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Category Archives: future of sociology
A new preface for Les Back’s The Art of Listening
Les Back has written a new preface for the Japanese edition of his book The Art of Listening. The preface has been published in full on the Sociological Imagination site. In this new preface Les reflects on the reception and … Continue reading
Bev Skeggs on values beyond value
In a previous post I mentioned some of the reading I was doing, I’ve now had chance to read Bev Skegg’s article ‘Values beyond value? Is anything beyond the logic of capital?‘ in detail. I found it to be genuinely … Continue reading
Posted in data and dataplay, future of sociology, history of sociology, infrastructures, metrics, web cultures
Tagged article, Bev skeggs, BJS, Value, Values
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A video of Deborah Lupton talking about social media and academic research
In this short video Deborah Lupton talks about her experience of using social media as part of her research. In this instance she focuses in particular on her use of her blog and Twitter to disseminate her research. Deborah has … Continue reading
Posted in future of sociology, web cultures
Tagged academic research, Deborah Lupton, Social media
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Gender and Neoliberalism by Christina Scharff
We are continuing to develop the Theory, Culture & Society site. We have had a series of posts on neoliberalism, the most recent of which is a post by Christina Scharff on Gender and Neoliberalism. There are likely to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Christina Scharff, gender, neoliberalism
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Audio interviews on 50 years of sociology at Goldsmiths
I’ve posted links to some of the materials celebrating 50 years of sociology at Goldsmiths. They’ve now posted four audio interviews reflecting on the development of sociology at Goldsmiths, and also how the department has influenced individual careers and broader … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 years, goldsmiths, Sociology
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Nick Couldry’s review essay on the convergence of cultural studies and sociology
The International Journal of Communication have just published a review essay by Nick Couldry on ‘Structures of Ambivalence: The Converging Horizons of Cultural Studies and Sociology‘ (it’s open access). Nick’s review responds to four books that explore this convergence – … Continue reading
Posted in cultural theory, future of sociology, TV, web cultures
Tagged Bev skeggs, cultural studies, Nick couldry, Sociology
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The history (and future) of sociology at Goldsmiths
As part of their 50th anniversary celebrations the sociology department at Goldsmiths have been posting various items about their history. They have just posted this really interesting exchange on the history if the department. The exchange involves a range of … Continue reading
Posted in future of sociology, history of sociology, university
Tagged goldsmiths, history, Sociology
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Social Science Research Questions & Methodological Challenges in the 21st Century
The University of Sheffield are hosting a seminar series over the coming months on the topic of ‘Social Science Research Questions and Methodological Challenges in the 21st Century’. The seminars will take place in the ICOSS building and are being … Continue reading
Will Davies responds to Nick Gane’s piece on the ‘Emergence of Neoliberalism’
The neoliberalism debate is continuing on the Theory, Culture & Society open site (with more to follow soon). In this piece Will Davies responds to Nick Gane’s recent TCS article ‘The Emergence of Neoliberalism’. It’s an excellent piece that further … Continue reading
Posted in cultural theory, future of sociology, history of sociology, infrastructures, metrics
Tagged neoliberalism, nick gane, will davies
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A third review of Punk Sociology
It’s been great to see people using blogs and the like to respond to Punk Sociology. A third review has just been published on Tracey Yeadon-Lee’s blog (I posted about the previous two reviews here and here). I understand that a … Continue reading