by Stephanie Guirand For whatever reason, the only sound I could stomach on my walk from the train station to the campus was the Bridgerton score. Melodic, familiar, and escapist—the music was interrupted by a WhatsApp call. I answered. Come to find out, one of my research participants was shot in the head the night … Continue reading Grief and a Scholar
By Charis Loke and Dhiren Shingadia from the MA Visual Sociology 20/21 What do we not notice around us, but rely on? Who gets to take these things for granted? What happens when infrastructures break and surface? For the Social Research for Public Engagement module, students employed visual and inventive methods in sociological research projects … Continue reading Translating Infrastructures
How to do sociology with… the re-assembling of a fashion magazine? Online workshop by Femke de Vries + Practice Matters With the support of METHODS LAB Free, all welcome The workshop will take place on Zoom and Miro. Please register here for a free ticket to receive a Zoom link. There is a limited number … Continue reading Online Workshop by Femke de Vries and Practice Matters
This blog post was originally published on the International Journal of Social Research Methodologies website on 6 August 2020. Mary Brenda Herbert is a PhD student in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London . Figure 1: Art packs in the making. ‘Where are you?’ He quizzically looked at me. Eyes darting from one corner … Continue reading Playing with methods during Covid 19 by Mary Brenda Herbert
Wednesday 15 March 2017 4-5.30pm Room 12.21 and 12.25, Social Sciences Building, University of Leeds Is another future possible? Paul Valéry once famously wrote that the problem with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Indeed, despite the overwhelming pace of social, economic, political and ecological transformations, our practices … Continue reading Another Future is Possible! Social Science and Speculative Experimentation…
