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BSA Regional Postgraduate Day School

Subcultures Past and Present: Space, Technologies and Social Control University of York

4 June 2010 in W/222

The Department of Sociology, University of York, will be hosting a one-day conference around the theme of culture and subculture. Organised for postgraduates by postgraduates at the universities of York, Sheffield and Leeds, the conference will examine classical sociological analyses of subculture and the transformations in the meaning of subculture brought about by the local/global shift, the advent of transformative technologies and the implications both of these have for our understanding of (sub) culture in place and space.

This event is sponsored by the British Sociological Association as part of a series of regional events for sociology postgraduates.  Attendance is free for all BSA Members and £10 for non members.

Programme

Morning

9.30–10.00 Registration and refreshments

10.00–10.10 Welcome address, (Dr Dave Beer, University of York)

10.10–11.10 Professional discussion panel: (Dr Mark Davies, University of Leeds; Prof Mike Savage, University of Manchester; Dr Paul Hodkinson, University of Surrey)

11.10–11.55 Postgraduate panel 1: ‘Contemporary Subcultures’

  • Anu M. Vaittinen (Newcastle) ‘Mixed Martial Arts Subculture: The local and global space of the MMA gym shaping bodies and practices’
  • Geneva Murray (York) ‘In the Eye of the Beholder: The meaning of dress in the Roller Derby community’
  • Rosemary Hill (York) ‘Women Heavy Metal Fans’

11.55–13.15 LUNCH

Afternoon

13.15–14.15 Key Note Interview (Dr Sarah Thornton, author of Club Cultures and Seven Days in the Art World)

14.15–15.00 Postgraduate panel 2: 'Belonging and Identity’

  • Alison Mackiewicz (Bath) ‘Bedroom Culture and young women’s resistance to hyperfemininity’
  • Ann L. Murphy (Newcastle) ‘The Dust of Afghanistan: The Landscape of War and its Impact on the Home Front; Sarah’s story’
  • Tonya Anderson (Sunderland) ‘ Still Kissing Their Posters Goodnight: The shift from individual to communal ‘bedroom culture’ as pop idol fandom goes online’

15.00–15.15 Refreshments

15.15–16.00 Postgraduate panel 3: Discipline and Control’

  • Mark Horsley (York) ‘The Emotionality of “Subculture”: Dejection, nihilism, futility and death in Anglo-America’
  • Alexandra Jugureanu (Brunel) ‘Lay Theories and the Cultural Contingency of Happiness’
  • Beverly Geesin (York) ‘Playing Hide and Seek with Privacy’

16.00–16.10 Closing note, Professor Andrew Webster, (University of York)

16.10–18.00 Wine reception


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