The International Visual Sociology Association promotes the study and use of images in research, analysis, and teaching in sociology, and related disciplines.

Joined February 2013
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26 Mar 2025
#Suwon2025 Our next IVSA Conference will be set against the vibrant backdrop of Suwon, #SouthKorea. Register for the Conference: visualsociology.org/2025-ivs… Apply for a travel grant by March 28, 2025: visualsociology.org/ivsa-tra…
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25 Feb 2025
NEW #VisualStudiesJournal SPECIAL ISSUE: “Colourised Histories, reading digital/analogue photography and film archives now” ➡️tandfonline.com/toc/rvst20/c… Τhis special issue underscores the importance of colourisation as a subject within the expanded field of #VisualStudies.
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25 Jan 2025
NEW IVSA AWARD NOMINATIONS DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 7th!! Nominations are being accepted for outstanding #sociology work: 🏆VISUAL SOCIOLOGY Rieger Awards 🏆VISUAL METHODOLOGY Prosser Award 🏆ANTI-COLONIAL and ANTI-RACISM (ACAR) Awards visualsociology.org/?page_id…
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16 Jan 2025
#SUWON2025 DEADLINE EXTENDED: FEBRUARY 3 We are extending the paper and workshop abstract submission deadline, as well as the Visual Studies Exhibition proposal deadline to Feb. 3. The Visualista Film Festival submission deadline remains January 31. visualsociology.org/?page_id…
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13 Jan 2025
IVSA AWARD NOMINATIONS DEADLINE: JANUARY 24, 2025 The #IVSA administers 4 awards to outstanding #sociology work in the following categories: 🏆VISUAL SOCIOLOGY Rieger Awards 🏆VISUAL METHODOLOGY Prosser Award 🏆ANTI-COLONIAL and ANTI-RACISM Awards ℹ️visualsociology.org/awards
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9 Jan 2025
SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO THE VISUALISTA #FILMFESTIVAL by Jan. 15, 2025 at filmfreeway.com/visualistafi… We invite films that explore aspects of #visualsociology, from visual dimensions and documentation of social life to the way people perform creative visualization processes.
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8 Jan 2025
#Suwon2025 CLOSING KEYNOTE: Graeme Gilloch 그래엄 길록 📖Siegfried Kracauer: Our Companion in Misfortune (2015) 📖Myth and Metropolis: Walter Benjamin and the City (1997) Conference Venue: AJOU UNIVERSITY, SUWON, SOUTH KOREA Dates: JUNE 25-28 2025 ℹ️visualsociology.org/?page_id…
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7 Jan 2025
#Suwon2025 OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH: CHO Uhn 조은 Sociologist, Filmmaker 📽️Daldongne 33 UP 사당동 더하기 33 (2020) 📽️A Nice Place 사당동 더하기 22 (2009) co-dir. PARK Kyoung-tae Conference Venue: AJOU UNIVERSITY, SUWON, SOUTH KOREA Dates: JUNE 25-28 2025 ℹ️visualsociology.org/?page_id…
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15 Dec 2024
#OpenCall FOR PAPERS #IVSA Conference #SUWON2025 "Beyond the Image: Addressing Power Dynamics in Visual Scholarship" Abstract Submission Deadline: 01.15.2025 👉visualsociology.org/?page_id… 2025년 세계영상사회학회 2025년 6월 25일-28일 경기도 수원시, 아주대학교 한국문화사회학회 공동주최
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3 Dec 2024
The 2025 #InternationalVisualSociologyAssociation invites submissions for its annual Conference at Ajou University in Suwon, South Korea, June 25-28, 2025. ➡️Abstract Submission Deadline: January 15, 2025 Full details at visualsociology.org/?page_id… #Suwon2025 Photos: Ajou University
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21 Nov 2024
#OpenCall FOR PAPERS at visualsociology.org/?page_id… "Beyond the Image: Addressing Power Dynamics in Visual Scholarship" Abstract Submission Deadline: January 15, 2025 Conference: June 25-28, 2025, Suwon, South Korea #Suwon2025
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2 Nov 2024
We’re launching the Visualista Film Festival and we invite films and film-based artefacts that explore aspects of #visualsociology. Details at filmfreeway.com/visualistafi… VISUALISTA FILM FESTIVAL 2025 - within the IVSA Conference: Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea 25-28.06.2025

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22 Oct 2024
The #IVSA journal Visual Studies has a new Co-Editor. Welcome Sabina Andron! Sabina had been on the IVSA Board for 2 years, and as of October 2024 she is joining the #VisualStudies Journal Editorial Team. ℹ️ visualsociology.org/?page_id…
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14 Oct 2024
#OpenCall BOOK REVIEWS FOR #IVSA’s #VisualStudiesJournal The #VisualStudies Editorial Board invites book review submission proposals due October 28, 2024. We publish Traditional Reviews & Thematic Reviews Find out more at docs.google.com/forms/d/1L2q…
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6 Aug 2024
📣 #ISAforum25 Call for Abstracts is now open! Review the guidelines and prepare your submission here 🌐 isa-sociology.org/en/confere… ⏰ October 15, 2024 is the final date to submit your abstract. No extensions to the deadline will be provided.
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21 Sep 2024
#SaveTheDate The 2025 International Visual Sociology Conference will be held in Suwon, South Korea Venue: AJOU UNIVERSITY, SUWON, SOUTH KOREA Conference dates: JUNE 25-28 2025 Here's a teaser of what's coming up! youtu.be/LpvaK0f85Dc #IVSA #VisualSociology
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13 Aug 2024
The 2024 #IVSA Jon Rieger Award goes to Sarah Jones for her innovative research in urban wayfinding design, contributing new insights to visual social practice. Find out more about Type Trails at visualsociology.org/?p=9428
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8 Aug 2024
The 2024 #IVSA Anticolonialism & Antiracism Award for Visual Activism goes to #UnmuteGaza in recognition of their grassroots yet international campaign as a best practice example of how to achieve impact with collective and participatory visual activism. ℹ️visualsociology.org/?cat=218
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24 Jul 2024
The 2024 #IVSA Anticolonialism & Antiracism (ACAR) Award for Progressive Advocacy and Visual Research (PAVR) goes to Laura Porterfield @porteroid for her work against colonial and racist practices within urban education. ℹ️ visualsociology.org/?p=9452
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