Subcultures Past and Present: Space, Technologies and Social Control

BSA Regional Postgraduate Day School

in association with University of York

The postgraduates at the Department of Sociology, University of York are hosting a postgraduate 1-day conference around the theme of culture and subculture. 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.

Revisiting the meaning of subculture through both a spatial and technological framework would enable a range of substantive and theoretical contributions to be made, relating to marginalisation, localisation, e-urban configurations, socio-technical disciplining and so on. Such a revisitation also opens up the possibility of discussions of counter-culture, with both historical and contemporary focus.

The conference will be held on Friday 4^th June 2010 at the University of York, in conjunction with postgraduates from the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds and the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield. The programme is provided here, although is subject to confirmation.