American Sociological Association
Chicago, August 2002

 
Message

The Culture section sessions at the American Sociological Association take place this year on August 18 to 19, in Chicago. The activities and times are shown below. Exact room assignments are not available yet, but they will all be held at the Chicago Hilton. We hope to see you there.

—Cynthia Epstein
<CEpstein@gc.cuny.edu>

Distinguished Professor Department of Sociology
Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016
(212) 817-8782


Program Outline

Sunday, August 18, 2002

Section Council Meeting
7 to 8:15 a.m.

Paper Session
Diffusing Cultural Sociology: Intellectual Fields and Institutional Boundaries
8:30 a.m.

Invited Panel
Technology, the Internet, and the Culture of Social Connectedness
10:30 a.m.

Paper Session
“Queering” Cultural Sociology: Innovative Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexualities
2:30 p.m.

Refereed Roundtables
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Business Meeting
5:30 to 6:10 p.m.

Section Party
6:10 p.m. (tentative)


Monday, August 19, 2002

Paper Session
Formal Methods and Cultural Analyses: Exemplar Studies
8:30 a.m.

Paper Session
Interpretive Studies of Culture
10:30 a.m.