21055 - Decolonizing and Intersectionalizing the Canon

Description

This is an open session sponsored by the Theory section. This session surfaces key debates about the status of the sociological canon. Many advocate for diversifying and expanding the existing canon. Some have pushed for upending and replacing the all-white, all-male, all-European canon, while other scholars challenge us to rethink whether we need a canon at all, and for what purpose. This session invites submissions that aim to rethink the cannon, including but not limited to engaging with its colonial legacies, identifying the intersectional experiences it overlooks, or exploring pathways to include more voices.

Sub Unit

• Theory Section / Decolonizing and Intersectionalizing the Canon

Presider

• Shai M. Dromi, Harvard University

Individual Presentations

• Modeling Man: W.E.B. Du Bois’s Statistics - Atiya Husain, Williams College

• Settler-Colonial Structure and Indigenous Agency: Drawing on the Sociological Cannon to Theorize Settler-Colonialism - Dean R. Ray, York University

• Rethinking Postcolonial Sociology: Canons, Decolonization, and Close Reading - George Steinmetz, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Discussant

• Julia Potter Adams, Yale University

Session Organizers

• Shai M. Dromi, Harvard University

• Ioana Sendroiu, University of Hong Kong

• Claire Laurier Decoteau, University of Illinois-Chicago