The Child and Teen Consumption (CTC) community is accepting submissions for the 7th Child and Teen Consumption conference, April 27-29, 2016, hosted by Aalborg University. The conference theme is Child and Teen Consumption: Cultural Contexts, Relations and Practices. As consumers, children and teens navigate in contested fields. On the one hand, being part of consumer society …
The 2015 Editorial Team of Emerald Studies in Media and Communication, sponsored by the Communication and Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association, invites submissions of original, unpublished papers for two upcoming volumes to be published in late 2015 and early 2016. Volume 10: Digital Distinctions & Inequalities Submissions for this volume may include …
The latest issue of Consumed, our section newsletter, is now online and ready for your consumption. Don’t miss the wonderful features by Sharon Zukin, Cortney Anderson (The Undergraduate Beat!), Yaniv Ron-El, and Sarah Cappeliez. Bon appétit!
The ASA Section on the Sociology of Consumers and Consumption Student Paper Award goes to the graduate student whose paper makes the best original contribution to the understanding of ideas about, and practices of, consumption. The sociology of consumption, broadly defined, includes subjects dealing with theoretical and/or empirical questions related to consumers, commodities, and/or consumer markets, …
The journal MUSEUM & SOCIETY invites those using sociological approaches to understand museums or museum-related topics to submit papers for a special issue of the journal. The editors are looking for: Papers that report new theoretically-engaged, empirically-grounded research on museums. Papers that report on museum-related topics such as collecting, sociocultural trends, cultural policy, social memory, …
The ASA Section on the Sociology of Consumers and Consumption Distinguished Publication Award goes to the author(s) of the best published article or book chapter that makes a significant, original contribution to the understanding of ideas about, and practices of, consumption. The sociology of consumption, broadly defined, includes subjects dealing with theoretical and/or empirical questions …
Cortney Anderson, Pomona College For me, the transition to college was a difficult one. Aside from being far away from home, I also gained immense amounts of knowledge that drastically changed my ethics, my practices, and my worldview. This was simultaneously refreshing and unsettling. After taking introductory courses and electives in sociology, including a … Continue reading
Yaniv Ron-El, University of Chicago The rising prominence of consumption as an area of sociological interest is evident not only in the growing number of scholars and students who put consumption at the center of their academic research, but also when sociologists whose main research focus resides elsewhere feel they are confronted with consumption-related issues … Continue reading
Sarah Cappeliez, University of Toronto Chatting with Cassi Pittman, a recent hire at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, it seems clear she was destined for a career in research. In high school, she thought she would pursue science, but a class in college on race and ethnic relations changed that. “I had a … Continue reading
Sharon Zukin, Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center I am glad to see during my first months as the consumption section chair that we are both a growing group and a very responsive community. We grew our membership to 314 after the mini-conference and annual meetings in San Francisco, thanks to generous financial contributions from … Continue reading
Welcome to the third installment of Consumed. This is an exciting issue for us because it is the first to feature the work of our new talented staff of writers. Cortney Anderson, a sociology major in her final year at Pomona College has written a wonderfully thoughtful reflection on studying consumption and living mindfully. This … Continue reading
Oleg Komlik, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben-Gurion University, invites readers to participate in the Economic Sociology and Political Economy online academic community. The ES/PE community’s goal is to disseminate the insights of socio-political research of the economy to the public and academics; and to serve as a platform on which our … Continue reading
Congratulations to section member Dr. Ashley Mears for her recent article in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times. Dr. Mears’ article, “Who Runs the Girls?” reviews her experience while researching fashion models who play essential roles at VIP clubs and social events. This publication is a fine example how sociological research can … Continue reading
