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NEWSLETTER
JULY 2016
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KERALA SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Greetings from the President…
It is with great pleasure that we are releasing the next
issue of the News Letter of Kerala Sociological Society.
The Society enters into a new phase of its transition with
the entry of many new members, most of whom represent
the new generation of Sociologists. I wish all new comers
a warm welcome and put the plea before them that the
responsibility vested in you is so drastic that the world
around us is stirring very fast with new technological and
social advancements and many so called social upheavals.
We need to cope with the transitions which may happen to
the generation today in the event of a Communication and
Mass Social Media Revolution. The concomitant spatial
mobility and resultant social transfusions in spatial,
socio - cultural and religion – ethic boulevards of modern
life are also to be seriously dealt with.
I wish all the best compliments for the forthcoming get together
of Sociologists in Kerala and outside at our Annual National
Conference in Zamorin’s Guruvayoorappan College, Calicut
which is one of the historical and traditional abodes of
knowledge in Northern Kerala. I would also appeal you to
initiate proficient academic groundings to mobilize and equip
our students in the various institutes and colleges so as to
elicit ample academic zest in them.
With best regards,
R K Varghese
MANAGING COMMITTEE
Office Bearers
President: Sri RK Varghese (Sacred Heart
College)
Vice President: Dr (Sr) Licy A.D (Carmel
College)
Secretary cum Treasurer: Dr Sara Neena
(Vimala College)
Members
 Dr. Antony Palackal (Loyola College)
 Dr. Shobha B Nair M (Uty of Kerala)
 Dr. Saritha R (MG College)
 Dr. Uttara Soman (SN College)
 Dr. Sunil John (KNM Govt College)
 Ms. Dora Dominic (St Teresa’s
College)
 Ms. Ani Merly Paul (CMS College)
 Dr. MridulaVenugopal (MA College)
 Ms. Badariya Beegum
(Farook College)
 Dr. N P Hafiz Mohammed
(Uty of Calicut)
 Sri. Shylendra Varma
(Guruvayoorappan College)
 Dr. Biju Vincent
(Sree Sankaracharya Uty)
 Dr. Reeja PS (BCM College)
 Dr. Lekshmi V Nair (IIST TVM)
 Sri. Jacob Mathew
(Higher Secondary Schools)
 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)
Circulation Manager: Dr Pushpam M (Uty
of Kerala)
42nd Conference
Theme – “Local Governance, Civil Society And
Social Mobilization.”
Date- 11th December- 13th December 2015
Hosted at- Loyola College Trivandrum
43rd National Conference of KSS
Theme- “Sociology of Spatial Transformations”
Date- 9-12-2016 to 11-12-2016
Venue- The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, Kerala
Organizing Secretary - Smt. Rakhi. N (HOD Dept. of Sociology)
The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College,
Kozhikode, Kerala -673014
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.
The relation between the social and the spatial is as much practical as
well as a theoretical. David Harvey’s explanation of socio-spatial
transformation processes as an expression of ‘space-time compression’
revolutionizes the objective qualities of space and time in such a way that
we are forced to alter, how we represent the world to ourselves.
Lefebvre’s argument that space is a social product helps to focus on the
contradictory, conflictual, and political character of the processes of
production 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
Papers to be submitted to the following e-mail:
[email protected]
Best wishes
R K Varghese
President
Sr. Licy A D
Vice President
Sara Neena T T
Secretary