Saturday 15th October, 2011, Birmingham Midland Institute
£10 waged, £5 unwaged
The recent civil disturbances across a number of English cities have provoked much commentary and debate. However, there has been little sustained analysis of the events, their causes and likely consequences. This symposium is one in a series of unrelated endeavours to bring public understandings and sociological perspectives to bear upon the events of last month. To this end we have invited a diverse range of speakers to open up the discussion, and combine academics and members of the community on the stage and in the audience. We combine speakers who will present sociological perspectives on the civil disturbances with a discussion of civic responses.
The event is organized by the British Sociological Association’s Theory Study Group in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, University of Leicester and the Social Theory Centre, University of Warwick.
Timetable
10-11 Registration
11-12.30 Panel 1: Institutions – Police, Politicians, Family, Media
12.30-2pm Lunch
2-3.30 Panel 2: Civic Responses – Young People, Community Organizing, Social Movements
3.30-4 Break
4-5.30 Roundtable: Learning from the past, looking to the future: What now?
Speakers
Dr Karim Murji
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
The Open University
Ajmal Hussain
London School of Economics
Dr Nina Power
Senior Lecturer
University of Roehampton
Mark Carrigan 