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THEFUTURESWEWANT:
GlobalSociologyandtheStrugglesforaBetterWorld
WebForum:http://futureswewant.net
TheWebForumisanexperimentalspaceforintellectualdebate
onthebroadlyconceivedthemeTheFuturesWeWant:Global
SociologyandtheStrugglesforaBetterWorldandother
mattersofinteresttotheISAsResearchCommittees,Working
Groups,ThematicGroups.Itwillfeaturecuttingedge
contributionsonforwardorientedsociology,onthepertinent
trends,risks,andopportunitiesofourtime,onscenariosof
probable,possible,preventable,orpreferablefutures.Itisa
virtualsphereforsharingthoughtsonempirical,theoretical,and
normativeresearchacrossgeographic,linguistic,anddisciplinary
boundaries.

FranaisEspaol
TheThirdISAForumwillbeconvenedinVienna,Austria,10
14July2016onthethemeTheFuturesWeWant:Global
SociologyandtheStrugglesforaBetterWorld.Thistheme
encouragesaforwardorientationinempirical,theoretical,and
normativeresearchtotackletheproblemsandopportunitiesthat
oftencutacrossborders.
Protestsaroundtheglobehavechallengedinequality,
oppression,andecologicaldestruction,andhaveinsistedonthe
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possibilityofanother,betterworld.Intensifyinguncertainties
demandinnovationsinmethodsandtheories.Tomorrowno
longerappearsaspredeterminedbyinevitabletrendsbutasa
rathercontingentoutcomeofcomplex,typicallymultiscalar
dynamicsthatvaryintheirintensityofcontentiousness.Social
actorsaspire,desire,envision,expect,fear,imagine,plan,
project,reject,sustain,andwagewaroverfutures.Whatcan
sociologycontributetothesebroaderdebates?Howdo
assumptionsandaspirationsaboutthefutureinfluencedaily
routinesandlongtermcollectivelives?Howarerisksidentified,
avoided,mitigated,transferred,orshared?Whatclosesand
opensthehorizonsofsocialimaginaries?Howaredifferent
forcespositionedtoshapefutures?Howcanthemakingof
futuresbedemocratized?Whatcanbelearnedbycomparing
strugglesindifferentcountriesandsettings?Howdo
emancipatorymovementsandeverydaypracticesatthe
grassrootsovercomediscipline,exploitation,andmisrecognition?
Whatvisionsforalternativefuturesareimaginable,desirable,
andachievable?Whatareviableroadmapsforsocial
transformation?
ThisgeneralthemeprovidesaplatformfordialogamongISAs
manyparticipatingResearchCommittees(RCs),WorkingGroups
(WGs),andThematicGroups(TGs).Itcallsforresearchonthe
fullrangeofsociologicaltopicsfromthetinyworldsofmicro
situationstothebroadmacrodynamicsaffectingtheentire
planet.Itencouragesinquiriesintothemultiplicityof
possibilities,projects,andvisions.Itwelcomesdiverse
approaches,includingcomparativeandinterdisciplinary
collaborations.

MarkusS.Schulz
ISAVicePresidentforResearch
andForumPresident

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InternationalSociologicalAssociation
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isa@isasociology.org

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