In case anyone missed it, here is the ESS call for papers for our proposed mini-conference. For those who are members of the Work/Culture community, I would like to ask that you guys also follow the normal procedure if you're interested in presenting, i.e. send an abstract to the email address. This will allow us to present the full spectrum of papers to the ESS presenters as we negotiated for the amount of space that we'll be given within the broader conference.
- Tom
Invisible Work in Visible Work
Mini-Conference Proposal
Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting
For the past fifty years, sociologists have stretched the boundaries of what is recognized as legitimate work. They have identified important “invisible” settings for work, such as the care, gift, shadow and domestic economies. However, as ever more activities have been reclassified as work, sociologists have become less attentive to what actually goes on in already well-recognized workplaces. We suggest renewed attention to less visible forms of cultural work in recognized work settings, such as classification and categorization; emotional and corporeal work; and boundary work. These subtle and symbolic activities manifest across recognized work settings and play important roles in social life. This mini-conference is designed to ask questions about such diffuse and ephemeral forms of work. We invite presentations that grapple with questions common to both visible and invisible work: What is good work? What makes work meaningful? How does working life affect broader cultural structures? How does cultural work affect institutional outcomes? How are reputations negotiated? What contributes to dignity and excellence in the work place? Please send abstracts toworkslashculture@gmail.com by October 15, 2013. Contact Tom Crosbie (thomas.crosbie@yale.edu) with any queries.
We look forward to your paper proposals and to seeing you soon in Baltimore.
Sorcha Brophy
Phillipa Chong
Alison Gerber
Ben Snyder
On behalf of the Work/Culture Network, http://workculturesociology.
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