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Call for Papers Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts  7th Conference European Sociological Association Torun, Poland September 9-12, 2005   The next meeting of the Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts of ESA (European Sociological Association) will take place from 9-12 September, 2005, at the 7th Conference of the European Sociological Association, in Torun, Poland.The board of the ESA Arts Network looks forward to seeing proposals for conference papers or poster presentations. Topics are invited in the following and related fields:  -          Art and everyday life -          Production of culture: networks, art worlds, cultural industries -          Artistic professions, practices and careers -          Distribution of high and popular art forms -          Public, non-profit and for-profit futures of the arts -          (New) technology, (new) media and the arts -          Change and continuity in the arts and cultural industries -          Cultural globalisation and the arts -          Cultural policy and national cultures -          The arts and the city -          Arts audiences, tastes and lifestyles -          Consumer society, culture and the arts -          The body and/in the arts -          Social uses of the arts -          Gender, race, ethnicity and the arts -          Art, cultural heritage and collective memory -          Mediating the arts: arts education, criticism and arts journalism -          Role and performance of arts organizations and cultural institutions -          Cross-national studies of art worlds and cultural fields -          Comparative methodology -          Theoretical and methodological issues in the sociology of the arts and culture  Proposals should be submitted before February 15, 2005.  They can be sent by email to: esa.art@fhk.eur.nl.  A decision on acceptance will be provided by March 31, 2005.