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Date: 4/28/2021
Subject: TASA Members' Newsletter April 29
From: TASA



Dear ~~first_name~~, 
 
We hope to have the video recording from last week's TASA Thursdays event with Kate Henne (ANU) speaking on ‘Reporting Apps and #MeTooBots: Mapping the Landscape of Apps against Sexual Violence’ available in next week's newsletter. 
 
Our next TASA Thursdays event is next week 6th May. It is a Postgraduate & Early Career Researcher session: ‘I need to stop saying yes to things’: Negotiating Boundaries and Commitments, hosted by Anthony K J Smith on behalf of the Postgraduate Sub-Committee, with panellists Emma Barnard, Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, and Catriona Stevens –12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST, via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85049393290?pwd=Y3NzV3VkVE5hN0ZDSnVnN2FNOFo4Zz09
Meeting ID: 850 4939 3290 & Passcode: 740672
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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TASA Thursdays: save the date
Rick Spencer, University of Melbourne, will be speaking on 'How teachers disrupt heternormative practices within secondary school settingsfor TASA Thursdays on May 27thMore details to follow. 
 
Critical Indigenous Studies thematic group conveners Bronwyn Carlson and Tristan Kennedy, both at Macquarie University, will be speaking about their social media work for TASA Thursdays on July 22ndMore details to follow. 
 
Liz Dean, University of Melbourne, Ann Lawless & John McGuire, co conveners of the Sociology and Activism Thematic Group, as well as other speakers yet to be confirmed, will be discussing Protest Songs for TASA Thursdays on August 26More details to follow. 
 
Tim Graham, Queensland University of Technology, will be speaking on Social media and misinformation for TASA Thursdays on October 28More details to follow. 
 
Lizzie Knight, Victoria University, will be speaking on 'Assumed parenting roles and the systemic gaps in education and justice systems' for TASA Thursdays on November 25th. More details to follow. 
 

 
Members' Publications

Journal Articles

Simon Coghlan, Jenny Waycott, Amanda Lazar & Barbara Barbosa Neves (2021) Dignity, Autonomy, and Style of Company: Dimensions Older Adults Consider for Robot Companions. ACM Journals. PACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 5, No. CSCW1, Article 104, Publication date: April 2021
 
Hamilton, Sharynne L., and Sarah Maslen. 2021. "Redressing ‘unwinnable battles’: Towards institutional justice capital in Australian child protection." Journal of Sociology:14407833211010220. doi: 10.1177/14407833211010220.
 
Peterie M, Marston G, Humpage L, Mendes P, Bielefeld S, Staines Z. The trope of the vulnerable child in conditional welfare discourses: An Australian case study. Journal of Sociology. April 2021. doi:10.1177/14407833211008984
 
Stefanie Plage & Emma Kirby (2021) Reconfiguring time: optimisation and authenticity in accounts of people surviving with advanced cancer, Health Sociology Review, DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2021.1918016
 
Smith Anthony K J, Haire Bridget, Newman Christy E., Holt Martin (2021) Challenges of providing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis across Australian clinics: qualitative insights of clinicians. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20208
 
Barbosa Neves B, Wilson J, Sanders A, Kokanović R. Using crystallization to understand loneliness in later life: integrating social science and creative narratives in sensitive qualitative research. Qualitative Research. April 2021. doi:10.1177/14687941211005943
Farrugia, A., Waling, A. Pienaar, K & Fraser S. (2021) The “Be All and End All”? Young People, Online Sexual Health Information, Science and Skepticism. Qualitative Health Research, early online: 1-14.
 
Heemsbergen, L. J., Maddox, A., Cinque, T., Johns, A., & Gehl, R. (2021). Dark. M/C Journal, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2791 (Original work published April 26, 2021)
 

Informed News & Analysis

For tips from fellow members on getting published in The Conversation (TC), click here. For some members' articles published in TC between 2013 & 2019, click here. To find out what can happen after publishing in TC, read on...
 
Catherine Hastings (2021) End of COVID-19 help is likely to make more families homeless: new study. The Lighthouse, April 27. 
 
Angela Lehmann (2021) Australia: International student enrolment takes a plunge. Study International, April 23.
 

Blogs

Simon Prideaux (2021) Workshops summary: Crime, Criminalisation and Injustice. Nexus, April 26.
 

Podcasts

Deborah Stevenson et al. (2021) ZLATAN KRAJINA AND DEBORAH STEVENSON ON THE HISTORIES AND FUTURES OF URBAN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONMediapolis Now, no. 2, vol. 6April 21, 2021
 
Naomi Smith et al. (2021) (Con)spirituality Colloquium - Keynote Panel 4: Conspirituality, Science and COVID 19 in Australia. (Con)spirituality in Australia Project, April 9.
 
