1324 - Public Sociology and Social Justice Sociology

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

An increasing number of sociology departments are reframing the curriculum around the themes of public sociology and social justice. While there continues to be debates between professional and public sociologies, more scholars are engaging the practice of sociology in local, national and international social issues in the pursuit of social justice. Panelists reflect on this moment and the future of sociology as an agent of social justice.

Sub Unit

• Plenary Session

Session Organizer

• Mary Romero, Arizona State University

Presider

• Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut

Individual Presentations

• Contextual Global Sociology: Suicides, Oppression and Social Justice - Margaret Abraham, Hofstra University

• "What Use is Poetry?" Excavating Tongues of Justice around Navtej Johar vs. Union of India - Kalpana Kannabiran, Council for Social Development

• Public Sociology in the Era of Trump - Michael Burawoy, University of California-Berkeley

• Complex Entanglements: Moving from Professional to Public Sociology in the Arab World - Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut