[Air-L] Call for Session Proposals for ISA 2025 in Rabat, MA.

[MC Cambre]

*ISA 5th Forum of Sociology  Call for SessionsDeadline: May 31, 2024*
The ISA Visual Sociology Research Committee (RC57) participates in the ‘5th
Forum of Sociology: *‘Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene’*, organized by
the International Sociological Association (ISA) in Rabat, Morocco on July
6-11, 2025.

This interdisciplinary and diverse research committee welcomes session
proposals related to the theme, and more specifically, session proposals
and activities (of about 250 words) that address the role of: *The visual
in knowledge production and distribution as well as in challenging dominant
societal choices.*
How can visual sociology contribute to a better understanding of what is
really at stake and shed light on numerous forms of injustice associated
with this epoch? As always, *we welcome innovative proposals about aspects
of visual social science more broadly: visual theory, methodological
contributions, teaching experiences and best practices, technological
advances in visual data production and communication, etc.*
Sessions can take one of the following formats:

   - *Paper presentation session:* It is recommended that each session uses
   its 105 minutes to accommodate a maximum of 4-5 papers (of 15-20 minutes
   each), followed by 5-10 minutes of discussants comments (optional) and
   15-20 minutes of collective discussion. Each panel will have a chair which
   the panel organizer is responsible for arranging. These sessions will be
   open for abstract submission from August 5 until October 15, 2024.
   - *Panel session: *A panel session accommodates several invited
   panelists who will debate around a specific theme or on current issues of
   particular importance to the area of research within Visual Sociology. The
   floor will then be opened to the audience. Members of the panel are chosen
   and invited by Session Organizers and are not open for general abstract
   submission. Each panel will have a chair and discussant which the panel
   organizer is responsible for arranging.
   - *Invited session:* These are invited sessions with invitations issued
   by Session Organizers. These are not open for general abstract submission.
   Each panel will have a chair and discussant which the session organizer is
   responsible for arranging.
   - *Roundtable Session:* To accommodate more papers, a regular session
   time slot may be used for a maximum of 5 concurrent running round table
   presentations in one room (maximum of 5-6 presenters at each table). Five
   tables will be set up at the same time and in the same room. Each table
   will accommodate 10 persons including the presenters (suggested number of 5
   presenters). Our RC can organize up to 2 Round Table sessions.
   - *Poster session: *Poster presentations of research information and
   results.
   - *Joint session: *Joint Sessions are sessions organized jointly by two
   or more ISA groups on a theme of overlapping interest. They can take any of
   the formats listed in this section. The session organizer is responsible
   for liaising with the RC57 Organizing Committee and the partner RC/WG/TG.
   Joint sessions only count towards the session limit of the host committee.
   - *Author(s) meets Critics:* This is a debate centered on an important
   recent publication. The author can present their work before commentators
   discuss their responses. The floor is then opened to the audience.
   - *Featured or Keynote Speaker:* A session featuring a leading
   researcher in our field, with a presentation of between 35 and 60 minutes
   duration, followed by a discussion period. This kind of session can attract
   more people from outside our group. These sessions are organized directly
   by Program Coordinators and/or Session Organizers and are not open for
   abstract submission.
   - *Other formats:* We invite proposals for sessions in other formats,
   such as film screenings, publication or mentoring sessions, etc. Please
   describe the format as clearly as possible. Please note that where
   required, the session organizers are responsible for arranging chairs and
   discussants.

*Linguistic Diversity*
Although English is the administrative language of ISA, the Association has
three official languages: English, French, and Spanish. Presentations are
primarily in the official three languages. However, RC/WG/TGs are
encouraged to support language diversity. If
paper presentations are in languages other than English, then it is up to
our RC to work this out creatively, given that ISA does not have funds to
support simultaneous interpretation.
Proposals for forum sessions (in English, French or Spanish) should be
submitted through the online platform: International Sociological
Association (*isa-sociology.org <http://isa-sociology.org>*) from May 2,
2024 through July, 1, 2024. The Program Coordinators will notify the
applicants on the status of their proposal before July 31, and will then
open the Call for Papers from August 5, through October 15, 2024.

Information on how to become a member can be found at:
https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/research-networks/research-committees/rc57-visual-sociology/


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*Dr. Carolina Cambre (she |her) Associate ProfessorConcordia University,
Montréal *



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