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Contesting Military Identities
About this event
The Cultural Sociology Thematic Group in The Australian Sociological Association in conjunction with
UniSA, Flinders University and the Military Organisation and Culture Studies Group invite innovative
papers for a 1-day conference on Monday 22nd September in Adelaide and online around the theme of Contesting Military Identities.
Increased geo-strategic competition, the return of conventional warfare in Europe, the global rise in
religious nationalism and the current US administration’s weaponisation of equity initiatives raises
important questions around the diversity of identities within the military and current public
sentiment towards the armed forces.
Whereas Foucault famously cast the soldier as an ideal type of the docile body and sociologists commonly see the military as the ultimate example of a total institution, recent sociological research on the military has increasingly pointed to a variety of different military cultures, often existing in tension and competition with each other, with the service person, veteran and their families active in advocating for political and organisational change.
We invite papers that address this theme, including but not limited to the following topics:
• diversity and cultural politics in the armed forces
• gender gaps and gendered experiences of defence
• non-Western forms of militarism and civil-military relations
• reconciliation relating to recent armed conflicts
• paramilitary groups and changes to the meanings of service
• outsourcing, the defence industry and challenges to military professionalism
• contributing factors to ADF retention crisis
• cultural mobilisation and national civil preparedness efforts
• shifting forms of veteran identity and activism
Submission Details and Attendance
To present at the conference please submit a 200-word abstract of your paper by 1 July to
brad.west@unisa.edu.au
Preference will be given to submissions that privilege analysis of cultural forces and speakers who
can attend the conference in-person. Papers from Higher Degree Research students (HDRs) and Early
Career Researchers (ECRs) are especially welcome.
To attend the conference without presenting please submit your name and reason for interest by 1
September to brad.west@unisa.edu.au
Location
Adelaide
Melbourne, VIC
AUS
Event Contact(s)
Penny Toth
Category
Thematic Group Events
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