Anna Halafoff & Enqi Weng et al. (2021) (Con)spirituality Colloquium - Keynote Panel 3: Vaccine Hesitancy and COVID 19. (Con)spirituality in Australia Project, April 1. 
 
Thematic Groups
New: Applied sociology seminar
Next Tuesday 4 May, 3pm Qld time. Zoom meeting link: https://charlesdarwinuni.zoom.us/j/81381909518
Fellow member Dr Sophie Hickey will present an overview of her work as an applied sociologist working in partnership to re-design and evaluate maternity care for First Nations families.
These seminars are an opportunity to hear more about each others work and delve into applied examples of methodological designs, research for impact, collaborative research approaches, and ask questions of all things applied sociology.
Career Disruption Grant

 

TASA 2021 Covid Career Disruption Grant is targeted at TASA members whose career has been disrupted by the pandemic. The grant can be used to access career development opportunities, to cover the cost of a carer / babysitter / cleaner to have additional time for research, or for research related cost (e.g. transcription, participant reimbursement, etc.) where these costs cannot be covered by other funds. The grant can also be used to cover career development activities associated with establishing / furthering a career outside of academia.

A total of $3,000 is available, with a maximum of $1,000 available per applicant.
Applications close on Monday, 31 May 2021. Read on...
 
2021 TASA Awards
TASA Awards open for nominations this year include:
  • Distinguished Service to Australian Sociology Award: nominations close May 31
  • Outstanding Service to TASA Award: nominations close May 31
  • Teaching Sociology Award: nominations close June 15
  • Sociology in Action Award: nominations close June 15
  • Early Career Researcher - Best Paper Prize: nominations close June 30
  • Postgraduate Impact & Engagement Award: nominations close July 31
This year, judging panels will also be assessing for the:
  • Best Paper in Health Sociology Review; and the
  • Best Paper in the Journal of Sociology.
You can access details about each award, and the nomination process/form, via TASAweb's Awards page
 
TASA Publications

Journal of Sociology - Carer's Bursary

The editors of the Journal of Sociology are inviting applications from the community of sociological scholars, who are TASA members, for a Carer’s Bursary funded by TASA.

This bursary is in response to a noticeable drop in submissions by authors with caring responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bursary totals $1000 for an author who has experienced disruption to publication outputs during COVID-19.
 
Applications close June 21st. For the full details, see the bursary webpage here.
 

Journal of Sociology - call for expressions of interest

Call for expressions of interest to guest edit a special issue of the Journal of Sociology for 2023.  The deadline for submissions, of no more than 3000 words in length, is Monday 21st June and they need to go to Allegra Schermuly, Managing Editor of the Journal. For details, read on...
 

Health Sociology Review

The latest special issue of Health Sociology Review is now out, guest edited by TASA members Christy Newman and Anthony K J Smith along with colleagues Elizabeth Duck-Chong, Son Vivienne, Cristyn Davies, Kerry H. Robinson & Peter Aggleton: Waiting to be seen: social perspectives on trans health [open access for 90 days]. 
 
Employment
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: Social practices of oral health in Australian preschool children
The University of Western Australia
They're seeking a PhD student to work as an important part of their international team on their ARC funded research project.
Application deadline: May 20. Read on... 
 
Eight PhD Opportunities
Deakin University - Alfred Deakin Institute
One opportunity is with fellow member Anita Harris in the area of youth, diversity and wellbeing in a digital age
Application deadline: May 30. Read on... 
 
PhD fellowship in Critical Disability Studies
Carleton University, Canada
Part of the Engendering Disability Inclusive Development Partnership Project.
Application deadline: June 30. Read on... 
 
PhD Scholarship - Social practices of oral health in Australian preschool children
Flinders University
The PhD will be primarily qualitative, using ethnographic approaches to uncover and understand the social practices within families as they pertain to the oral health of pre-school children.
Applications close: TOMORROW 30th April. Read on... 
 
PhD Scholarship - Urban Care Geographies: Sustaining life in post-welfare cities
Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
The successful candidate will work within a research team on an Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project, Shadow Care Infrastructures: sustaining life in the post-welfare city.
Applications close:
TOMORROW 30th April. 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
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Round Table Discussion

New: Algorithms and Creative Industries: Terms of Engagement
A DERC and Screen & Sound Cultures Research Group Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday 12 May, 1pm to 2.30pm (AEST)
RMIT University, Garden Building, Building 10, Level 6, Room 089 (Bowen St, above Streat Cafe)
For details, and to register, read on... 

Call for Abstracts - Special Issue

New: Recordings from the (Con)spirituality, Science and COVID-19 Colloquium are now available.
(Con)spirituality – the merger of conspiracy theories and spirituality – has attracted significant media and academic attention globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. This colloquium was the first to bring together leading scholars and practitioners from the UK, EU, USA, Canada and Australia to examine themes of (con)spirituality, science, QAnon, the Far Right, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19.
All session recordings are now available at: https://www.conspiritualityaus.com/recordings. To stay updated on this project, follow on Twitter @conspiritualaus or check back on the project website: www.conspiritualityaus.com.

