Department News

Mustafa Koç (Ryerson University), Jennifer Sumner (University of Toronto), and Anthony Winson's new edited collection in the area of food studies will be pubished by OUP

Norah Owaraga, who was a visiting scholar to Sociology and Anthropology in the Fall of 2011, has recently published a background document on conflict in Uganda's land tenure system. Her work is available on the Africa Portal of the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Alternatively, you can download the PDF file.

 

Understanding intimate partner violence and homicide

By: Deborah Marshall on: Wed 02 of May, 2012

http://www3.griffith.edu.au/03/ertiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=36426

Leading crime experts will gather at a one-day Griffith University symposium on intimate partner violence and homicide in Brisbane on Thursday, May 3.The symposium aims to promote awareness among researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and community representatives in working towards tangible solutions to prevent intimate partner violence. 

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has released a 166 page report titled "What's On Your Plate? The Hidden Costs of Industrial Animal Agriculture in Canada" and Dr. Tony Winson of Guelph's Department of Sociology and Anthropology is one of the co-authors.

From the Forward:

 The TC Beirne School of Law Distinguished Visiting Fellowship is an annual scheme which provides leading legal scholars of international standing the opportunity to visit The University of Queensland to conduct research in their field of choice. Sociology and Anthropology’s Dr. Myrna Dawson is currently a Beirne visiting scholar for 2012. Read more about the Beirne program here

“While the tools of civically engaged higher education (service-learning, community-based research, etc.) existed in sociology classes well before the onset of what some call the “civic engagement movement,” they have quickly shifted from margin to center as key building blocks for sociology’s own trend toward public sociology. While we examine the precarious rise of both civic engagement and public sociology, we argue that lacking strong social movements as shaping forces, the social justice potential for both civic engagement and public sociology must come from practitioners’ links to community-based politics and social movement organizing.

Dr. Vivian Shalla's new edited collection, Working in a Global Era: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd Edition, was recently released by Canadian Scholars' Press.

Dr. Edward Hedican's recent book titled, Social Anthropology: Canadian Perspectives on Culture and Society has just been published by Canadian Scholars' Press.

"This is the first introductory text that focuses on social anthropological research using Canadian examples and perspectives. In this ground breaking new book, Edward Hedican provides undergraduate students with a solid background on the theoretical and applied aspects of anthropology, while exploring the rich history of the discipline in a Canadian context" (Publisher's website)

Congratulations, Ed.

Dr. Elizabeth Finnis' new edited volume, Reimagining Marginalized Foods: Global Processes, Local Places has just been released by University of Arizona Press.

SOAN PhD student, Patricia Altass, is featured in the most recent edition of the College newsletter, Insight. Read the full article here.

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