BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250429T100024EDT-9768PinGO6@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250429T140024Z DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) 2024 Conference  will be held in Montreal.\n\nProfessor Jordan\, Professor Shariff\, and D r. Christopher Dietzel will give a presentation titled “Constructing Viole nce: the Israel/Gaza ‘war’”. Research assistants Karen Andrews and Safeera Jaffer will give a presentation titled “Powerful Yet Disempowered: A Them atic Literature Review Exploring Challenges of Canadian Journalists' Repor ting on Sexual Violence”.\n\nAbstract for “Constructing Violence: the Isra el/Gaza ‘war’”:\n\n\n This paper draws on research that we have conducted o ver the past 6 years on the iMPACTS project based at 󷢲Ʊƽ̨. Le d by Professor Shaheen Shariff\, iMPACTS is a multi-year\, multi-million d ollar Partnership Grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Resea rch Council of Canada (SSHRC). The overarching goal of iMPACTS is to unear th\, dismantle\, and prevent sexual violence within universities and\, ult imately\, in society\, through evidence- based research that informs susta inable curriculum and policy change. With its focus on sexual violence\, i MPACTS has been driven by three inter-related domains: 1. EDUCATION\, LAW\ , AND POLICY: The education\, law\, and policy domain of iMPACTS examines sexual violence at universities through several lenses – educational\, adm inistrative\, and legal. The aim is for institutions of higher education t o be equipped with an improved understanding of their legal obligations\, roles\, and responsibilities. Specifically\, there are three overarching o bjectives: To reclaim the role of universities in educating their own comm unities and greater society on the value of sustainable models to prevent and reduce sexual violence. To bring students and multi-sector partners to gether to initiate evidence-based and creative ways of informing administr ative and curriculum policies on sexual violence. To expand knowledge and legal definitions of what constitutes on-campus sexual violence\, given in teractions that take place off-campus and online.This domain of iMPACTS ha s generated several projects from our university partners across Canada an d our 󷢲Ʊƽ̨ student team. 2. ARTS\, ACTIVISM\, AND POPULAR CULTURE: This domain of iMPACTS explores a range of activist and artistic interventions and the role of the entertainment industry and popular culture\, as a mean s to uncover the roots and effects of sexual violence at universities. Spe cifically\, this project has two overarching objectives: To study the hist ory and ongoing work of student activism and art interventions that promot e sexual violence prevention\, education\, and support and encourage unive rsity social and policy changes. To investigate the role of popular cultur e in perpetuating\, condoning\, and dismissing sexual-based violence and g ender-based violence at universities and in society and 3) news and social media. 3. NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA: This domain of iMPACTS analyzes how sexu al and gender-based violence is portrayed across media platforms and how s urvivors\, students\, and the general public engage with this content. To raise awareness and responsible media reporting of incidents that involve sexual and gender-based violence. In addition\, in terms of immediate rele vancy\, this paper draws on these three domains to explore how and in what ways the concept of violence has been orchestrated and deployed in the ev ents surrounding the 2023 October 7th attack by Hamas on Israel\, and Isra el’s response to this attack in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. We will be interested in exploring and analysing the different ways in which the concept of violence has been construed and operationalised in mainstream a nd social/alternative media platforms. We will also be concerned with unde rstanding how public debate and discussion on the conflict in Israel/Gaza has raised questions about the role the of the State in generating and dep loying conceptions of violence that perpetuate western colonial-settler re lations with the Global South. In making this argument\, we will draw on t he theoretical contributions of Raewyn Connel\, Dorothy Smith\, David Harv ey\, Vijay Prasad and others who have attempted to understand violence fro m the perspective of subaltern populations in the Global South.\n\n\nAbstr act for “Powerful Yet Disempowered: A Thematic Literature Review Exploring Challenges of Canadian Journalists' Reporting on Sexual Violence”:\n\n\n I n the years since #MeToo (2017)\, heightened media discourse has brought s exual harassment and assault into a greater public view and consciousness (Eckert et al.\, 2022). Traditional print and online media wield immense p ower with news stories (Bohner\, 2001\; Clark\, 1992\; Starkey et al.\, 20 19\; Sue et al.\, 2020). The specific ways that journalists frame their re porting around sexual violence influences audiences and can perpetuate rap e myths such as victim blaming. Despite certain gains in media framing ove r the past decade (Aroustamian\, 2020)\, issues surrounding sexual violenc e reporting not only continue but have devastating consequences (Sacks et al.\, 2018\; Sampert\, 2010). Research has also shown that the media can b e proxy educators for the public around prevalent issues such as gendered violence\, including sexual violence. Therefore\, this paper examines the underlying tension between the advances and constraints of contemporary me dia reporting and training on sexual violence. This thematic literature re view used key search terms on Google Scholar and relevant journals to inve stigate reporting practices. The theoretical framework that guided this re search was critical feminist analysis\, mainly through an intersectional l ens. Seven major themes emerged from the findings. Firstly\, we identified five major themes surrounding the products of media reporting: (1) rape c ulture and rape myths are still prevalent\, even post #MeToo\, (2) ‘lingui stics of blame’ are still being used (3) sexual violence is still being fr amed in problematic ways\, (4) intersectionality is still ignored\, and (5 ) there is still an ongoing issue with bias in the use of sources. Related to the process of reporting about sexual violence\, the findings also inc lude how (6) journalists face significant challenges with writing about se xual violence\, and (7) the practical disconnect between engagement and th e existence of ethical guidelines for sexual violence reporting. We conclu de that journalism has the power to shape public perception of sexual viol ence. Journalists require additional and meaningful support to report on t hese stories in ways that will dismantle rape myths rather than perpetuate them. They need trauma-informed education and gendered violence reporting training\, both in school and on the job. However\, we must also account for the social and economic environment. Journalists in precarious situati ons face pressure to churn out stories\, impacting their ability to produc e carefully and ethically framed stories. Based on our findings and conclu sions\, we argue that there are significant structural challenges to ethic al reporting practices for sexual violence\, and much more work must be do ne to resist prominent stigma and stereotypes. The issues of sexual violen ce and media reporting are entrenched in colonialism\, patriarchy\, racism \, homophobia\, transphobia\, ableism\, and other systems of oppression\, which impact people in varying ways. Considering efforts to break through the weight and gravity of this continuum of violence\, we look to journali sm schools and media outlets to prioritize education and training. As such \, these issues extend beyond the media sphere and into broader society. T his directly connects to the 2024 CSA conference theme of challenging hate . Our shared futures and interconnectedness as human beings depend on our ability to act upon and against systems of oppression that often manifest in sexual violence.\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240617 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240621 SUMMARY:Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) 2024 Conference URL:/definetheline/channels/event/canadian-sociologica l-association-csa-2024-conference-356267 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR