for unwaged/casually employed/HDR students and will be advertised in the TASA newsletter in the coming weeks.

This 1-day event brings together TASA members from across Victoria to discuss the future of sociological research beyond the pandemic. COVID has thrown into question taken-for-granted notions of work, education, intimacy and care. The experience of ‘tele-everything’ during the pandemic has made clear the potential for digital technology to transform the way we relate, work, access services and care for others. The pandemic has seen an exacerbation of inequalities and exclusionary practices (by the state and within societies) as well as the potential for change and transformation. This forum provides an opportunity to discuss how we make sense of the pandemic and what lies ahead, particularly how we might pivot our research to respond to this challenge. In addition, the event provides a space for Victorian TASA members to debrief on the impact of COVID on our work and to partake in reflexivity as sociology- reflecting on our own lives and the lives of those we study.

Three panel discussions will focus on broad areas that have experienced significant shifts during COVID, posing a challenge to sociologists to make sense of the implications.


Panel 1: Living and working in COVID times

Panel 2: Technology transforming care and wellbeing

Panel 3: Youth, education, universities


Breakout sessions will allow for informal discussion and workshopping in small groups on the theme of ‘reorienting your research/ rethinking sociology post-pandemic’.
Career Development Grants
The new Career Development Grant has been developed by Heidi Hetz, the Equity and Inclusion Portfolio Leader. The grant seeks to support the career development activities of TASA members where these activities are not covered by other funding. Applications close on May 20.
For details, visit the TASAweb grant page here.
  
Gary Bouma Memorial Workshop Program

Sydney Food System Innovator Workshop

At the start of 2021, TASA introduced a new initiative, 'The Australian Sociological Association’s Workshop Program', which was subsequently renamed the Gary Bouma Memorial Workshop Program. While we appreciate the pandemic may continue to thwart scheduled events, we will continue to support and promote sociology where we can.
 
The Sydney Food System Innovator Workshop is one of two TASA funded workshops being held this year. 
Event description
How do we prepare Sydney's food system for the future?
We are calling on food systems innovators in the City of Sydney to envision the future of food in Sydney and map the current innovation pathways.
Sydney Park Pavilion, Sydney
Due to building water damage, this event has been moved to Thursday April 7, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm AEDT
For details, and to register, read on... 
 
TASA Public Engagement Survey (PES)
Last week, we emailed an invitation to participate in TASA's research regarding the Public Role of Sociology, being managed by Roger Patulny, our Public Sociology Portfolio Leader.  To find out more and to participate, click on the orange link below:

Take the Survey

Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_80Ti3JYmt7Y2rQi
 
We encourage you to share the survey link among your networks. 
ISA 2023
 
Deadlines for our TASA hosted ISA 2023 XX World Congress are now available here. For quick reference, the abstract submission deadline is September 30. 
 
Thematic Groups

Sociology and Animals Thematic Group

Bi-monthly 'Hive Mind' Workshops

POSTPONED
 
Unfortunately, due to COVID and flooding, this event has been postponed until April 28th. More details will be included in next week's newsletter. 
 
For questions, email Zoei Sutton
Register here.
 

Families & Relationships Thematic Group

Mentoring Program

Families and Relationships event flyer

Returning / Incoming Conveners

Jodie Bruning
J.R. Bruning is an Australian sociologist based in the Bay of Plenty. Jodie focusses on the methods by which governance mechanisms regularly fail to appropriately analyse, appreciate and estimate risk between biological systems and Anthropogenic stressors - in particular pollution and novel entities. Novel entities include chemicals (such as pesticides, plastics and pharmaceuticals) and other new types of engineered materials or organisms not previously known to the Earth systems. Her interests are broad, spanning policy, regulation and the production of science; and the role of ignorance and non-knowledge. Her Masters thesis (research) explored the relationship between science and health research policy and the difficulties scientists faced in securing funding to research the upstream, environmental drivers of disease (her specific research focus was on endocrine disrupting compounds). Her work draws attention to the institutionalised deficits that compromise the capacity for modern societies to appropriately steward human technologies, and the uncomfortable knowledge inherent in drawing attention to harm from commercial activities. Such work will inevitably be contested by institutions who politically and financially profit from under or non-regulation. She can be found at www.TalkingRisk.NZ
 
Jai Cooper is a sessional academic with the University of Newcastle and the Australian Catholic University.

