The 2009 Annual Conference of the Hong Kong Sociological Association will be held on December 5, 2009, hosted by the Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong. The theme of the Conference is “Envisioning the World City”.
Papers are welcome from sociologists and colleagues in the social sciences. Prospective participants can apply to:
- present a paper.
- organize a panel.
- attend the conference.
Please send an abstract of paper or panel of 250 words, along with the abstract submission form (downloadable at Abstract Submission Form) to Dr. Travis Kong at hksa2009@hku.hk, by fax (852) 2559 8044, or by post to Department of Sociology, K.K. Leung Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, no later than September 10, 2009.
Proposals will be peer reviewed and results announced by the end of September 2009. Please browse the conference’s call for paper for more details.
Dr. Travis Kong
Dr. Maggy Lee
Dr. Amy Sim
Dr. David Palmer
Conference Organizing Committee, Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong
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Global Connectedness
April 22, 2009 in Commentary, Pedagogy, Research | by socect | Leave a comment
We often talk about “global flows” and “global connectedness” in very cliché and flippant ways in sociology, anthropology and other social sciences.
A new map of global connectedness, provides empirical evidence of this, well worth considering.
It not simply reinforces what we already know, but potentially can push our thinking on this. For example, the authors note that the Amazon basin is actually not all that ‘remote’ (though the Tibetan plateau is).
I have made some further notes on this map of global connectednesson my own blog.
Here is the link to the original source at the EU-JRC:
Time Travel to Major Cities: A Global Map of Accessibility
This is the original map, research and related papers. This should be of great interest and value to all of us who do serious research on globalization. Even if you don’t, you’ll likely be fascinated by the pretty maps and pictures… really, worth a look.
Also, a radio program discussion of the global accessibility map.