International Network of Sociology of Sensibilities 2nd RedISS Congress

The 2nd Congress of the International Network of Sociology of Sensibilities

For many years researchers in Europe and Latin America have been questioning the production, management and re-production of social sensibilities, researching the connections between "emotions, body and society". These researches are developed in different fields, such as education, health, knowledge production, the mass media, entertainment, sexuality, public policies and economy, to name the most “visible” audiences.  In this context, the Center for Research and Sociological Studies (CIES) and the Latin American Journal of Studies on Body, Emotions and Society (RELACES) since 2016 have decided to organize meetings in Paris with researchers interested in sensibilities studies, to discuss and debate.

In that framework, two meetings have been held in Paris: the first one, "Sensibilities at the beginning of the 21st century", took place at URMIS - Paris Diderot in 2016, in collaboration with Martin Aranguren (CNRS-URMIS). The second meeting, "Proximities and distances in contemporary societies: Work, discrimination, public policies and emotions ", in collaboration with Martin Aranguren (CNRS-URMIS) and Cécile Vermot (University of Patients - UPCM // CEPED - Paris Descartes), in 2017. At the end of this second meeting, it was decided to create the “International Network of Sociology of Sensibilities (RedISS)”.

As a result, since the creation of RedISS three meetings have taken place: The "III CIES-RELACES-Paris Meeting and the I RedISS Meeting: Social Sciences, Sensibilities and Societies" organized in Toronto-Canada on July 13-14, 2018 in collaboration with Luis Van Isschot (University of Toronto). Then, on November 28, the “II RedISS meeting: Trust and Politics of sensibilities” was organized in Monterrey, México, in collaboration with Brenda Bustos and María Luisa Martínez from the Institute of Social Research of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (IINSO-UNAL). On March 9, 2019, the “III International Network of Sociology of Sensibilities (RedISS) Meeting” was held at the University of Alicante-Spain in collaboration with Juan A. Roche Cárcel. More than 50 panelists from Latin America, Canada, China and Europe have participated in those meetings.

In 2019, the “IV International Network for the Sociology of Sensibilities (RedISS) Meeting” was held again in Paris-France, at the University Paris 7 Diderot with the collaboration of Patrick Cingolani, on October 30 and 31. Panelists from Spain, Italy, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Argentina, China, Brazil, France, and Chile participated.

During 2020, as a consequence of the global pandemic and health emergency related to Coronavirus (COVID-19), the annual meeting of the RedISS that had been planned in Perugia did not take place. In 2021, with the support of the University of Palermo, Argentina, the 1st Congress of the International Network of Sociology of Sensibilities was held.

In 2022, the V RedISS International Meeting “Thinking about tomorrow: challenges and hope for Latin America” was held (August 11-12), under a hybrid modality, organized by Carolina Peláez and Edith Flores, at the Metropolitan Autonomous University, Xochimilco Unit, Mexico.

This year, the "V International Network of Sociology of Sensibilities (RedISS) Meeting" was held on February 16 & 17 at the Sapienza University of Rome, with the collaboration of Silvia Cataldi and Fabrizio Martir.

On this occasion, with the 2nd Congress of the International Network of Sociology of Sensibilities, scheduled from October 23 to 27, 2023, we wanted to open a space for discussion around love, hope, trust, the current crises and the role of the Social Sciences in the near future, as a contribution from those of us who study emotions and sensibilities.

Organized into 20 Working Groups, the Congress hopes to contribute to developing renewed horizons to put academic production in contact with the construction of trust, love and hope in today's society.

Please read more on the book that came out of the Paris Congress here on Travel Writers Online at https://travelwritersonline.blogspot.com/2023/06/slow-tourism-in-cherbourg.html

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