After decades in a career working with young people, landowners, Aboriginal communities, international tourists, government, community groups and corporations, it's been a privilege to encounter the many ways in which people understand, appreciate and utilise the environment. My work builds upon this career in community natural resource management and youth outdoor and environmental programs throughout New South Wales so it could be said (somewhat problematically) that it's been 'natural' to evolve' into an environmental sociologist.

I have recently completed doctoral research into the three-decades of Australian experimentation with 'environmental workfare' programs such as Green Army, National Green Jobs Corps, Green Corps and LEAP (the Landcare Environment Action Program).

As part of the growing field of research into the 'Just Transition' to sustainability and calls for a ',Green New Deal' I hope this work can help understand how responses to climate change will be experienced by young workers and those around them. With some politicians calling for conscription to deal with climate change, the 'Anthropocene Bargain' faced by today's young people is an emerging challenge. Hopefully, we can avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and intercept any new problems. Read on...  

TASA Publications

Journal of Sociology

Journal of Sociology - Volume: 58, Number: 1 (March 2022) has been published. You can access the Table of Contents here.
 
Journal of Sociology - call for guest editors for the 2024 special issue
 
Each year the editors invite expressions of interest from the international community of sociological scholars to guest edit a special issue of the journal. Special issues may address any sociological theme that is likely to be of interest to the journal’s international readership.
The deadline for expressions of interest for the 2024 special issue is June 20th, 2022. For full details, read on...

Health Sociology Review

Health Sociology Review Call for New Editorial Team
 
Applications are invited for the editorship of the journal HEALTH SOCIOLOGY REVIEW (HSR) for the four-year term 2023–2026. Transition arrangements will begin later in 2022, although the content for the first issue of 2023 will be finalised by the out-going editors.
Submission deadline: Monday June 27. Read on... 
Employment
New: Teaching Fellow
The Contemplative Studies Centre, The University of Melbourne
Level A or B, 3 year contract
Application deadline: April 14. Read on...  
 
New: Lecturer - Sociology/Anthropology
Monash University, Clayton campus
Continuing appointment. 
Application deadline: 26 April. Read on...
 
Scope-University of Melbourne Partnership – Younger People in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC): Towards living a better life
The Scope-University of Melbourne Partnership is seeking casual Research Assistants located across Australia to carry out qualitative fieldwork during August and September 2022.


The research explores the barriers and enablers to reducing the number of young people living in or at risk of entering residential aged care and how these barriers could be addressed across the disability, housing, health, and aged care systems. It also investigates the impact of the Younger People in Residential Aged Care Systems Coordinator Program.

The role involves facilitating focus groups and carrying out interviews, conducted either in-person or via on online platform.
For more information you can access this brief position description. Feel free to contact Caroline Hart to discuss the role on 0437 840 684 or chart@scopeaust.org.au.

There are many members of TASA who are looking for work, from sessional teaching through to applied consultancy research. Our 'Looking for Work' registry is to provide a way for our members who are looking for work to connect with people looking to employ sociologists. We also acknowledge many of our members are employed precariously, and we hope this registry might help in building connections and networks towards more stable employment.
 
Note, if you are looking for work you can list yourself in the 'Looking for Work' registry via your membership profile. Click on the Additional Member Data tab and scroll down to the question 'Are you looking for work?' After selecting 'yes' to that question, your details will appear in our publicly searchable 'Find a Sociologist' directory. Please contact TASA Admin if you need assistance adding your details. 
 
If you would like to be spotlighted in our newsletter as someone looking for work, please email TASA Admin, and attach a profile image that can be used in the spotlight and include a bio outlining your location, highest qualification, areas of expertise, the type of work you are looking for, and whether you are in a position to relocate etc. 
 

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
New: Men and Paid Care Work
Monash University
Supervisors: fellow members Karla Elliott and Steve Roberts
Applications close: April 30. Read on...
 
Gendered Dynamics in Community Volunteering Practices
This PhD scholarship is offered by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute in partnership with Volunteer West
Under the supervision of fellow member Brendan Churchill
Applications close: April 27.  Read on...
 
 

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
Other Events, News & Opportunities

Webinars

New: The colonial project of gender (and everything else) under the burden of proof
University of Melbourne Anti-Racism Hallmark Research Institute (ARHRI) Webinar
Presenter: Professor Sandy O’Sullivan
Tuesday 5th April, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
For details, and to register, read on...
 

So Fi Zine #11

New: So Fi Zine is a sociological fiction zine for arts-based research, creative sociology, and art inspired by social science. The zine publishes short fiction, poetry, and visual art in various forms. Edition #11 will be published in mid-2022.
Submission deadline: May 1. Read on...
 

