Symposium: (5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025))

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis

Program Coordinators: Alejandro BIALAKOWSKY (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Arthur BUENO (University of Frankfurt, Germany)

Dalumat: Exploring and Embracing Indigenous Concepts As Alternatives to Western Sociological Terminologies
Session Organizer: Mr. Glen Christian TACASA
Chair: Mr. Glen Christian TACASA

Social Classification and Class: Theories and Concepts for Contemporary Justice
Session Organizers: Alejandro BIALAKOWSKY and Craig BROWNE
Chair: Sachiko TAKITA-ISHII

Digitalisation Beyond Technology: Conceptualising Digital Transformation the Sociological Way (Part 1)
Session Organizer: Kornelia HAHN
Chair: Oliver KOZLAREK

The Present Situation of Critical Theory: 100 Years of the Institute for Social Research (Part 2)
Session Organizer: Arthur BUENO
Chair: Craig BROWNE

Critical Theory from the Americas (Part 1)
Session Organizer: Stefan GANDLER
Chair: Berenice AMADOR SAAVEDRA

The Present Situation of Critical Theory: 100 Years of the Institute for Social Research (Part 1)
Session Organizer: Craig BROWNE
Chair: Arthur BUENO

Crisis, Challenges and Possibilities for Social Theory from a Latin American Perspective (Part 1)
Session Organizer: Oliver KOZLAREK
Chair: Kornelia HAHN

The Present Situation of Critical Theory: 100 Years of the Institute for Social Research (Part 3)
Session Organizer: Arthur BUENO
Chair: Craig BROWNE

Concepts in Crisis: Contemporary Tensions between Democracy and Capitalism
Session Organizers: Alejandro BIALAKOWSKY, Pablo DE MARINIS and Gina ZABLUDOSKY
Chair: Sachiko TAKITA-ISHII

Digitalisation Beyond Technology: Conceptualising Digital Transformation the Sociological Way (Part 2)
Session Organizer: Kornelia HAHN
Chair: Kornelia HAHN

Toward a Buddhist Sociology: Alternative Perspectives on Relational Being
Session Organizer: Sachiko TAKITA-ISHII
Chair: Alejandro BIALAKOWSKY

Rethinking Social Life and Knowledge from the Borders of Fragility and Wasted Lives
Session Organizer: monicA.martinelli MONICA MARTINELLI
Chair: monicA.martinelli MONICA MARTINELLI

Social Classification and Class: Theories and Concepts for Contemporary Justice (Part 2)
Session Organizer: Alejandro BIALAKOWSKY
Chair: Fabio BRAUN CARRASCO

The Present Situation of Critical Theory: 100 Years of the Institute for Social Research (Part 4)
Session Organizer: Arthur BUENO
Chair: Arthur BUENO

Social Classification and Class: Theories and Concepts for Contemporary Justice (Part 3)
Session Organizer: Craig BROWNE
Chair: Fabio BRAUN CARRASCO

Crisis, Challenges and Possibilities for Social Theory from a Latin American Perspective (Part 2)
Session Organizer: Oliver KOZLAREK
Chair: Oliver KOZLAREK

Critical Theory from the Americas (Part 2)
Session Organizer: Stefan GANDLER
Chair: Stefan GANDLER

Critical Theory from the Americas (Part 3)
Session Organizer: Stefan GANDLER
Chair: Stefan GANDLER