Expressive and Instrumental Values in Economic and Sociological Perspectives - Venice

[i]Arts, Culture and Public Sphere[/i] 4-8 November 2008 Venice The conference also represents the 5th ESA Sociology of the Arts Research Network mid-term conference and the 2nd ESA Sociology of Culture Research Network midterm conference, and it will be the first opportunity to have three European networks - the two Research Networks of the European Sociological Association, ‘Sociology of Arts’ and ‘Sociology of Culture’, and the network ‘Economics and Planning of Arts and Culture’- meeting around a common theme in Venice from 4 to 8 November 2008. For organizational reasons, we are presenting the conference topics according to the perspectives of the three Networks. However, the conference will be aimed at cross-fertilizing research using mixed research fields in all the areas. Papers with a cross-national, comparative focus and papers by researchers earlier in their career are particularly welcome. 1. Sociology of Arts 2. Sociology of Culture 3. Economics and Planning in Arts and Culture We invite theoretical, methodological and empirical papers and three sub-themes are suggested: 3.1 Sustainable development and culture 3.2 Local development and culture 3.3 Culture and well-being Dedlines: 28th April 2008: Deadline for receipt of abstracts 16th June 2008: Communication on decisions on acceptance/rejection of abstracts by Research Network Coordinators and Program Committee On-line registration begins 15th July 2008: Final date for registration by presenters of papers and early-bird registration and payment 15th September 2008: Final date for late registration and withdrawal of registration after which there will be no refunds 3rd October 2008: Last day to submit FINAL PAPER if you want it to be published in the Conference CD-Rom You are invited to submit your abstract electronically, according to the guidelines. It requires you to fill in the form available at: http://www.artculturevenice2008.org