The Sociology of Race and Space

Session Submission Type: Preconference

Description

This preconference bridges a gap in the American Sociological Association between the Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities (SREM) and the Community and Urban Sociology Section (CUSS). It recognizes how sociologists have struggled to understand the relationship between space and society. It draws on a long legacy but challenges a dominant paradigm that associates Black and Brown neighborhoods with harm and danger. Panelists move beyond but these themes to consider how non-white spaces foster joy, care, and mutual aid.

This preconference also considers the production of space and place and extends its analytical frame to borders, boundaries, and the distinction between urban, suburban, and peripheral areas to interrogate how and why the relation between people and production results in patterned disparities to access public goods and amenities. It also interrogates segregation and the related concepts of white and Black space to predict the impact of the new Latina/o/X category for the 2030 US Census.

Sub Unit

• Preconferences

Presenters

• Uriel Serrano, University of Southern California

• Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, University of Southern California

• Prentiss A. Dantzler, University of Toronto

• AJ Golio, Tulane University

• Jackelyn Hwang, Stanford University

• Janet Muñiz, California State University-Long Beach

• Orly Clerge, University of California-Davis

• William A. Lugo, Eastern Connecticut State University

• John N. Robinson, Princeton University

• Louise Seamster, University of Iowa

• Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

• Nancy Lopez Lopez, UNM

• Melissa M. Valle, Rutgers University-Newark

Session Organizers

• Nicole Elise Trujillo-Pagan, Wayne State University

• Teresa Irene Gonzales, Loyola University Chicago

• Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, University at Albany, SUNY

• Angela Marie Simms, Barnard College-Columbia University