Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network: a conference and journal collection founded in 2006, exploring disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches across the social sciences and between the social, natural, and applied sciences. Thirteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
University of Granada, Granada, Spain
25–27 July 2018 Theme 1: Social and Community Studies Theme 2: Civic and Political Studies Theme 3: Cultural Studies Theme 4: Global Studies Theme 5: Environmental Studies Theme 6: Organizational Studies Theme 7: Educational Studies Theme 8: Communication Studies 2018 Special Focus - Autonomy in Times of Turmoil: What to Make of the Social?
We are living in times that are deeply contradictory. On the one hand, global social phenomena are impacting our local lives. On the other, there is push away from global solutions in the form of various localisms. At times, these may be considered a reactive withdrawal; at other times, a quest for autonomy. But do these movements, reactive or constructive, also represent a retreat from the common issues we face? How do we understand the nature of individual and collective autonomy in our current times? What are we to make of the social today, both as lived reality and speculative imaginary?
