31.03.2020
CfP: "Analyzing Gender, Practices, and Social Change", International Workshop; January 14th - 15th, 2021
We call for submissions for an interdisciplinary workshop on methodological challenges of analyzing social change in gender relations from a practice-theoretical perspective which our research projec hosts in co-operation with Prof. Dr. Ursula Offenberger.
Dear Colleagues,
please find attached the Call for Papers for the international workshop “Analyzing Gender, Practices, and Social Change” which will take place at the University of Tübingen, January 14th – 15th, 2021.
With this interdisciplinary workshop, we want to discuss the methodological challenges of empirically analyzing social change, with a special focus on gender relations, from a practice-theoretical perspective.
Our aim is to further our understanding of how to practice practice theory empirically, and to open up new ways to translate its theoretical promises into rich analyses. Questions the papers can engage with include (not exhaustively):
- How can we translate the theoretical openness of practice theories into methodology which accounts for both, the change and the perpetuation of practices? How can we empirically grasp social change over time from a practice-theoretical perspective? Moreover, how can we account for relations of power in theses analyses?
- Which insights do different disciplines from social sciences offer to better grasping social change and, thus, to contributing to methodological reflections of the practice turn?
- Which methods are best suited for studying social change from a practice perspective? How can innovative research designs look like?
Submission deadline for abstracts (600-800 words) is June 30, 2020.
We intend to publish the results of the workshop as a special issue in a peer-reviewed international journal.
In case of any question please contact: maximilian.kiefer@uni-tuebingen.de
The workshop is hosted by our research project in co-operation with Prof. Dr. Ursula Offenberger, Methods Center University of Tübingen.