International Conference on "Circulating Social Science Knowledge" (Sept. 27th-29th, 2012) (CONCLUDED)

From 27th to 29th September 2012, our project organized an international conference on "Circulating Social Science Knowledge". it was held at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

WE'D LIKE TO CORDIALLY THANK ALL PARTICIPANTS, ATTENDANTS AND ORGANIZERS FOR THE EVIDENT SUCCESS OF OUR 2012 CONFERENCE IN FREIBURG (GERMANY).

MAY THE GAIN OF INSIGHT MERGE INTO A BROAD FERTILE INTERACTIVE AND PARTICIPATIVE CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE !

On the Conference topic

In the last few years, post-colonialism and North-South relations have increasingly been discussed with

regard to social sciences. They have been made the topic of several conferences and anthologies. Our research project, “Universality and Acceptance Potential of Social Science Knowledge - On the Circulation of Knowledge between Europe and the Global South", focuses on related questions (for more details about the project, please click here.)

In this conference, knowledge circulation in the social sciences will be examined from a sociological and an epistemological perspective. Prominent terms in these debates such as circulation, transfer, entanglement, adaption or Eurocentrism will be discussed. Theoretically grounded acceptance and rejection of European approaches and models in the global South will be presented, as well as their “counterparts”: theoretical alternatives from the South and their reception in Europe and the "West" more broadly. Another focus will be on social scientific South-South co-operations, their dynamics and in how far they might serve as a useful alternative or model. Discussion sessions of ongoing research projects in this field (e.g. by PhD students and post-docs) will round up the conference.

We invited distinguished speakers to present theoretical concepts and critiques, empirical research on knowledge circulation as well as new models and proposed alternatives. In this way we want to broaden and enrich discussions that might otherwise remain rather abstract.

Guest auditors being interested in attending the Conference will be given the possibility to register on this site as late as September 2012.

Pre-Conference: CONCLUDED

International Fellows' Workshop:
„For a Generational Shift in Analysing Circulating Knowledge“:
Programme, Participants & Abstracts (as printed Sept. 19th, 2012)

CONFERENCE ONLINE: CONCLUDED

You may follow the real conference live in our virtual conference room. To watch the proceedings live, click on following link, log in as guest, and please wait to be admitted (just in case, watch the chat window):

Conference 2012: CONCLUDED

Programme (last update: Sept. 27th, 2012)
"Full-linked" Programme (last update: Sept. 27th, 2012)
List of Participants (last update: Sept. 18th, 2012)

Abstracts (last update: Sept. 18th, 2012)
BOOKLET: printable PDF-file containing the programme, list of participants, and abstracts (as printed Sept. 19th, 2012)

Guest Auditors

Due to the limited space available at the conference venue, we kindly ask all persons interested in attending the conference to fill in this form: (EXPIRED)

Organization

For the agenda and academic matters, please contact Dr. Ercüment Çelik

For organizational matters (accommodation, travel, special needs), please contact Mrs. Maren Eichmeier
Postal Address: Please click HERE
Conference Venue:

Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS),
Albertstraße 19, Seminarraum (EG)

Locations of the Conference (venue, hotels, restaurants) on Google Maps

Next steps (information and links will be send on time):

- Registration of guest auditors (from August 31th)
- Arrival of International Fellows group: Sept. 25th
- Arrival of invited participants: Sept. 26th