Cultural Articulations and Contestations of Economic Globalization.
Nina Bandelj (University of California, Irvine)
Early Jazz and "Fields": Defining a New Music. Scott A Appelrouth
From Homo Economicus to Homo Communicans: The Transformation of Power in the American Corporation. Eva Illouz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Meaning and Sociological Explanation, or, How to Explain Witch-Hunts.
Isaac A. Reed (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Us and Them: Discourse and Social Power in the Making of Collective Selves.
Dawne Moon (UC Berkeley)
Is Another World Possible? Culture and Political Change in Activism and Policy
Monday August 13, 10.30 am- 12.10 pm
Organizer and Presider: Elizabeth A. Armstrong (Indiana University)
How Terrorism Became a Problem: The 1972 Munich Olympics as Transformative Event. Lisa Stampnitzky (University of California-Berkeley)
In the Shadow of the New Deal: Reconstructing Charity as Citizenship.
Elisabeth S. Clemens
Professionalizing Public Participation.
Caroline W. Lee (Lafayette College)
Solidarity and Its Fracturing in ACT UP.
Deborah B. Gould (University of Pittsburgh)
Thick Description and Causal Claims in Cultural Analysis
Monday, August 13 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm
Organizer and Presider: Brian S. Steensland (Indiana University)
Cultural Influences on Participation in Internet Eating Disorder Support Groups.
Gabe Ignatow (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Deep Plays: Culture, Practice and Post-Colonial Trajectories in Bali and South Africa.
Jeffrey J. Sallaz (U of Arizona)
Political Space and the Genesis of Politics.
Brian Jacob Lande (University of California, Berkeley), Marion Fourcade-Gourinchas (University of California - Berkeley), Evan Schofer (University of Minnesota)
The Causes and Consequences of Policy Paradigm Shifts: American Educational Policy, 1980-2001.
Jal D. Mehta (Harvard University)
Discussant: Andrew J. Perrin (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
New Perspectives on the Arts and Society
Monday, August 13 - 4:30pm - 6:10pm
Organizer and Presider: Vera L. Zolberg (New School for Social Research)
Art and Experiencing the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin: Self Realization through Photography.
Irit Dekel (New School University)
But is it Art? The case of World Music.
Nancy Weiss Hanrahan (George Mason Universitry)
Mixing it Up: Mapping Identities Through Art.
Peggy Levitt (Wellesley College)
Resources and Phases in Music Genre Development.
Jennifer C. Lena (Vanderbilt University), Richard A. Peterson (Vanderbilt University)
Why Theater? Sociological Reflections on Art and Freedom, and the Power of the Powerless.
Jeffrey Goldfarb (New School for Social Research)
Cultural Sociology and Disciplinary Change: A Twenty Year Assessment
Tuesday, August 14, 10:30am - 12:10pm
Organizer and Presider : Jeffrey C. Alexander (Yale University)
Cultural Holes: Networks, Meanings, and Formal Practices.
Ronald L. Breiger (University of Arizona)
Cultural Theories of the Transition to Modernity.
Julia P. Adams (Yale University), Isaac A. Reed (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Culture and Inequality.
David B. Grusky (Stanford University)
Cultural Sociology Seen from Economic Sociology.
Richard Swedberg (Cornell University)
Discussant: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Yale University)
Cultural Contexts of Work and Industry
Tuesday, August 14, 12:30pm - 2:10pm
Organizer and Presider: Mary Blair-Loy (University of California-San Diego)
Cultural Issues in Law Students' Choice of Careers in the Public Interest.
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein (Graduate Center, CUNY), Mitra Ellen Rastegar (Graduate Center, CUNY)
Mapping Collective Memories: Cognitive Mapping and a Critical Analysis of Bracero Life Stories.
Ronald L. Mize (Cornell University)
The Cultural Foundations of Rising Income Inequality: A U.S.-Japan Comparison.
Arthur Sakamoto (University of Texas-Austin), Isao Takei (University of Texas at Austin), Yoichi Murase (Rikkyo University)
The Myth Incarnate: Institutional Recoupling and Turmoil in an Urban Elementary School.
Tim Hallett (Indiana University)
'Why Does Everyone Want to be American?' The Cultural Implications of Outsourcing to India.
Shehzad Nadeem (University of California, San Diego)
Work Devotion as Perceived by Intimate Partners: A Cross-National Study of American and Norwegian Couples.
Jeremy Markham Schulz (University of California-Berkeley)