[ecrea] Call for papers: Youth (Sub)cultures in Changing Societies

>Youth (Sub)cultures in Changing Societies
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>Tallinn University,  Estonia, 2-4 February 2011
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>
>Rapid technological developments, structural 
>changes in the society and economic uncertainty 
>influence lifestyles of young people. One of the 
>possibilities for identification and belonging 
>is participation in different youth cultures. 
>Youth (sub)cultures are oriented towards choices 
>in music, style, sports or politics, but at the 
>same time determined by structural 
>circumstances. As the media tends to focus on 
>their negative aspects, distinctive youth 
>lifestyles have often been associated with 
>deviance. The latter is especially the case in 
>Eastern Europe, where the society has for a long 
>time been understood as homogeneous, and where a 
>plurality of lifestyles has only recently began to surface.
>
>The conference investigates the impact of 
>choices and structural restrictions on youth 
>cultures in times of social change. The main 
>focus is on the question whether youth cultures 
>are deviant or only distinctive lifestyles. 
>Other questions concern, e.g., the role of youth 
>cultures in multicultural society; the status of 
>different youth (sub)cultures; and the changes 
>that international subcultures undergo when 
>being diffused to new societies ­ what do they tell about the host society?
>
>Keynote speakers:
>
>
>Ross Haenfler Deviance and Youth Subcultures
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>Paul Hodkinson New Media and Youth Cultures
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>Hilary Pilkington Youth Cultures in Eastern Europe
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>Mikko Salasuo New and Old Approaches to Youth Cultures: The Scandinavian Case
>
>The subject of the conference can be approached 
>from different perspectives.  In the 
>21^st  century, youth cultures are more diverse
>than ever, and all papers shedding new light on 
>the topic are welcome. Selected papers of the 
>conference will be published in the journal 
>Studies of Transition States and Societies in a 
>special issue on youth cultures.
>Abstracts (max. 200 words), should be sent by 
>e-mail to Maarja Kobin, (maarja.kobin /at/ gmail.com) 
><mailto:(maarja.kobin /at/ gmail.com)> *by 30 September 
>2010 *at the latest. General inquiries regarding 
>the event should be addressed to Airi-Alina Allaste, (airi-alina.allaste /at/ tlu.ee)
>
>* *
>
>*Please distribute this call for papers to 
>anybody who might be interested. Thank you!*
>
>
>
>--
>Airi-Alina Allaste
>
>professor of sociology
>Institute for International and Social Studies, Tallinn University
>
>Uus-sadama 5
>10120 Tallinn, Estonia
>

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