New Sociology Zine Issue (December 2021) The Sociology Society is happy to announce the new issue of SPLIT_MAG. SPLIT is a zine made by sociology students, for everyone. This issue’s theme is EMERGENCE, with texts by Les Back, Red Burgess, Connor Kooner, Georgia Lyons, Maria Riga, Brooklyn Saunders, and Elsa Thomas. Oxford Languages (used by … Continue reading SPLIT #4 – Emergence
An essay by Luka Sotelo What we wear reflects a lot about us, right? So how does that work now in a world where we can’t socialise in our clothes as often? The new normal of living in a lockdown (or some approximation of one) means the usual fare for some social occasions has changed … Continue reading Pyjamas in the Pandemic
An essay by Rosette Jäminki The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to make drastic changes to the ways in which we move around and interact in our social world. There has been a rapid recalibration of what is expected in terms of following the guidelines and what kind of behavior is considered unacceptable in each stage of the pandemic. Physical touch and physical proximity have certainly been … Continue reading Learning a New Language of Boundaries
A discovery and review of the game ‘Ni no Kuni’ by Serwer Kadir Ni no Kuni is Harry Potter without J.K. Rowling. I know I wanted to escape this moment. Escape any responsibility I had. I thought about starting a new show or watching some films. I could have started reading that light novel series … Continue reading My Escape from the First Lockdown
Poem by A.K.M ‘Life Before’ Bright, busy, noisy. That’s what it used to look like at night in London People walking in crowds, but now that memory is hazy. A kaleidoscope of colours, red, yellow, green Leading the path for exhausted workers to make their way home People rushing past each other, now nowhere … Continue reading Life Before
A review of Andrea Dworkin’s work by Bailey Hackett I shan’t lie to you, the first national lockdown made me feel completely disenchanted with sociology and social science. Having to process convoluted theoretical concepts, … Continue reading Finding an Intellectual Fairy Godmother
