ISA Forum of Sociology
Plenary Sessions and Open Forum videos
Opening Ceremony Part I
- Michael BURAWOY, ISA President
- Alberto Edgardo BARBIERI, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Vice-Rector, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Margaret ABRAHAM, ISA Vice President Research and Forum President: Opening Address: Making a Difference: Sociology, Social Justice and Democratization in the 21st Century
Opening Ceremony Part II
- Alberto L. BIALAKOWSKY, LOC President
- Alicia I. PALERMO, LOC Co-President and President, Argentinian Sociological Association
- Paulo Henrique MARTINS, President, Latin-American Sociological Association
- Sergio CALETTI, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Opening Ceremony Part III
- Orquesta Infanto-Juvenil de Florencio Varela
- Director: Osvaldo AGUILERA
- Programa Socioeducativo del Ministerio de Educación de La Nación, Argentina
Plenary Session I: Social Justice and Democratization, Part I
Chair: Alberto L. BIALAKOWSKY, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mona ABAZA, The American University, Cairo, Egypt
Visual Art and the Revolution: Gender Struggles in Cairo's Murals and Graffiti
Plenary Session I: Social Justice and Democratization, Part II
Chair: Alberto L. BIALAKOWSKY, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Michael BURAWOY, University of California, Berkeley, United States
- Social Movements Today
- Mónica PINTO, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Poverty and Human Rights
Plenary Session I: Social Justice and Democratization, Part III
Chair: Alberto L. BIALAKOWSKY, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Edgardo LANDER, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Post-Democracy in an Increasingly Unequal World. (La post-democracia en un mundo cada vez más desigual)
Plenary Session II: Gender and Human Rights Part I
Chair: Margaret ABRAHAM, Hofstra University, United States
- Dora BARRANCOS, Consejo Nacionald de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Estudios de género y renovación de las Ciencias Sociales - Patricia McFADDEN, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Contesting Gender and Human Rights Entitlements in Southern Africa: Contemporary Feminist Struggles
Plenary Session II: Gender and Human Rights Part II
Chair: Margaret ABRAHAM, Hofstra University, United States
- Nira YUVAL-DAVIS, University of East London, United Kingdom
"Human Rights", "Human Security", and "Cosmopolitan Feminism"
Plenary Session II: Gender and Human Rights Part III
Chair: Margaret ABRAHAM, Hofstra University, United States
- Discussion
Open Forum I Part I: Social Justice and Democratization in Argentina /Justicia Social y Democratización en Argentina
Chairs: Silvia Lago MARTÍNEZ, Univeridad de Buenos Aires and Federico SCHUSTER, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Inés IZAGUIRRE, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Open Forum I Part II: Social Justice and Democratization in Argentina / Justicia Social y Democratización en Argentina
Chairs: Silvia Lago MARTÍNEZ, Univeridad de Buenos Aires and Federico SCHUSTER,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Gustavo Raúl FERREYRA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentin
Open Forum I Part III: Social Justice and Democratization in Argentina / Justicia Social y Democratización en Argentina
Chairs: Silvia Lago MARTÍNEZ, Univeridad de Buenos Aires and Federico SCHUSTER,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Inés CORTIÑAS, Co-founder Association Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Beatriz WEHLE, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
- Discussion
Plenary Session III Part I: Social and Economic Inequality
Chair: Alicia I. PALERMO, National University of Lujan, Argentina
- Pedro Alejandro BASUALDO, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Paul SINGER, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Reflections on the Brazilian Experience with the Solidarity Economy
- Nicolás LYNCH GAMERO, Embajador de Perú en Argentina
Plenary Session III Part II: Social and Economic Inequality
Chair: Alicia I. PALERMO, National University of Lujan, Argentina
- Pun NGAI, HK PolyU Joint China Social Work Research Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Apple Dream, Foxconn Nightmare and the Struggle of the Chinese Worker - Discussion
Open Forum II, Part I: Processes of Democratization in Latin America / Procesos de Democratización en Latinoamérica
Chair: Beatriz WEHLE, Univesidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
- Alba CAROSIO, Centro de Estudios de la Mujer, Argentina
Open Forum II, Part II: Processes of Democratization in Latin America / Procesos de Democratización en Latinoamérica
Chair: Beatriz WEHLE, Univesidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
- Ricardo SIDICARO, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Paulo Henrique MARTINS, President, Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología, Brazil
Open Forum II, Part II: Processes of Democratization in Latin America / Procesos de Democratización en Latinoamérica
Chair: Beatriz WEHLE, Univesidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
- Marcelo LANGIERI, CLACSO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Julián REBON, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Discussion
Plenary Session IV, Part I: Public Sociology
Chair: Raquel SOSA ELÍZAGA, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la UNAM, Mexico
- Cesar RODRIGUEZ-GARAVITO, University of Los Andes, Colombia
Public Sociology 2.0: A New Sociological Map from the Global South - Emir SADER, CLACSO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hegemonic Crisis and Latin American Critical Thought - Marta SOLER, University of Barcelona, Spain
The Sociology that overcomes inequalities
Plenary Session IV, Part II: Public Sociology
Chair: Raquel SOSA ELÍZAGA, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la UNAM, Mexico
- Karl VON HOLDT, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
From Public Sociology to Critical Sociology and Back: The Cycles of Sociological Activism - Discussion