Social Movements
THE NINTH ANNUAL SOCIAL THEORY FORUM
April 18th and 19th 2012
The Campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125-3393, Tel: 617-287-5000
Conflict, Social Movements, and Social Change: Theory and Practice
Final Program
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
8:30-9:25 – REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST (Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall )
9:25-9:30 – Opening the Conference
Siamak Movahedi, Jorge Capetillo, Glenn Jacobs, & Darren Kew, the Conference Moderators
9:30-10: OPENING STATEMENTS
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Winston Langley, Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Massachusetts Boston
10:00-10:45: Distinguished Lectures
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Lauren Langman, Loyola University of Chicago, and
Valentine Moghadam, Northeastern University
From Tahrir Square to Zucotti Park and Beyond
11:00-12:30 Block
Session 1: Global Perspectives on the Occupy Movements
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Langman, Lauren, Loyola University of Chicago and
Lundskow, George, Grand Valley State University
Down The Rabbit Hole to a Tea Party
Mutisi, Martha , African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Structures of Reconciliation: the Organ of National Healing in Zimbabwe.
Hagerty, Talia, University of Massachusetts, Boston
‘This is What Democracy Looks Like’: Strategic Nonviolent Conflict and the Case of Occupy Wall Street
Jeyapal, Daphne, University of Toronto
Space, race and the protest of others
Callahan, Mary-Jo, Central Connecticut State University
From Chiapas to New York: The Zapatista Influence on the Occupy Movement
Moderator: Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
Session 2: Conflict Resolution and Social Movement Theory
(Harbor Art Gallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Jarul, Tufail, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-India
Kashmir Conflict and its Impact on the Seasonal Movement of the Bakarwal tribe and its future in the Valley of Kashmir
Kriesberg, Louis, Syracuse University
Burdick, Samuel John, Syracuse University
Roy, Beth, University of California, Berkeley
Struggling on the Street and at the Table: How Social Action and Civil Dialogue can work together.
Stein, Andrew, The Lacanian group Apres Coup in New York City
Occupy Wall Street: Politics As Usual Or Social Justice Event?
Charles W Ogg, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Applying Relational Analysis to Labor as a Social Movement: The Sleeping Beast Awakes in Wisconsin.
Session 3: The Politics of Funding and the Pursuit of Social Justice
(Sociology Conference Room, Wheatley 4th floor, room 22-23)
Diane Swords, Elizabeth Mount, Anya Stanger, Syracuse University
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:20: Distinguished Lecture
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Louis Kriesberg, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
2:30-4: Block
Session 4: The Arab Spring Movements: Where are they now and where are they going?
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Leila Farsakh, University of Massachusetts Boston (Moderator)
Lina Khatib, Program Manager for the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy, Stanford University,
Tarek Masoud, Harvard University
Stuart Krusell, Associate Director, Office of External Relations, MIT
Session 5: Minority, Immigrant, and Gender Movements
(Harbor Art Gallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Zulfiqar, Ghazal, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Microfinance and the Promise of Social Change inSouth Asia
Dao, Loan, University of Massachusetts Boston
‘American Accent’: Counter-hegemonic Narratives of Undocumented and Non-citizen Asian (American) Youth
Jorge Capetillo-Ponce and Cedric Woods, University of Massachusetts at Boston
Latino/a or Native American?Changing Patterns of Collective Identification Among the Maya K’iche in the United States
Ahmad, Shabab, CUHP, Dharamsala H.P. India
Minority Status- Saga of Dispute: A Critical Review
Nair, Rashmi, Clark University, and
Johanna ay Vollhardt, Clark University
Solidarity between minority groups-voices from social movements in India
Moderator: Lorna Rivera, Women’s Studies,University of Massachusetts
Session 6: Nationalism, Autonomy, and Separatism
(Sociology Conference Room, Fourth Floor of Wheatley Hall )
Subedi, Anand Prasad, University of Nepal
Conflict Affected Internally Displaced Families in Nepal: A Special Reference to (1996-2006) Decade Long Maoist Insurgency
Ozugurlu, Sonay Bayramoglu,Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Keskin, Nuray Erturk, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Local and Regional self government? / Autonomy? A Study on the Turkish Case
Obeni, Ehioboh Sonia,
The Unifying Role of English in a Multicultural nation: The Case of Nigeria
4:30-6:30 Block
Session 7: Social Theory
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Kozlarek, Oliver, Universidad de Michoacán, Mexico
The Humanist Turn: a Comparative Critque of Dehumanization
Solis-Gadea, Héctor Raúl, Universidad de Guadalajara, México
The Challenges of Social Theory in the Twenty First Century
Margarita Palacios, Birkbeck College, Germany
Hermeneutics and the Art of Disobedience: A critical reading of Ricoeur and Derrida
Arai, Tatsushi, School for International Training (SIT)
Toward Functional Coexistence: Peace building in the Context of Mutual Non-Recognition
D’Arcy, Michael, UC Berkeley – UC San Francisco
Shahid and the Mnay Struggles: Translating the Revolution and the Witness-as-Word
Moderator: Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
Session 8: Comparative Social Movements
