Themes
Languages, Media, and the Arts
This theme focuses on modalities of human expression and communication in linguistic, , , and other . Specifically, what characterizes work in this theme is attention to the study of ; the structure, development, and psychology of languages; forms and practices in , , , and ; and systems and of interpersonal and global . Possible subareas:
- , , and contexts
- creativity and imagination in theory and
- interplay of and political, social, and
Social, Economic, and Political Ethics, Relationships and Structures
This theme focuses on understanding relationships between and among groups of people: what those relationships create, sustain, challenge, and resist. This includes examining, at a minimum, , , , and and , often with particular attention paid to the and relationships of , , , and . Possible subareas:
- theories and practices of organizational and/or
- practices, values, and
- structures of power, privilege, and (e.g. , , , , , )
Space and Place
This theme focuses on the relationship of humans and our . Work in this theme considers the role of human agency and of power in the context of varied and intersecting physical and social contexts. Specifically, attention to , , , , and , and to concepts including the , , and and characterize work in this theme. Possible subareas:
- distribution of income, , and
- intersections of science, ,
Time, Tradition, and Change
This theme focuses on the chronological dimension of human experience and the continuities and discontinuities in social formations, ideas, , , and over time. Specifically, attention to issues of and , memory and forgetting, and the of places, communities, and linguistic practices characterize work in this theme. Possible subareas:
- and
- in local and global settings
- the history of
- the