Soziologie

» Veröffentlicht am 29. September 2023

Recent publications from AG Social Anthropology

Nguyen, Minh T. N., and Lan Wei. 2023. “Peasant Traders, Migrant Workers and ‘Supermarkets’: Low-Cost Provisions and the Reproduction of Migrant Labor in China.” Economic Anthropology 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12292.

Wilcox, Phill, Rigg, Jonathan, & Nguyen, Minh T. N. 2023. Rural Life in Late Socialism: Politics of Development and Imaginaries of the Future. Brill.   https://brill.com/display/title/63621?rskey=s2AkuQ&result=4.

Mao, Jingyu. 2023. “Doing Ethnicity—Multi-layered Ethnic Scripts in Contemporary China“. The China Quarterly 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741023000681.

Mao, Jingyu. 2023. “Bringing emotional reflexivity and emotional regime to understanding ‘the hukou puzzle’ in contemporary China. Emotions and Society“. https://doi.org/10.1332/263169021X16731871958851 (published online ahead of print 2023).

Mao, Jingyu. & Yan, Zhu. 2023. “Friends are those who can help you out: unpacking the understandings and experiences of friendships among young migrant workers in China“. Families, Relationships and Societies. XX(XX): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16770752617895 (published online ahead of print 2023).

Lin, Jake. & Mao, Jingyu. 2023. “More equitable fiscal systems are needed to improve welfare provision for migrant workers in China and Vietnam“. Melbourne Asia Review. Edition 14. https://doi.org/10.37839/MAR2652-550X14.13 (Equal authorship).

» Veröffentlicht am 21. September 2023

New Frontiers of Research on Welfare in the Global South - Ring Lecture Series

Whereas the welfare state in the Global North has been a response to industrialization and the rise of the workers' movement, the Global South is characterized by different legacies of social policy that stem, among others, from their colonial histories and the influence of transnational actors such as international organizations. In recent decades, social policies have further expanded across the Global South, as international organizations such as the ILO have (re-)discovered global poverty and the widespread lack of social protection for certain groups in the so-called "developing world" as intertwined. In light of far-reaching societal transformations, there have certainly been large-scale social policy developments in these countries in recent decades.

This lecture series hosts eminent scholars of social policy, anthropology, development and related fields, who will present their work on new frontiers of research on welfare in the Global South. Overall, the lecture series enquires into the varying trajectories of welfare transformations in the Global South and their political, historical and social contexts.

All lectures, with exception of the first, will be hybrid events. To register to the Zoom events click here. 

» Veröffentlicht am 19. September 2023

6. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für sozioökonomische Bildung und Wissenschaft (GSÖBW)

» Veröffentlicht am 18. September 2023

Luhmann-Nachlass: Online-Veröffentlichung von Manuskripten gestartet

» Veröffentlicht am 18. September 2023

Konferenzteilnahmen im September

Roundtable bei der Dreiländertagung in Linz (Foto: Universität Linz)

Im September war die AG Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft und Politikfeldanalyse bei zwei Konferenzen vertreten.

Zunächst fand vom 4.-8. September die diesjährige ECPR-Tagung (European Consortium for Political Research) in Prag statt. Sonja Blum stellte ein zusammen mit Johanna Kuhlmann (Universität Bremen) verfasstes Paper zur Rolle von Emotionen im Narrative Policy Framework vor.

Im Anschluss richtete die Universität Linz die politikwissenschaftliche Dreiländertagung aus. Es handelt sich um eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (ÖGPW), der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW) sowie der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (SVPW). Zur Eröffnungsveranstaltung diskutierte Sonja Blum gemeinsam mit Reinhard Heinisch (Salzburg), in einem von Margitta Mätzke (Linz) moderierten Roundtable zum Thema der Tagung: „Zeitenwende: Politik(wissenschaft) in unsicheren Zeiten“.

» Veröffentlicht am 7. September 2023

Hindu Deities on ‘World Tour’: Unbounded Efficacies - First publication of Bielefeld Anthropological Papers on Issues of the Global World (BAPGW)

The first paper of the new working paper series »Bielefeld Anthropological Papers on Issues of the Global World (BAPGW)« has been published. 

BAPGW features innovative theoretical and empirical analyses by scholars working on socio-cultural, economic and political issues of global implications in diverse contexts whose works are anthropologically and ethnographically oriented. The series provides a platform for staff members, guest speakers and visiting scholars of Bielefeld University's Faculty of Sociology to disseminate their findings, gather feedback and initiate discussion on their ongoing works. The series is edited and sponsored by the Faculty’s Department for Sociology of Transnationalisation and Social Anthropology.

The paper by Vineeta Sinha (University of Singapore) is titled »Hindu Deities on ‘World Tour’: Unbounded Efficacies«. 

For more information and access click here.