(Harbor Art Gallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Galanes Luis, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Contemporary Social Movements: Lessons from theCaribbean
Muñoz-PROTO, Caolina, The Graduate center, CUNY and
Opotow, Susan, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Justice, Activity and Narrative: Studying the World March for Peace and Nonviolence
Awodola, Bosede, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution-Abuja-Nigeria
Social Movements and 2011 General Election in Nigeria: Case Study of Neighbor 2 Neighbor
Agarwal Ankit, University of Pune, India
The Fade out of 2011 Indian Corruption Movement
7:00-Dinner
Location: TBA
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
8:00-9:00 – REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST (Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
9:00-10:30 Block
Session 9: Digital Democracy, Social Media, and Movements I
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Ogenga, Frederic, Maseno University-Kenya
Is Peace Journalism in the ‘war’ against terror? The Daily Nation and the East African Standard representation of Operation Linda Nchi in Somalia
Oravec, Jo Ann, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
The Protest Culture of the Midwest: Comparison of Pre-Internet and Internet-Enabled Imagery and Organizational Strategies
Rastogi, Divyanshu & Gupta, Gazal
Social Media and Its Usage Trends: A Socio-cultural Perspective
Session 10: Digital Democracy, Social Media, and Movements II
(Sociology Conference Room, Wheatley 4th. Floor, Room 22-23)
Clark, James,York University Toronto, Canada
‘Cyber Utopia’ readings of the Arab Spring: A neoliberal and pro-war fantasy
Mutisi, Martha, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Countering State Repression through Digital Democracy: The Role of Electronic Media in Social Movements in Zimbabwe
Heisler, Jay, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada
Nonviolent Propaganda: Examples from Burma and Iran
Session 11: Labor, Civil Society and Culture
(Harbor Art Gallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)
League, Panagiotis, Hellenic College
Rewriting Unwritten History: Nationalism, Folklore, and the Ban of the Cretan Violin
Dorsey, James, Nanyang Technological University-Singapore
Soccer as an Engine of Change and Assertion of Identity
Tucker, Terry, Middlebury College,Vermont
The Book of Mozilla in Conflict Resolution
Usman, Mohammed and Ibrahim Badamasi, Babangida University, Lapai -Nigeria
Religious Revivalism, Boko Haram and the Nigerian Society
Singh, Harneet, Gulati, Ashish, Kumar, Duru Arun, & Netaji Subhas, Institute of Technology, Dwarka,New Delhi, India
Plight of Contract Labor in a Liberalizing Economy – An Indian Experience
10:40-12:10 Block
Session 12: Anti-Hegemonic Social Movements
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Binkley, Sam, Emerson College (Moderator)
Social Movements and the Government of Intimacy: Expertise and the Intensification of Emotional Reciprocity.
Desai, Chandni, Institute for Studies in Education Center: Center for Urban Schooling, Ontario
Supression of Social Movements: Challenges to the Road Map to Peace.
Feng, Wen, Beijing University, China
Right against power: collective action of medical professionals in China.
Di, Jin Di, University of Saskatchewan-Canada
Institutional Change and earnings of migrants and non-migrants in urban China
Session 13: Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and Torture
(Harbor Ar tGallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Aryal, Sanjaya, Mahidol University, Bangkok-Thailand
Transition without Justice: Flourishing Impunity in Nepal.
Soldz, Stephen, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
Opposing Psychologist Complicity in Torture
Bhoi, Dhaneswar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Issues of Atrocity Against the Dalits: A Study of Students.
Mutisi, Martha, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Dealing with the aftermath of genocide through the Concept of Abanyarwanda: A Case of ‘Ethic Amnesia’ in Rwanda?
Moderator: Siamak Movahedi, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
12:10-1:40 Lunch
1:40-2:30: Distinguished Lecture
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Donald L. Carveth
Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought, York University
Training and Supervising Analyst Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis
Director Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis
“A Civil War in Every Soul”: Progress and Regress in the Struggle for Modernity
2:30- 4:00 Block
Session 14: Sustainability and Environmental Movements
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Allen, Fidelis, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa
Issues, Strategies and Achievements of Environmental Advocacy Groups in South Africa and Nigeria
Gecker, Whitney, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Kromash, Kevin, Yale University
Food for Thought: Using Habermas to Analyze the Marketing of Food in the U.S.
Medina, Fernando Campos, GSBC Graduate School Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change
The de-politicization of the socio-ecological conflict in Chile, When the pollution and the sustainability prevent to observe the human injustice
Dainius, Genys, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas-Lithuania
The role of social conflict in civil society boundaries formation in the Baltic States
4:00-5:00 Block
Occupy Boston Documentary, Emerson College
Directed by John Forrester
(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)
Program & Registration details: http://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/the_ninth_annual_social_theory_forum
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