Center for Cultural Sociology

Communication & Culture: Transitive Explorations

Friday, April 29 & Saturday, April 30

The conference will be held at the Center For Cultural Sociology at 8 Prospect Place, New Haven

Overview

The 2011 CCS Spring Conference, Communication & Culture: Transitive Explorations, includes contributions from CCS Junior Fellows, as well as from Faculty Fellows Andreas Hess, Radim Marada, Dmitry Kurakin, Claudio Benzecry and Alexander Riley. Also participating are Marcel Fournier, Gordon Lynch, Julia Rozanova and CCS Visiting Scholar Andrea Voyer. We are pleased to welcome as participants graduate students from the State University of New York at Albany, Harvard University and our affiliated center The Cultural Sociology Research Group at the State University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. We are also welcoming graduate students from University of Michigan and Columbia University.

Contact Information

For information about the conference please contact the CCS Administrator Nadine Amalfi by e-mail (cultural dot sociology at yale dot edu) or phone, (203) 432-9855.

The banquet for conference participants will be at The Kitchen Table restaurant on Saturday, April 30

Conference Program

Time	Friday, April 29th ~ 8 Prospect Place
8:45 ~ 9:15	Coffee
9:15 ~ 9:25	Opening Remarks Philip Smith Yale University, CCS Director
9:25 ~ 10:15	Session I ~ Keynote Address United Flight 93 and American Hero Myth Alexander Riley Bucknell University Respondent: Shai Dromi Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow
10:15 ~ 10:30	Break
10:30 ~ 11:45	Session II ~ Identity & Inequality Chair: Carolyn Ly Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow Managing Instability: Interpretations of Downward Mobility among African Americans from Middle Income Households Jessica Welburn Harvard University Paths They Take, Moves They Make: Understanding the Effects of Capital Accumulation Accelerators in the Lives of Lower-Income Black Undergraduates Anthony Jack Harvard University The Master of Disguise: Hidden Faces of Ageism in Older Adults’ Social Engagement Julia Rozanova The University of British Columbia Respondent: Sorcha Brophy-Warren Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow
11:45 ~ 12:45	Lunch
12:45 ~ 1:50	Session III ~ Cultural Cocktails ~ Part 1 Chair: Ron Jacobs State University of New York at Albany, CCS Faculty Fellow Quakers, Whaling And The Origins Of Capitalism: The Protestant Spirit? Nantucket-Style Andreas Hess University College Dublin, CCS Faculty Fellow Pentecostal Priests and Three-chord Rockers: A Formal Approach to the Reproduction of Cultural Forms Claudio Benzecry University of Connecticut, CCS Faculty Fellow Respondent: Jensen Sass Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow
1:50 ~ 2:05	Break
2:05 ~ 3:10	Session III ~ Cultural Cocktails ~ Part 2 Chair: Philip Smith Yale University, CCS Director Multicultural Cultures: A Challenge to the Politics of Recognition Radim Marada Masaryk University, CCS Faculty Fellow The Technology of Incorporation: Multicultural Discourse, Conflict and Community Andrea Voyer Yale University, CCS Post-Doctoral Fellow Respondent: Jingsi Christina Wu State University of New York at Albany
3:10 ~ 3:25	Coffee Break
3:25 ~ 4:30	Session IV ~ The Media Chair: Maria Luengo Yale University, CCS Visiting Fellow The Binary Structure of American News and the Cable Revolution, 1978-1983 Elizabeth Breese Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow In the Lions’ Den: Boundary Processes in Political Reporting Matthias Revers State University of New York at Albany Superficial to Semi-Polluted: Exploring the Shift in the Meaning of Videogames in Mainstream Media Coverage Brian McKernan State University of New York at Albany Respondent: Tim Malacarne Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow
4:30 ~ 7:00	Reception, 8 Prospect Place, Foyer
Time	Saturday, April 30th ~ 8 Prospect Place
8:45 ~ 9:15	Coffee
9:15 ~ 10:45	Session V ~ The Sacred Chair: Jonathan Roberge University of Montreal Marcel Mauss’ travel in USA in 1926: A Turning Point (in cultural sociology)? Marcel Fournier University of Montreal Reassembling the Ambiguity of the Sacred: The Neglected Inconsistency in Durkheim’s Theory Dmitry Kurakin State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, CCS Faculty Fellow Dominant and subjugated sacred forms: Interpreting the Persistence of the Abuse and Neglect of Children in Irish Residential Schools Through the Twentieth-Century Gordon Lynch University of Kent Respondent: Peter Meylahks Centre for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg, Russia, CCS Postdoctoral Fellow
10:45 ~ 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 ~ 12:10	Session VI ~ Objects, Icons & Interpretations (Part I) Chair: Jeffrey Alexander Yale University, CCS Director Audience in vivo: A Study of Interactional Nature of Art and Processes of Audience Making Nail Farkhatdinov State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow Vision as a Social Representation: Photographic Technology and its Impact on a Cultural Form of Visual Perception Nataliya Komarova State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow Images We Do Not Remember: Historic Events Without Iconic Photographs Julia Sonnevend Colombia University, CCS Predoctoral Fellow Respondent: Alison Gerber Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow
12:10 ~ 1:15	Lunch
1:15 ~ 2:25	Session VII ~ Objects, Icons & Interpretations (Part 2) Chair: Ron Eyerman Yale University, CCS Director The Suffering of Symbols: Giotto Frescoes and Cultural Trauma Mira Debs Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow Mishima Yukio and Iconic Consciousness Yasushi Tanaka-Gutiez Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow Grave Digging and the Pick-Axe Catechism: Scientific ritual and re-enchantment in archaeological field work Fiona Rose Greenland University of Michigan Respondent: Jin Su Joo Yale University, CCS Predoctoral Fellow
2:25 ~ 2:40	Coffee Break
2:40 ~ 4:10	Session VIII ~ Politics & Meaning Chair: Christine Slaughter Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow Foxhunting and Ritual: Performing Opposition and the Re-imagination of National Identity Sarah Egan Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow Blogging’s Party: An Analysis of the 2008 Election Cycle’s Political News Media Field Ian Sheinheit State University of New York at Albany Political Criticism and the Power of Satire: The Transformation of Late-night Comedy on Television in the United States Nickie Michaud Wild State University of New York at Albany Orthogonals of Warfare: Toward a New Civil-Military Relations Research Paradigm Thomas Crosbie Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow Respondent: Inge Schmidt Yale University, CCS Junior Fellow
6:30 ~ 8:30	Banquet The Kitchen Table Conference participants only

