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NEWSLETTER
JULY 2016

KERALA SOCIOLOGICAL
Greetings from the President
SOCIETY
MANAGING COMMITTEE
Office Bearers

President: Sri RK Varghese (Sacred Heart

College)
Vice President: Dr (Sr) Licy A.D (Carmel
It is with great pleasure that we are releasing the nextCollege)
issue of the News Letter of Kerala Sociological Society.Secretary cum Treasurer: Dr Sara Neena
(Vimala College)
The Society enters into a new phase of its transition with
Members
the entry of many new members, most of whom represent
the new generation of Sociologists. I wish all new comers Dr. Antony Palackal (Loyola
College)
a warm welcome and put the plea before them that the

Dr. Shobha B Nair M (Uty of

responsibility vested in you is so drastic that the world
around us is stirring very fast with new technological and Kerala)
Dr. Saritha R (MG College)
social advancements and many so called social upheavals.
Dr. Uttara Soman (SN College)
We need to cope with the transitions which may happen to
Dr. Sunil John (KNM Govt College)
the generation today in the event of a Communication and
Mass Social Media Revolution. The concomitant spatial Ms. Dora Dominic (St Teresas
College)
mobility and resultant social transfusions in spatial,

Ms. Ani Merly Paul (CMS College)

socio - cultural and religion ethic boulevards of modern
Dr. MridulaVenugopal (MA College)
life are also to be seriously dealt with.
Ms. Badariya Beegum
I wish all the best compliments for the forthcoming get together
of Sociologists in Kerala and outside at our Annual National (Farook College)
Dr. N P Hafiz Mohammed
Conference in Zamorins Guruvayoorappan College, Calicut
(Uty of Calicut)
which is one of the historical and traditional abodes of

knowledge in Northern Kerala. I would also appeal you to Sri. Shylendra Varma
(Guruvayoorappan College)
initiate proficient academic groundings to mobilize and equip
Dr. Biju Vincent
our students in the various institutes and colleges so as to
(Sree Sankaracharya Uty)
elicit ample academic zest in them.
Dr. Reeja PS (BCM College)
Dr. Lekshmi V Nair (IIST TVM)
Sri. Jacob Mathew
With best regards,
(Higher Secondary Schools)
R K Varghese
Mr. Charles Varghese
(R/S, Uty of Kerala)
Kerala Sociologists Editorial Board
Editor: Dr Jacob John Kattakayam (Uty of
Kerala)
Associate Editor: Dr Antony Palackal (Loyola
College)

About the Theme of the Conference

Sociology of Spatial Transformations
Space is one of the most significant concepts for discussion in
social science. The analysis of space helps to create an
understanding of the different processes involved in the
construction and transformation of spaces, the consequences of
which is evident in the different aspects of social life. Spatial
transformation is leaving an indelible mark on the contemporary
society. 43rd National Conference of KSS
The relation between the social and the spatial is as much
Theme- Sociology of Spatial Transformations
practical as well as a theoretical. David Harveys explanation of
Date- 9-12-2016 to 11-12-2016
socio-spatial transformation processes as an expression of
Venue- The Zamorins Guruvayurappan College,
space-time compression revolutionizes the objective qualities
Kozhikode, Kerala
of space and time in such a way that we are forced to alter, how
Organizing Secretary - Smt. Rakhi. N (HOD Dept. of
we represent the world to ourselves. Lefebvres argument that
Sociology)
space is a social
product Guruvayurappan
helps to focus College,
on the contradictory,
The Zamorins
conflictual, and political
character
of-673014
the processes of production
Kozhikode,
Kerala
of space. The emergence of translocalities is also quite
relevant in the analysis of spatial transformations. Any
discussion of space and spatial transformation cannot exclude
the socio political dimensions involved in the process. This
conference aims to bring out the dynamics of spatial
transformations, its causes and consequences.

SUB THEMES

Theoretical perspectives on spatial transformations

Spatial Transformation and its social consequences
Transformations of urban and rural spaces
Spatial Transformation and Development
Spatial Transformation and Migration
Spatial Transformation and Gentrification
Urban Interventions and Spatial Transformations
Spatial Transformation and Gender
Spatial Transformation and Globalization
Spatial Transformations: A Critical Analysis

Papers and Posters are invited for the conference.

There will be screening and selection of papers to
be presented.
Last Date for submission of abstracts: 30th August
2016
Last Date for submission of full paper: 15th October
2016
Notification of acceptance: 10th November 2016
Best wishes
R K Varghese
Sara Neena T T
President
Secretary

Sr. Licy A D
Vice President