Conference announcement

[Mark Yoffe]

Youth (Sub)cultures in Changing Societies



Centre for Lifestyles Studies

Institute for International and Social Studies, Tallinn University,



Estonia, 2-4 February 2011







Rapid technological developments, structural changes in the society and
economic uncertainty influence lifestyles of young people. One of the
possibilities for identification and belonging is participation in
different youth cultures. Youth (sub)cultures are oriented towards choices
in music, style, sports or politics, but at the same time determined by
structural circumstances. As the media tends to focus on their negative
aspects, distinctive youth lifestyles have often been associated with
deviance. The latter is especially the case in Eastern Europe, where the
society has for a long time been understood as homogeneous, and where a
plurality of lifestyles has only recently began to surface.



The conference investigates the impact of choices and structural
restrictions on youth cultures in times of social change. The main focus is
on the question whether youth cultures are deviant or only distinctive
lifestyles. Other questions concern, e.g., the role of youth cultures in
multicultural society; the status of different youth (sub)cultures; and the
changes that international subcultures undergo when being diffused to new
societies – what do they tell about the host society?



Keynote speakers:



Ross Haenfler                            Deviance and Youth Subcultures

Paul Hodkinson              New Media and Youth Cultures

Hilary Pilkington              Youth Cultures in Eastern Europe

Mikko Salasuo              New and Old Approaches to Youth Cultures: The
Scandinavian Case



The subject of the conference can be approached from different
perspectives.  In the 21st century, youth cultures are more diverse than
ever, and all papers shedding new light on the topic are welcome. Selected
papers of the conference will be published in the journal Studies of
Transition States and Societies in a special issue on youth cultures.

Abstracts (max. 200 words), should be sent by e-mail to Maarja Kobin,
maarja.kobin at gmail.com *by 30 September 2010 *at the latest. General
inquiries regarding the event should be addressed to Airi-Alina Allaste,
airi-alina.allaste at tlu.ee

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*Please distribute this call for papers to anybody who might be interested.
Thank you!*

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