The French speakers of this conference are members, or associate members, of the Groupe de sociologie politique et moral (GSPM). Compare to Bourdieu, Touraine and Latour who have been introduced in Taiwan, the works of Boltanski and Thévenot, the “founding fathers” of GSPM are rather unknown in Taiwan. In a conference at the Institute of Sociology (IOS, Academia Sinica), two years ago, Pierre-Paul Zalio, professor of sociology at the Ecole Normale Superieure, despite his belonging to a different intellectual tradition, introduced Boltanski and Thévenot as one of the most fascinating and groundbreaking authors of today’s French sociology. So CEFC Taipei proposed to IOS to invite some representatives of GSPM for a dialogue with Taiwanese sociologists on this “hot issue”.

Organizers: Institute of Sociology (IOS), Academia Sinica and French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC), Taipei Office

Conference Program

Day 1—Wednesday, Nov 17th, 2010

Venue: 2nd Conference Room, HSSB
(3F, South Wing, Building for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica)

08:30 – 09:00 : Registration
09:00 – 09:30 : Opening
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao
Director, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Paul Jobin, Director, CEFC Taipei

Session 1

09:30 –10:30 : Chair Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Presenter: Laurent Thévenot (GSPM, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)
Paper: From Oppression to Critique: Some Fresh Views on Social Movements from the Sociology of Engagements
Discussant: Gwo-Shyong Shieh (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)

10:30 –10:50 : Tea Break

Session 2

10:50 –11:40 : Chair: Frédéric Keck (GSPM, École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)
Presenter: Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Wei-Hsu Lu (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Paper: What is Critique and Whose Critique? A Dialogue between (Taiwanese) Engaged Sociology and the (French) Sociology of Tests
Discussant: Emmanuel Didier (GSPM, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)

11:40 –11:50 : Break

Session 3

11:50 –12:40 : Chair: Fu-Chang Wang (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Presenter: Cyril Lemieux (GSPM, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)
Paper: Making Nuclear Dangers Visible. A Pragmatic Contribution to Sociology of Mobilization
Discussant: Ming-Sho Ho (Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University)

12:40 – 13:50 : Lunch

Session 4

13:50 – 14:40 : Chair: Marylène Lieber (CEFC Taipei)
Presenter: Ming-Sho Ho (Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University)
Paper: Re-examining the Party Control over Labor Unions: The Case of Taiwan’s State-owned Enterprises (1951-1986)
Discussant: Yu-Bin Chiu (Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK)

14:40 – 14:50 : Break

Session 5

14:50 – 15:40 : Chair: Mau-Kuei Chang (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Presenter: Emmanuel Didier (GSPM, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)
Paper: Is the Neo-Liberal State Lying ? The Case of Police Statistics
Discussant: Chin-Fen Chang (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)

15:40 – 16:00 : Tea Break

Session 6

16:00 – 16:50 : Chair: Stéphane Corcuff (CEFC Taipei)
Presenter: Jui-Hua Chen (Institute of Sociology, National Tsing Hua University)
Paper: Returning to Locality for Reconstructing the Society: Rationalizations of the Actions Aiming at Local Community in Taiwan Since 1990s
Discussant: Hung-Renn Yang (Institute of Science, Technology and Society, National Yang-Ming University)

16:50 – 17:00 : Break

Session 7

17:00 – 17:50 : Chair: Kuei-Tien Chou (Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University)
Presenter: Frédéric Keck (GSPM, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)
Paper: Natural Reserves as Critical Sites. Controversies and Compromises about Avian Flu in Hong Kong
Discussant: Chia-Ling Wu (Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University)

Day 2—Thursday, Nov 18th, 2010

08:30 – 09:00 : Registration

Session 8

09:00 –09:50 : Chair: Nai-Teh Wu (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Presenter: Isabelle Thireau (CECMC, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)
Paper: Chinese Citizens' Appeals to the State: Valuation and Critique
Discussant: Thung-Hong Lin (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)

Session 9

09:50 –10:40 : Chair: Laurent Thévenot (GSPM, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)
Presenter: Chih-Jou Jay Chen (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Paper: Dynamic Popular Protests and Changing State-Society Relations in China
Discussant: Szu-Chien Hsu (Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica)

10:40 –11:10 : Brunch Break

Session 10

11:10 –12:00 : Chair: A-Chin Hsiau (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Presenter: Mau-Kuei Chang (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Paper: Translating “Civil Society” into Taiwan’s Political and Moral Contexts
Discussant: Cyril Lemieux (GSPM, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)

Concluding Session

12:00 –13:00 : Mau-Kuei Chang, Deputy Director, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Paul Jobin, Director, CEFC Taipei