Post Event News

Fellow member Simon Prideaux was one of the organisers of the recent (In)Justice International World Convention in Taiwan. Based on the registration figures, attendees came from 21 countries consisting of:
Australia
Bolivia
Canada
Chile
England
Germany
Italy
India
Japan
Mauritius
New Zealand
Pakistan
Palestine
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Taiwan
Turkey
Union of the Comoros
Venezuela
Wales
There were 6 streams and the attendee numbers of each stream were:
 
Stream 1 - 85
Stream 2 - 230
Stream 3 - 214
Stream 4 - 99
Stream 5 - 117
Stream 6 – 83

The second (In) Justice World Convention will be held in Mikkeli, Finland April 19th – 22nd 2023. More details will be available soon. 

Magazine Launch

New: March 2022 “Homelessness and Social Work" edition of Parity
The Council to Homeless Persons invites you to the virtual launch
Next Friday, 8 April 2022, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm AEST
For details, and to register, Read on... 
 

Call for Participants

Research lead by the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT, and collaborated on by TASA member Alexia Maddox, is investigating how Melburnians are re-emerging after the long lockdowns and asking what role the city plays for them, now and into the future. We have launched a city-wide survey for residents of Melbourne and it’s surrounds to tell us about their attitudes and perceptions of the city Bit.ly/digitalCBDsurvey. We are keen to share this survey with our colleagues and the broader public, in order to reach a broad range of residents living in Melbourne metro, urban areas and regional centres. The survey launched on Wednesday 23rd March and will run for two weeks. Please share this survey with your relevant networks.

This work is being conducted by researchers at RMIT from DERC, BIH and Cybersecurity research centres, commissioned by the State Government and the City of Melbourne, the 'Digital CBD' project is about how as a community we emerge from COVID and adapt to our new ways of living, moving, working, and engaging with our city.
More information on the project can be found here. 

Conferences

New: The sociology of crisis and the crisis of sociology
The second annual Caribbean Sociological Association conference (CASA)
Online, June 15 to 17, 2022
Submission deadline: April 30. Read on...
 
Crisis and Transformation - Basic Income Earth Network Conference
Brisbane 26-28 September 2022
Hosted by the University of Queensland and the Australian Basic Income Lab.
Papers and panels are welcome exploring all aspects of basic income, both supportive and critical.
Session proposals are also welcome. Please include a description of the overarching session theme and significance, session title, author/s, and abstract (250—300 words) for each of the papers to be presented during the proposed session.
The deadline for abstracts has been extended to TOMORROW FRIDAY 1 April. Read on...
 

Conversations

Caring masculinities and intersectionality
Fellow member Karla Elliott will be in conversation with Riikka Prattes in Norway
TONIGHT THURSDAY March 31, 7:00pm AEDT
For details, and to register, read on...
 

Call for Chapter Proposals/Abstracts

Young People and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Companion will be published by Elgar Publishing as part of a series on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Handbooks/Companion series.
Abstract submission deadline: May 30, 2022. Read on...
 

Call for Papers

International Journal of Homelessness - Special Issue
For this special edition,  scholarship related to homelessness and the COVID-19 pandemic is invited. 
Submission Deadline: May 15. Read on...
 
Disabled People and the Intersectional Nature of Social Inclusion
Social Inclusion, Volume 11, Issue 4
Abstract submission deadline: November 15 - 30.  Read on...
 
Indigenous Emancipation: The Fight Against Marginalisation, Criminalisation, and Oppression
Special Issue for Social Inclusion (all open access)
Abstract submission deadline: between June 1st and June 15. Read on...

Call for Editors - ISA Publications

Call for Editors
The International Sociological Association (ISA) is currently seeking a new editor for (1) its online magazine Global Dialogue (http://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/), and for (2) its digital publication Social Justice and Democratization Space (SJD https://socialjustice.isaportal.org/).
 
Global Dialogue
The call for Global Dialogue is available here. Expressions of interest deadline: June 3rd. 
SJD Space
The call for Social Justice and Democratization Space is available here. Expressions of interest deadline: April 30th. 
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. 
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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 now 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
 
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You can access details of TASA's current Executive Committee 2021 - 2022, and their respective portfoliosas well as documents and policies, including the ConstitutionValues StatementStatement on Academic Freedom, Code of Conduct, Grievance Procedures & TASA History
 
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