40267 - Towards an Unruly Latinx Sociology

Description

This session–which builds on themes from a forthcoming special issue also titled Towards and Unruly Latinx Sociology– invites submissions that speak to what we consider to be an unruly Latinx sociology. We conceptualize unruliness as something not easily defined, not easily characterized within current paradigms, and transcendent of disciplinary binds. An unruly Latinx sociology is methodologically and theoretically innovative and creative. Unruly Latinx sociology is our attempt to foreground new directions in the field. We welcome submissions that challenge traditional paradigms used to study Latinx populations. We seek contributions that question how empire, racial capitalism, heteropatriarchy, carcerality, anti-Indigeneity, and anti-Blackness have shaped processes related to Latinx experiences, identities, and categories. What does a Latinx sociology that centers power and systems of oppression look like? We also welcome submissions centered on methodology and teaching related to Latinx sociology. Where can Latinx Sociology go if we pay attention to how systems of oppression have been reproduced in research and teaching? We also invite submissions that contend with pedagogy and curriculum development for Latinx Sociology, community rooted research and practice in Latinx communities, or papers that interrogate the epistemological bases of conducting research on/with Latinx populations.

Sub Unit

• Section on Latina/o Sociology / Towards an Unruly Latinx Sociology

Presider

• Andrea Seleana Constant, The Ohio State University

Individual Presentations

• Transnational Care Webs: Understanding Latina Migrant Experiences Navigating Exclusion and Challenging Oppressions - Alejandra Guadalupe Lemus, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque

• Spotting an Empire, or the Aestheticization of Empire along the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands - Miguel Arturo Avalos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• “Another Gang in the Neighborhood": Police Illegitimacy in Latinx and Black Communities - Humberto Flores, University of California-Santa Barbara

• Spatial Racialization and Spiritual Resilience: The Afromexican Diaspora in Santa Ana, California and Beyond - Jonathan Eli Calvillo, Emory University

• Latinx Futurism: Developing Speculative Social Theory - Santiago José Molina, Northwestern University

Discussant

• Celine M. Ayala, Georgia State University

Session Organizers

• Uriel Serrano, University of Southern California

• Rocío R. García, Arizona State University-Tempe