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251 - Theory Section Invited Session. Theorizing Events
Sun, August 17, 10:30am to 12:10pm, TBASession Submission Type: Paper Session
Abstract
The panelists address some of the fundamental questions in the study of events: What are events? What kinds of dynamics help shape their configurations, trajectories, and transformations? Why are events theoretically interesting?
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Individual Presentations
Lineage as Structure: Social Entities as Lineages of Events - Andrew Abbott, University of Chicago
Event and Uncertainty - Vida Bajc, Methodist University
Assessing the Significance of Events - Ivan Ermakoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Events From the Ground Up - Robin E. Wagner-Pacifici, New School for Social Research