Institute for Culture and Society

Date: December 12 & 13, 2013

Venue: Room EA.G.36, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus (opens in a new window), corner James Ruse Drive and Victoria Road, Rydalmere

Contact: George (Kev) Dertadian - g.dertadian@uws.edu.au

Description

The Dangerous Consumptions Colloquium is a forum drawing on social and critical theory for the presentation and discussion of research on the myriad forms of contemporary consumption. In past years presentations have explored alcohol, illicit drugs, gambling, sex, food, blood, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, public health policy, celebrity magazines and pleasure from a social research perspective. Presentations on these or other forms of ‘dangerous consumption’ are welcome. The colloquium is run over two days with only a single stream of papers (there are no concurrent sessions). This gives participants the opportunity to share ideas and understandings from research into forms of dangerous consumptions and from a range of theoretical perspectives.

This year’s colloquium is being held at the University of Western Sydney, hosted by the Institute for Culture & Society and the School of Social Sciences & Psychology. The conference conveners are Professor Stephen Tomsen and George (Kev) Dertadian from the University of Western Sydney. A conference organising committee, comprised of key researchers in the field of dangerous consumptions, will assist with the organisation of the event.

Submission

The convenors invite abstracts of up to 250 words proposing papers for the colloquium. Abstracts should include the title of the proposed paper, the name and email address of author(s), and if applicable any institutional affiliation. Abstracts can address any aspect of dangerous consumption, with preference given to papers informed by a social or critical theory perspective.
 
The call for abstracts closes on Tuesday October 1. The organising committee will review the suitability of the paper, with authors advised of the status of their paper by the 15th of October.
 
After the event the conveners intend to invite speakers to submit a written version of their papers for a proposed refereed conference proceedings.

Abstracts should be sent in the body of an email to George (Kev) Dertadian – g.dertadian@uws.edu.au. Please use 'DC 11' in the subject line.

Download the 11th Dangerous Consumptions Colloquium Flyer (opens in a new window)(PDF, 8217.09 KB) here.  

Registration

To register for this event visit the UWS iPay (opens in a new window) page.