Research Committee 51 (ISA-RC51)

The Research Committee 51 (ISA-RC51) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) is one of the more than fifty Research Committees which, along with a large number of national sociological associations, constitute the ISA.

The RC51 is oriented to promote the systemic perspective in the social sciences through sociocybernetics. This perspective integrates the general theory of systems, the cybernetics of first and second-order, and complexity sciences, with the aim to address complex social problems.

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Contents:

Dividing by Zero, Tautology and Paradox in the Self-Descriptions of Anonymous

Davide Beraldo

Questionong the algorithmic transparency of location-based platforms

Lorenza Parisi, Giovanni Andrea Parente

Languaging to trigger change: second-order intercultural conversations with urban youth of Mayan descent

Ksenia Sidorova, Francia Peniche Pavía, Astrid Karina Rivero Pérez

Influencers as socio-technical actore:mapping the paths of incluence and the races of the digital influencers' system in Italy

Elisabetta Locatelli

Second-Order Innovation

Roberto Carradore, Mattteo Tonoli, Andrea Cerroni

IV Forum: Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality

Postponement

The ISA Executive Committee has decided to postpone the IV ISA Forum of Sociology in Porto Alegre until February 23-27, 2021.

All activities that have been prepared will be maintained and the abstract selected for the Forum in July 2020 remain valid for the Forum in February 2021. We have set a new calendar that allows Research Committees, Working and Thematic Groups to update and re-open some of their panels. A new call for abstracts will open.

October 16-25, 2020: RC/WG/TG publish Calls for new abstracts
October 26 – November 12, 2020: Submission of new abstracts via online platform
December 15, 2020: Presenters final registration deadline

We hope you will join us in Porto Alegre for this 2021 ISA Forum of Sociology that will be a unique opportunity to learning from colleagues from all continents and sharing analyses of the crisis, its social impacts and the world that will emerge out of it.