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395 - Regular Session. Explaining Social Action through the Perspectives of Culture and Cognition
Mon, August 14, 2:30 to 4:10pm, Palais des congrès de Montréal, Floor: Level 5, 516ESession Submission Type: Paper Session 100min
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The papers in this session tackle the central question of how to explain social action. In doing so, they engage with theories of action, cultural sociology, and socio-cognitive research. What is the role of the self, identity, or reflexivity in individual action? To what extent do motivation, expectations, and accounts inform lines of action? These are some of the main questions addressed in the papers.
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Action, Motivation, and Identity: A Consideration of Identity as Means and Ends - Scott Beck, New School for Social Research
Bounded Reflexivity: How Expectations Shape Careers - Lawrence Hamilton Williams, University of Toronto; Scott K. Montgomery, Cornerstone OnDemand
Talking Your Self Into It: On the Motivational Significance of Accounts - Daniel A. Winchester, Purdue University; Kyle Green, Utica College
He Heard, She Heard: Toward a Cultural Sociology of the Senses - Alessandra Lembo, University of Chicago
Neuroculture and the Self: Constructing Identity after Brain Injury - Jorie Hofstra, Rutgers; Jan Verstraete, Montclair State University