Call for Abstracts - Special Issue

Special Issue "New Media and Social Technology to Support Healthy Ageing and Aged Care"
The accepted papers will be published in a special Journal "New Media and Social Technology to Support Healthy Ageing and Aged Care"
Abstract submission deadline: TOMORROW April 30Read on...
 

Conversations in Transgender Studies

Conversations in Transgender Studies - a mini series of panels
Held across four weeks, the series places academic, community and practitioner voices in dialogue as a way to consider some cross-cutting issues within transgender studies now.

Sport - TOMORROW Friday 30 April, 12pm
Karen Farquharson, Professor of Sociology, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Stella Lesic, President and Founder, Bushrangers Basketball Team
 
Health – Friday, 7 May, 12pm
Liz Duck Chong, Writer, Filmmaker, Photographer and Transgender Advocate
Christy Newman, Associate Professor & Associate Dean (Engagement, Impact and Enterprise), the UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health
Alegra Wolter, General Practitioner, LGBTIQ Advocate, Indonesia
 
Work – Friday, 14 May, 12pm
Cordelia Attenborough, Victorian Public Service Pride Network
Sophie Pezzutto, A Gender Agenda and PhD Candidate, the Australian National University
 
For full details, read on... 

Webinars

New: Indigenous and LGBTIQ+: Challenges of Social Inclusion and Exclusion in Australia
TODAY April 29, 10:00 am AEST
For details, and to register, read on...

An Exploration of (cisgender) WSU staff's understanding of trans and gender diversity
With fellow member Lucy Nicholas
Wednesday July 21st 4:30pm, Liverpool or Zoom
Email L.Nicholas@westernsydney.edu.au to register for on campus or zoom. 
 
Children’s bodies Are Not Capital: Arduous Cross-border Mobilities Between Shenzhen and Hong Kong
20 May 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm,  Hong Kong and Perth time (UTC+8)
Speaker: Professor Johanna L. WATERS

Between successful/agentive ageing and grandparent duties: The Informal Care Chains of Transnational Chinese Grandparents and Their Australian Migrant Children and ‘Distant’ Grandchildren
21 May 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Hong Kong and Perth time (UTC+8)
Speaker: Professor Loretta BALDASSAR
 
For the full details of the above two webinars, and to register, read on...
 

Awards

International Sociological Association (ISA) Award for Excellence in Research and Practice
Awarded to a sociologist who advances and promotes sociological knowledge and practice through outstanding contributions to the discipline, the profession, and the ISA.
Nominations deadline: May 30. Read on...
 

Conferences

New: Annual Meeting of the International Association of Vegan Sociologists
The Promise of Vegan Sociology: Vegan Sociology as a Conduit for Human and Nonhuman Emancipation
Submission deadline: TOMORROW April 30. Read on... 
 
Call for Session Proposals
Proposals are invited for sessions at RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & The 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology.
Submission deadline: July 30. Read on...
 
Philippine Sociological Society's International Conference seeks to bring in a range of diverse voices that can problematize, theorize, and empirically analyze the various experiences of vulnerability, precarity and resistance. They invite presentations from sociologists and social scientists from around the world about their recent research and think pieces particularly on vulnerabilities and resistance. The conference is open to individual presentations and panel proposals.
For inquiries, email pssconference2021@gmail.com
Abstracts should not be longer than 250 words and should be submitted through this link bit.ly/PSS2021Abstracts
For panel submissions, submit via bit.ly/PSS2021Panel
Submission deadline: July 15. Read on...
 
Cultural Studies Association of Australasia - Bodies in Flux
1 - 3 December, Edith Cowan University, Perth
Submission deadline extended: July 30th. Read on...

So Fi Zine: Call for Submissions

So Fi Zine #9 with Sujatha Fernandes
With Sujatha Fernandes, So Fi Zine #9 invites creative pieces that open new spaces of expression. Play with voice and place. Consider the conditions under which stories are told. Read her reflections on why we need connective stories of depth and complexity here.
Submissions close: TOMORROW April 30Read on...

Symposiums

Queer Theory Reading Group Symposium
August 5th, Macquarie University and Online via Zoom
The Queer (Theory) Reading Group began in 2019 as an interdisciplinary group for HDR students to meet and discuss genders and sexualities research. The reading group has been a source of ongoing support and collaboration, and we hope to share this space with others as we showcase ECR and HDR scholars' research on genders and sexualities.
Abstract submission deadline: TOMORROW April 30thRead on...
 
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 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
 
TASA Documents and Policies
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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