Monthly Archives: January 2012
TCS
The current issue of Theory, Culture & Society is interesting, as is usually the case. I’ve only scanned it, but the review by Gurminder Bhambra looks particularly good.
Lectureships
We’ve also advertised some lectureships in my department
A book
This book looks promising. There are likely to be some important interfaces between computer science and social science in the coming years (hopefully).
Career opportunities
The University of York are advertising a chair in interactive media.
Geography blog
Stuart Elden’s blog Progressive Geographies is really good. As well as being a prolific researcher Stuart is also the editor of Society & Space, so the blog provides some really interesting insights into his research and the running of the journal. He is … Continue reading
A new book review
Here is a link to an online first version of a review i’ve written of Mark Amerika’s new book Remixthebook. It’s published in the journal ICS, i’m not sure when the journal version will be out. These online first versions … Continue reading
Popular culture and the unconstrained sociological imagination
Here is a link to a blog piece about the sociological imagination in popular culture. This is a condensed version of a theme i’ve been working on for the last couple of years. Some of the references to this other work are … Continue reading
