ISA Forum, Programme Book - International Sociological Association

Chair: Kathy Davis, University of Utrecht, The
Netherlands
Location: UB-FP- 0.1
Session ID: JS_RC38_RC05_08
Authors and Papers:
Elisabeth Tuider (University of Hildesheim,
Germany)
The Maquiladora. Migrant women’s transnational
practices on the northern Mexican border
Silke Roth (University of Southhampton, UK)
Transnational life-styles of humanitarian aid
workers
Vicki Harman (University of London, UK)
Transnational mothering and support networks:
experiences of lone white mothers of
mixed-parentage children
Sunday, September 7, 15:30-17:30
Joint Session 02 of RC32 and RC38: Biographical
and Feminist Methods in a Global
Framework
Chair: Marilyn Porter, Memorial University,
Canada and Fatimah Daud, International Islamic
University, Kuala Lumpur
Location: UB-FP- 0.1
Session ID: JS_RC38_RC32_09
Authors and Papers:
Myriam Moreas Lins de Barros (UFRJ, Brazil )
Women’s life path in middle and lower classes
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a comparative analysis
of gender and generation.
Maria das Dores Campos Machado (UFRJ,
Brazil)
Women’s life path in middle and lower classes
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a comparative analysis
of gender and generation.
Kalpana Kannabrian (Asmita Resource Centre
for Women, India)
Making the Forked Tongue Speak: An Ethnography
of Self
Paul Luken (Univ of West Georgia, USA)
Putting Theory in Its Place: An institutional ethnography
approach.
Suzanne Vaughan (Arizona State University,
USA)
Putting Theory in Its Place: An institutional ethnography
approach.
Linda Christiansen Ruffman (Saint Mary’s University)
IFUN’s model of self-presentation and its theoretical
implications for sociology
Nighat Khan (Institute of Womens’ Studies,
Pakistan)
Write it down the way I mean it.
Luz Ma Martinez (Univ Autonoma de Barcelona,
Spain)
An approach to the private space: Housewives’
chores through life stories.
Ana Isabel Garay (Univ Autonoma de Barcelona,
Spain)
An approach to the private space: Housewives’
chores through life stories.
Kathy Davis (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Appropriating the narrative of the “Other”:
Some critical reflections on feminist theory in a
global context
Saturday, September 6, 11:30-13:30
Session 06: Joint Session of RC07 and
RC48: Social Movements and New Media
Chair: Markus S. Schulz, New York University,
USA and Benjamín Tejerina, University of
the Basque Country, Spain
Location: UB-FPGH-206
Session ID: JS_RC48_RC07_06
Authors and Papers:
Veronica Alfaro (New School for Social Research,
USA)
Comparing Action and Social Movements in
the Virtual Public Sphere: Web 1.0 to Web 2.0
From Silence and Disruption to Acting in Concert
Frederico Bertagnoli (New York University,
USA)
Human Rights, Wireless Technologies, and
Organized Crime in Contemporary Brazil
Sartaj Chanchal (University of Texas, USA)
The Role of Media in Advancing the Cause of
the Feminist Movement in America
Gert Verschraegen (Univerty of Leuven, Belgium)
Commons-based Knowledge Production as a
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