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OrganizationThe Conference Program includes 6 plenary sessions with keynote speakers, 24 regular sessions, and an Interdisciplinary Workshop on Ethnography. These will include special regular sessions organized by the partner departments at Uppsala University which will feature their disciplinary traditions in ethnographic studies and the use of qualitative methodology. The Chairs of the Workshop on Ethnography will be three doctoral students from the Department of Sociology, the Department of Social and Economic Geography, and the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Uppsala University. The National Organizing Committee is comprised of members of 9 Swedish Universities. More information about the organization will be published on the conference website.Submission guidelinesAbstract Submission&#160;Please submit your abstract (maximum 300 words, including up to 5 keywords) for a presentation of about 20 minutes.Deadline for abstract submission: 15 June 2013.The presentations will be grouped according to topic and accommodated in thematic sessions of 3 to 4 presentations each. The full program will be published on the website by the end of June 2013.Registration FeeThe Conference fee for regular participants is 200 EUR and for Ph.D. students 100 EUR.No registration fee is required for Master and Bachelor students.Registration fees should be paid in full in order to have the right to attend the Conference.The Organizers reserve the right to change the Conference program. If the Conference will be postponed for any reason, the registration remains valid. In case the Conference is canceled, registration fees will be refunded.Categories for registrationRegular participant &#8211; 200 EURDoctoral student &#8211; 100 EURMaster and Bachelor students &#8211; 0 EURThe Conference fee includes coffee breaks, the official reception, and the Conference dinner/banquet.Students and accompanying non-participants at the Conference may purchase tickets for the dinner by contacting the organizers. Details about the banquet will be available at a later date.Conference venue Uppsala Uppsala&#160;AccommodationHotel CityStay Uppsala has been booked for the Conference participants. This newly opened Bed and Breakfast hotel has very reasonable prices from 240 SEK/per night for a shared room (2-to 3 persons) to 1000 SEK and a location difficult to match, in the center of town next to the University library &#8220;Carolina Rediviva&#8221; and the Conference venue. There are also a limited number of double rooms with king beds. It is advisable that Conference participants make arrangements as soon as possible in order to enjoy a greater variety of accommodation choices.For instructions for booking arrangements please contact Helena Olsson at helena.olsson@soc.uu.seContactHelena OlssonAdministrative CoordinatorDepartment of Sociology, Uppsala UniversityP.O. Box 624SE- 751 26&#160; UPPSALA, Swedenhelena.olsson@soc.uu.seChair of the Organizing CommitteeVessela MishevaProfessor of Sociology, Uppsala UniversityVessela.Misheva@soc.uu.seProfessor of Social Psychology, Institute for Technology and Society, University of Sk&#246;vdeVessela.Misheva@his.se+46 500448241Organizing CommitteeFredrik Palm, Department of Sociology, UUElin Thunman, Department of Sociology, UUJan Trost, Department of Sociology, UU&#160;Irene Molina, Department of Housing ResearchElla Johansson, Department of Cultural Anthropology and EthnologySusanna Stenbacka, Department of Cultural GeographyAida.Aragao-Lagergren, Department of Kultural GeographyAlexander Dobeson, Department of SociologyJasna Sersic, Department of Cultural GeographyAnna Liv Jonsson, Department of SociologyProgram (preliminary)WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST8:30-9:20 Congress Opening9:20-9:45 Coffee breakPLENARY SESSION I 9:45 &#8211; 12:1509:45-10:15 Jan Trost, Uppsala University, Sweden&#160;Symbolic Interactionism in Sweden10:15-10:45 Jack Katz, University of California at Los Angeles, USA&#160;How Symbolic Interaction Got Marginalized and Why it Keeps Coming Back10:45-11:00 Discussion11:00-11:30 Vessela Misheva, Uppsala University, Sweden&#160;The Interdisciplinary Promise of Symbolic Interactionism11:30-12:00 Lonnie Athens, Seton Hall University, USA&#160;The Nature and Genesis of Radical Interactionism12:00-12:15 DiscussionLunch 12:15-13:30PLENARY SESSION II 13:30 &#8211; 15:0013:30-14:00 Gary Fine, Northwestern University, USA&#160;The Hinge: Civil Society, Group Culture, and the Interaction Order14:00-14:30 Robert Dingwall, Nottingham Trent University, UK&#160;The Stoic Roots of Symbolic Interactionism14:30- 15:00 Mikael Carleheden, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen&#160;Denmark&#160;Towards a Conception of Critical Social Psychology: Self-realization, Social Pathologies and Critique15:00-15:15 Discussion15:15-15:45 Coffee BreakCONCURRENT SESSIONS 1-4 15:45 &#8211; 17:15CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5-8 17:30 &#8211; 19:0019:30 Welcome ReceptionTHURSDAY, 29 AUGUSTPLENARY SESSION III 9:00 &#8211; 10:159:00-9:30 Joseph Kotarba, Texas State University, USA&#160;Popular Music across Generations and Gender9:30-10:00 Gale Miller, Marquette University, USA10:00-10:15 Discussion10:15-10:45 Coffee BreakCONCURRENT SESSIONS 9-12 10:45 &#8211; 12:15Lunch 12:15 13:30PLENARY SESSION IV 13:30 &#8211; 14:4513:30-14:00 Patricia A. Adler, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA&#160;The Cyber Worlds of Self-Injurers: Deviant Communities, Relationship, and Selves14:00-14:30 Emma Engdahl, Aalborg University, Denmark&#160;The Paradox of Self-realization within Western Society: The Case of Depressive Love14:30-14:45 Discussion14:45-15:15 Coffee BreakCONCURRENT SESSIONS 13-16 15:15 &#8211; 16:45CONCURRENT SESSIONS 17-20 17:00 &#8211; 18:3019:30 &#8211; Conference DinnerFRIDAY, 30 AUGUST PLENARY SESSION V 9:00 &#8211; 10:159:00-9:30 Audrey Kobayashi, Department of Geography, Queens University, Canada&#160;Robert Park, the concept of race, and the influence of symbolic interaction in American geography9:30-10:00 Irene Molina, Department of Social and Economic Geography and the Institute of Housing and Urban Research, UU&#160;Spatial Ethnography &#8211;Understanding the Interactions between Individuals and Places10:00-10:15 Discussion10:15-10:45 Coffee BreakPLENARY SESSION VI 10:45 &#8211; 12:3010:45-11:15 Ella Johansson, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, UU&#160;Does Methodology Matter: Interviews versus Observations11:15 11:45 Peter Adler, University of Denver, USA&#160;Notes from a Conjoint Career: Four Decades of Ethnography&#8217;s &#8216;Twists&#8217; and &#8216;Turns&#8217;'11:45-12:15 Patrik Aspers, Uppsala University, Sweden&#160;What is Qualitative in Qualitative Social Science?12:15-12:30 Discussion12:30- 13:45 LunchCONCURRENT SESSIONS 21-24 13:45 &#8211; 15:1515:15-15:45 Coffee Break15:45-17:45 Talking About Ethnography: Interdisciplinary Workshop for Young Researchers with Gary Fine, Jack Katz, Emma Engdahl and Patrik AspersChairs: Alexander Dobeson, Jasna Sersic,17:45-18:00 Conference Closing18:00-19:00 EU SSSI Business meeting, Engelska Parken19:00 &#8211; Dinner at Matikum, Engelska ParkenPOST-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES31 AUGUST: Boat to Skoklosters slott/Uppsala guided tour