Dear All I am organising a workshop on radical identity performance online, as part of the Danish Sociology Conference at Aarhus, 19-20 January 2012. The deadline for abstracts (to candonp@tcd.ie) has been extended to January 9th. I am seeking both formal papers and those interested in participating less formally in the workshop. Full details are at this link: http://sociologikongres.au.dk/en/workshop-sessions/performing-troubled-and-t... This workshop aims to examine the manner in which a complex array of identities – political, cultural, social, and particularly marginal and extreme – are managed and expressed in the online sphere. It seeks to gauge the impact or influence of such sites of identity performance and how the online space itself might serve to advance or hinder the expression of identities which may manifest themselves primarily in this realm. The session will also re-examine the original ideas (e.g. Turkle 1999) concerning the performance of online identity with allied questions about public/private, legality, censorship, ‘net neutrality’, hate speech, social movements and the interaction of media, Internet and society. Potential contributions could be drawn from studies of: - extreme political movements - end of life/suicide forums - diverse sexuality - deviance - anarchism - art as protest Thanks for your help. Paul -- *Paul Candon, **PhD Candidate, **Dept of Sociology School of Social Sciences & Philosophy * *Trinity College, University of Dublin* *3 College Green Dublin 2* *Republic of Ireland* *353 (0)86 8842113*