Third ISA Forum of Sociology (July 10-14, 2016)

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The Complex Discursivity of Global Futures in the Making: Analyzing Transnational Orders of Discourse 1

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology (host committee)
RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture
WG02 Historical and Comparative Sociology

Language: English

Global and transnational civil society, the proliferation of arenas and organizations involved in the definition of “world problems”, the burgeoning economic power of the BRIC states as well as general recognition of a “post-colonial constellation” together constitute a new and challenging reconfiguration of transnational or global orders of discourse. 
The joint session addresses sociological tools for analyzing the complex discursivity of such sites of discourse, communication, and knowledge production. This complexity is a result of the hybrid constellations of the actors and knowledge claims involved, interconnections of heterogeneous arenas of dialogue and negotiation, diverse cultural rationalities of factuality, evidence, and legitimation, and also of translation between epistemic cultures and languages from around the world.
In order to address these challenges, the session focuses on the reach of sociological tools for analyzing transnational and global discourses as knowledge-making activities which will profoundly shape the future. It intends to strengthen genuinely sociological methodologies of discourse research – a task which, according to sociologist Adele Clarke, is at the center of our discipline today. 
The session welcomes contributions which refer to theories, methodologies, and methods of discourse research designed especially for sociological research as well as presentations of empirical research that are related to these questions. Posters: