by Debra Bassett “I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time” Banksy. The ubiquitous nature of hardware technology such… Read More ›
Archive for November 2015
social media for academics: available to pre-order now!
Available for pre-order now! See here for the cheapest place to buy it online, as well as table of contents & summary.
international journal of social research methodology: ask the editors @ijsrm! TOMORROW at 11am
In my capacity as social media associate editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology, I’m arranging an ask the editors session on Twitter. It will take place on Tuesday 1st December, 11.00—12.00. We’ll definitely have Ros Edwards and Christina Hughes. We’ll… Read More ›
Mark Zuckerberg’s philosophy of techno-fascism
From The Boy Kings, by Katherine Losse, pg 201. Losse was asked to write blog posts about Mark Zuckerberg’s philosophy, something which he outlined to her in general terms: “It means that the best thing to do now, if you… Read More ›
The turn away from contract labour in the sharing economy
This is an interesting development: there’s clearly an interest served by the announcement but the potential success of this positioning could prove influential if legal challenges to contract labour gain some traction: Shift, an on-demand startup that helps people buy… Read More ›
the isrf social media essay competition
The Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) and Big Data & Society (BD&S) intend to award a prize of CHF 1,000 for the best essay on the topic ‘Influence and Power’. This is a topic, not a title. Accordingly, authors are… Read More ›
international journal of social research methodology: ask the editors @ijsrm! december 1st at 11am
In my capacity as social media associate editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology, I’m arranging an ask the editors session on Twitter. It will take place on Tuesday 1st December, 11.00—12.00. We’ll definitely have Ros Edwards and Christina Hughes. We’ll… Read More ›
CfP: the dehumanisation of contemporary societies
International Association for Critical Realism (IACR) 19th Annual Conference Wednesday 20 – Friday 22 July 2016 Pre-conference workshop: Monday 18 – Tuesday 19 July 2016 Postgraduate Teaching Centre, Cardiff Business School Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU De/humanisation The dehumanisation of… Read More ›
The centre for social ontology book series
We’re now up to book number 4. This is the first one I’ve contributed to personally & it’s due to be published in early 2016. These are the first three volumes in the series: Here’s the coverage of the books… Read More ›
Milton Friedman vs. Frances Fox Piven on Free Enterprise
A fascinating exchange between one of the US’s most accomplished Sociologists and the intellectual hero of the American right:
got an idea for a monograph? submit to @thesocreview monograph call
The international refereed journal The Sociological Review is home to the Sociological Review Monograph Series. This series publishes edited collections of outstanding and original scholarly articles on issues of wide sociological interest and is dedicated to promoting emerging as well as established… Read More ›
Transparancy and opacity in digital capitalism
It seems that Mark Zuckerberg has a secret back room in his private Facebook office, allowing him to retreat into opacity while sustaining the glass fronted and open plan layout of the corporate offices. From from The Boy Kings, by Katherine… Read More ›
international journal of social research methodology: ask the editors @ijsrm! december 1st at 11am
In my capacity as social media associate editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology, I’m arranging an ask the editors session on Twitter. It will take place on Tuesday 1st December, 11.00—12.00. We’ll definitely have Ros Edwards and Christina Hughes. We’ll… Read More ›
Call for proposals: @thesocreview seminar competition
The Board of The Sociological Review are pleased to announce that the journal is sponsoring a single-themed Research Seminar Series (which may consist of three or more research seminars) as well as three One Day Symposia events. The Board hopes to make… Read More ›
An Invitation to Practical Sociology
How come – at least in the UK –you don’t come across people working in industry, business, the civil service, or pretty much anywhere outside academia or independent research organisations, who have ‘sociologist’ in their job title? Sociologists seem to… Read More ›
One week left! The @ijsrm seminar competition
The Board of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IJSRM) is pleased to announce the launch of our new Seminar Competition. Our aim is to support the development of critical and innovative approaches to on-going and emerging methodological debates across a… Read More ›
The first gold rush of digital capitalism
From Elon Musk, by Ashlee Vance, pg 10-11. I think this understates the degree to which ‘playing hard’ was driven by a potent mix of fear and aspiration. But it’s a nice overview of circumstances which intruige me: And, in… Read More ›
A short film about the presentation of self in everyday life
Thanks to Les Back for linking to this short film about the presentation of self in everyday life:
Digital capitalism and the form of social science it encourages
I’ve published a great piece on The Sociological Review blog, by Sage’s Ziyad Marar, which really resonates with some of the concerns shaping my new project: Yet our digital culture may exacerbate this problem by tilting us even further toward… Read More ›
Register for the accelerated academy
Power, Acceleration and Metrics in Academic Life 2nd-4th December 2015, Prague (Vila Lanna) Organised by the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences and supported by the Strategy AV21. Register and get more information at http://accelerated.academy Powered by Eventbrite… Read More ›
Flawed cosmopolitanisms of being human: mediation and worldmaking in media discourses of terrorism
by Rodanthi Tzanelli There is little to say about the Paris attacks that does not touch upon the phantom of the so-called War on Terror. What has been produced in journalistic and intellectual cycles certainly concurs on one thing: invisible violence… Read More ›
Streams of Consciousness: Data, Cognition and Intelligent Devices
Streams of Consciousness: Data, Cognition and Intelligent Devices http://warwick.ac.uk/streamsofconsciousness 21st and 22nd of April 2016 Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies University of Warwick “What’s on your mind?” This is the question to which every Facebook status update now responds. Millions of users sharing… Read More ›
The Tears of the Europeans
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Social media for academics: available for pre-order!
Available for pre-order now! See here for the cheapest place to buy it online, as well as table of contents & summary.
Four days left to register for the accelerated academy! deadline nov 20th
Power, Acceleration and Metrics in Academic Life 2nd-4th December 2015, Prague (Vila Lanna) Organised by the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences and supported by the Strategy AV21. Register here There is little doubt that science and… Read More ›
Everyday Life in Salford
A really interesting project undertaken by SA&RF: Everyday Life in Salford. Read more about the project here. The book itself can be downloaded for free here: Everyday_Life_in_Salford I am pleased to present the book of Everyday Life in Salford. Through this project,… Read More ›
Methods for Studying Creativity: Ahead of the Curve
Researching creativity, collaboration and co-ordination requires methods that span disciplinary, quantitative and qualitative, and textual, visual and aural boundaries. Michael Schober (New School, New York), Carey Jewitt (UCL Institute of Education) and Matthew Purver (Queen Mary University of London) discuss… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Sociology of Religion Study Group Annual Conference
BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group Annual Conference 2016 – Call for Papers The theme for the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group Annual Conference 2016 is ‘Construction and disruption: The power of religion in the public sphere’. The purpose… Read More ›
Call For Papers: Qualitative Methods and Data in Digital Societies
Call for papers: Themed Issue Qualitative Methods and Data in Digital Societies Qualitative Research [html: http://qrj.sagepub.com%5D Edited by William Housley (Cardiff University), Bella Dicks (Cardiff University) and Karen Henwood (Cardiff University). The explosion of digital social data in recent years has required… Read More ›
The coding skills bubble
As we enter the second machine age, it’s easy to assume that coding skills will be in ever increasing demand. But this TechCrunch feature suggests both that the skills shortage will likely prove fleeting, due to the impending automation of… Read More ›