A study waiting to be done. Somebody? Here is the trigger: So: how is academia.edu reproducing and reinforcing inequality? By spatially positioning the male academic above; By choosing an older male academic and a younger female; By listing the male as… Read More ›
A fantastic, chilling ethnography of death in the modern metropolis – and of a life forgotten and pieced together from postmortem scraps. This text gives insights not only into the journey of a death person through a number of complex… Read More ›
The fascinating story of a disappearing community: the Anglo Indians – read here, with photographs by Karan Kapoor. http://www.tasveerjournal.com/ai/
Global cities like London have an incessant rhythm of consumption that needs to be maintained around-the-clock. This short film shines a light on the invisible lives of people working at night whilst the majority sleep or enjoy the nocturnal life…. Read More ›
There’s an interesting post on the CSIP blog by Michael Guggenheim. Along with Nina Wakeford, he’s convening Goldsmith’s new MA Visual Sociology. The strange formulation in the blog’s title stems from his desire to overcome the visual epithet, such that the terminology of ‘visual sociology’… Read More ›
Image: Jon Rainford. Occupy and Resist, by Jon Rainford In the midst of a walk through the steers of a typically sedated Madrid at Siesta time, I turned a corner and stumbled upon a hive of life and energy, the… Read More ›
“Visual Sociology and the Sociological Imagination” on Bundlr
Artwork: Alice Santoro (www.alycesantoro.com) Attempting the impossible by Alyce Santoro, “a delicate empiricist” Shifts in society reflect shifts in the social imaginary: excerpt of the Manifesto for the Obvious International (the full text can be read here): “In philosophy, the… Read More ›
Gillian Rose responds to an event on visual methods on her blog. She focuses in particular on Lev Manovich’s work at the Software Studies Initiative. I’ve been trying to follow their work for a while, in particular the creative means they have… Read More ›
I shoot, therefore I exist by Claudia Vallvé, Barcelona This is my street. I see them every day, any hour of the day. By dozens. Standing there. Taking their photos. They come, they shoot, they go. Average of stay: 3… Read More ›
Although criminology has grown as a field of study in the last 2 decades, it remains rooted in sociology. The study of the analysis of crime, criminal behaviour, and societal responses to law breaking cannot be understood without understanding who… Read More ›
Taos alone by Michael V. Miller The title of this work is “Taos alone”. Shot by Michael V. Miller with telephoto lens on Pentax 35 mm SLR at side of mission church in Taos Pueblo, northern New Mexico, June, 1982. He… Read More ›
For all professional and/or novice visual researchers out there: the Sociological Imagination is pleased to announce its new column dedicated to “Visual Research”. To celebrate its beginning, we are launching a continuous call for reader submissions. The call is open to all our… Read More ›
For all professional and/or novice visual researchers out there: the Sociological Imagination is pleased to announce its new column dedicated to “Visual Research”. To celebrate its beginning, we are launching a continuous call for reader submissions. The call is open to all our… Read More ›
What did headmistresses who greeted their students on a chilly Monday morning a century ago look like? What sort of people were they? What did they think about? Why did they do their job? What did they care about? Have… Read More ›
A newly popularised photograph from the bombing of New York on 9/11/2001 has caught the attention of the media and the public. The image, taken by photographer Thomas Hoepker, has stirred up controversial opinions. Perfect example of the ambiguity of… Read More ›
Even sociologists run out of words sometimes during the weekend. Here are a few images the Idle Ethnographer took at the peaceful camp in front of St Paul’s Cathedral in London on 22 October 2011:
Italian photographer and photojournalist Ruben Salvadori has done an excellent ethnographic study on the staging of action photos in East Jerusalem. Watch the video (in Italian with English subtitles) here . This will change the way in which you view photos… Read More ›
For all professional and/or novice visual researchers out there: the Sociological Imagination is pleased to announce its new column dedicated to “Visual Research”. To celebrate its beginning, we are launching a continuous call for reader submissions. The call is open… Read More ›
Visual methods are a great part of research into the mundane, and the area where visual sociology and investigative photography are at their best (and hardest to tell apart). The work of Norwegian photographer Jonas Bendiksen is a perfect example of such… Read More ›
For all professional and/or novice visual researchers out there: the Sociological Imagination is pleased to announce its new column dedicated to “Visual Research”. To celebrate its beginning, we are launching a continuous call for reader submissions. The call is open… Read More ›
For all professional and/or novice visual researchers out there: the Sociological Imagination is pleased to announce its new column dedicated to “Visual Research”. To celebrate its beginning, we are launching a continuous call for reader submissions. The call is open… Read More ›
For all professional and/or novice visual researchers out there: the Sociological Imagination is pleased to announce its new column dedicated to “Visual Research”. To celebrate its beginning, we are launching a continuous call for reader submissions. The call is open… Read More ›