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, 2009 Using C. Wright Mills’ book The Sociological Imagination as a touchstone for its discussion, this article addresses the relations between the sociological problem, relevance and experience as they are and could potentially be understood within sociology.
Fraser, Mariam
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For Sociological Polyphony and Conviviality: Enhancing Sociology's Intellectual Aspirations
xtending a Welcome to Dialogues in Sociology Welcome to Dialogues in Sociology! If you are reading this, you are probably a ‘sociologist’ (however you may define that), or at least someone who is sociology curious. Presumably, you have been interested
Todd, Megan +7 more
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Methodological immaturity in childhood research? Thinking through 'participatory methods' [PDF]
, 2008 Much of the recent literature on social research with children advocates the use of participatory techniques. This article attempts to rethink such techniques in several ways.
Gallacher, L.-A. +6 more
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Structurational explication of technology adoption In ICT4D: a throwback to Giddens [PDF]
, 2015 This chapter examines how Giddens’ social theory of structuration, which reconciles the classical dichotomy between structure and agency in sociology, can explicate success and failure of ICT for Development (ICT4D).
Bhowmick, Sanjay, Sanjay Bhowmick
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, 2012 The performative co-construction of academic life through myriad metrics is now a global phenomenon as indicated by the plethora of university research or journal ranking systems and the publication of ‘league’ tables based on them.
Kelly, Aidan, Burrows, Roger
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, 2012 This article investigates the specificity of sociological materials and methods in relation to other disciplines and practices (art, literature, science and journalism) and questions the opportunities for sociological attentiveness, experimentation and ...
Motamedi-Fraser, Mariam
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, 2015 The Sociology Book takes on some of humankind’s biggest questions: What is society? What makes it tick? Why do we interact in the way that we do with our friends, coworkers, and rivals? The Sociology Book profiles the world’s most renowned sociologists
Todd, Megan, Yuill, Chris, Thorpe, Chris
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Being a Sociologist and Becoming a Whiteheadian: Toward a Concrescent Methodology
, 2008 This article is an attempt to operationalize A.N. Whitehead's ontological approach within sociology. Whitehead offers lessons and clues to a way of re-envisioning `sociological practice' so that it captures something of the nature of a `social' that is ...
Mike Michael +4 more
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Intersectionality and positionality are critical issues to consider in community research. Drawing on ten years of research in white, working-class communities in Northwestern England (WILSON, 2024a), I present a critical reflection on the temporal and ...
Suzanne Wilson, Wilson, Suzanne
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The Pendleton Riot: A Political Sociology
, 2012 The incidents that took place in the vicinity of Salford Precinct on the 9 August 2011 occurred prior to and took a quite distinct form from the more widespread rioting and looting two miles away in Manchester city-centre.
Jeffrey, Bob, Jackson, William
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