Communication & Culture: Transitive Explorations

Overview

Contact Information

Conference Program

United Flight 93 and American Hero Myth

Respondent:

Managing Instability: Interpretations of Downward Mobility among African Americans from Middle Income Households

Paths They Take, Moves They Make: Understanding the Effects of Capital Accumulation Accelerators in the Lives of Lower-Income Black Undergraduates

The Master of Disguise: Hidden Faces of Ageism in Older Adults’ Social Engagement

Respondent:

Quakers, Whaling And The Origins Of Capitalism: The Protestant Spirit? Nantucket-Style

Pentecostal Priests and Three-chord Rockers: A Formal Approach to the Reproduction of Cultural Forms

Respondent:

Multicultural Cultures: A Challenge to the Politics of Recognition

The Technology of Incorporation: Multicultural Discourse, Conflict and Community

Respondent:

The Binary Structure of American News and the Cable Revolution, 1978-1983

In the Lions’ Den: Boundary Processes in Political Reporting

Superficial to Semi-Polluted: Exploring the Shift in the Meaning of Videogames in Mainstream Media Coverage

Respondent:

Marcel Mauss’ travel in USA in 1926: A Turning Point (in cultural sociology)?

Reassembling the Ambiguity of the Sacred: The Neglected Inconsistency in Durkheim’s Theory

Dominant and subjugated sacred forms: Interpreting the Persistence of the Abuse and Neglect of Children in Irish Residential Schools Through the Twentieth-Century

Respondent:

Audience in vivo: A Study of Interactional Nature of Art and Processes of Audience Making

Vision as a Social Representation: Photographic Technology and its Impact on a Cultural Form of Visual Perception

Images We Do Not Remember: Historic Events Without Iconic Photographs

Respondent:

The Suffering of Symbols: Giotto Frescoes and Cultural Trauma

Mishima Yukio and Iconic Consciousness

Grave Digging and the Pick-Axe Catechism: Scientific ritual and re-enchantment in archaeological field work

Respondent:

Foxhunting and Ritual: Performing Opposition and the Re-imagination of National Identity

Blogging’s Party: An Analysis of the 2008 Election Cycle’s Political News Media Field

Political Criticism and the Power of Satire: The Transformation of Late-night Comedy on Television in the United States

Orthogonals of Warfare: Toward a New Civil-Military Relations Research Paradigm

Respondent:

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Managing Instability:
Interpretations of Downward Mobility among African Americans from Middle Income Households

Paths They Take, Moves They Make:
Understanding the Effects of Capital Accumulation Accelerators in the Lives of Lower-Income Black
Undergraduates

Quakers, Whaling And The Origins Of Capitalism:
The Protestant Spirit? Nantucket-Style

Pentecostal Priests and Three-chord Rockers:
A Formal Approach to the Reproduction of Cultural Forms

Multicultural Cultures:
A Challenge to the Politics of Recognition

In the Lions’ Den:
Boundary Processes in Political Reporting

Superficial to Semi-Polluted:
Exploring the Shift in the Meaning of Videogames in Mainstream Media Coverage

Marcel Mauss’ travel in USA in 1926:
A Turning Point (in cultural sociology)?

Reassembling the Ambiguity of the Sacred:
The Neglected Inconsistency in Durkheim’s Theory

Dominant and subjugated sacred forms:
Interpreting the Persistence of the Abuse and Neglect of Children in Irish Residential Schools Through the
Twentieth-Century

Audience in vivo:
A Study of Interactional Nature of Art and Processes of Audience Making

Vision as a Social Representation:
Photographic Technology and its Impact on a Cultural Form of Visual Perception

The Suffering of Symbols:
Giotto Frescoes and Cultural Trauma

Grave Digging and the Pick-Axe Catechism:
Scientific ritual and re-enchantment in archaeological field work

Foxhunting and Ritual:
Performing Opposition and the Re-imagination of National Identity

Blogging’s Party:
An Analysis of the 2008 Election Cycle’s Political News Media Field

Political Criticism and the Power of Satire:
The Transformation of Late-night Comedy on Television in the United States

Orthogonals of Warfare:
Toward a New Civil-Military Relations Research Paradigm