The Berkeley Journal of Sociology (BJS) invites you to
“THE POPULAR”
The Berkeley Journal of Sociology Annual Conference 2012
16 March 2012
Eshleman Library, 7th floor of Eshleman Hall
UC Berkeley
Sponsored by the Berkeley Department of Sociology, Institute of Governmental Studies, Center for the Comparative Study of Right Wing Movements
For more information, contact bjs@berkeley.edu.
The Berkeley Journal of Sociology invites you to a conference regarding the political, cultural, social, and technological facets of “the popular.” What are the relationships between the popular, appeals to the popular, and social and economic conditions or structures? What key lines of difference emerge within the popular? How might the concept of “the popular” itself work to obscure important divisions or fissures? How do various sites of inquiry illuminate or problematize the very notion of “the popular” as a meaningful descriptor? How might popular phenomena be distinguished, and what is the significance of this distinction? The conference will feature two graduate student panels and two keynote addresses, by Isaac Martin (UCSD) and Laura
Grindstaff (UC Davis).
PROGRAM
9:00–9:15 am – Coffee & Light Refreshments
9:15–10:45 am – Producing the Popular: Politics and Strategies
11:00–12:30 pm – Isaac Martin, Sociology, UCSD: “A Social Movement for the One Percent”
Respondents: Paul Pierson, Political Science, UC Berkeley
Dylan Riley, Sociology, UC Berkeley
12:30–1:45 pm – Lunch Break
2:00–3:30pm – Navigating Popular Cultures: Identity, Image, Information
4:00–5:30pm – Laura Grindstaff, Sociology, UC Davis: “Reality TV and the Production of ‘Ordinary Celebrity’: Notes from the Field”
Respondents: Joshua Gamson, Sociology, USF
G. Cristina Mora, Sociology, UC Berkeley
5:30–7:00 pm – Dinner (420 Barrows Hall)
Directions: Eshelman Library, 7th floor of Eshleman Hall, on Bancroft Way between Telegraph Ave. and Dana St.