I took a drive today, thought about you. Thought about a friend who passed, and how much we just went through. I saw the sun shine off the hood of a cadillac, I thought about some things i’d say, and some i would take back. I thought about how fortunate i feel to be alive. … Continue reading »
Deadline Approaching FWSA 2012 Small Grants Scheme for Postgraduates
The FWSA is now offering a small grant of £250 for workshops, seminars, conferences and networks organised by and aimed at postgraduate students. This money can be used for a variety of purposes and can be used alongside other awards. The lead organizers named on the application form must be FWSA members at the time the application and at the time the initiative is to take … Continue reading »
Asexualities: a training day for therapists
Please forward this training event to all your colleagues. Many thanks. Do you have an understanding of asexuality? What is the place of intimacy and amorous or romantic relationships within asexualities? What is your current thinking around sexual desire? Asexuals are making themselves heard and thus are redefining what we understand by intimacy, … Continue reading »
New public engagement website announcement – Hiding in the Pub to Cutting the Cord?
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve recently published a collection of memories of childbirth, as part of a public engagement project. This is entitled ‘Hiding in the Pub to Cutting the Cord? Fatherhood and Childbirth in Britain, from the 1950s to the Present’, and is currently being undertaken at the Centre for the History of … Continue reading »
Gender and Sport seminar, Friday 18th May, University of Warwick
This is just a reminder that Centre for the Study of Women and Gender is hosting an afternoon seminar on “Gender and Sport” on Friday 18th May, 2012 in Ramphal 3.41, from 2-5pm. Attendance is free, and everyone is welcome – please drop me an e-mail if you’d like to attend so we can order enough … Continue reading »
Podcast – Exploring the Emergence of Underground Musical Worlds
From the Sociology@Warwick Seminar Series in May 2012. Nick Crossley from Manchester University discusses his use of social network analysis to explore the early development of punk and post-punk musical worlds in the UK. Read more about this research here and here.
Isn’t this civilised?
How civilised, as the Islington middle classes mindlessly parrot. You give the cunts a glass of wine and switch the fire on, and they say: ‘This is civilised.’ They cut some fucking pieces of ciabatta with a knife, and they go: ‘Isn’t this civilised?’ And you want to go: no, you daft cunt, no it’s … Continue reading »
The Sociology of Animals and Why It Matters – Podcast with Nickie Charles and Bob Carter
In this podcast for Sociology@Warwick I talk to Bob Carter and Nickie Charles about their new book Humans and Other Animals. A paper on this subject written by Nickie Charles is available online here.
Window on Research: Dave O’Brien on Cultural Consumption in Contemporary Society
This podcast discusses cultural consumption in contemporary British society, exploring who does what and why, against the backdrop of the ethos of creative workers. The cultural ‘omnivore’ thesis is outlined and critiqued, suggesting the importance of expertise, social status and social class to understand cultural consumption. The podcast links consumption to production by linking creative … Continue reading »
Explanatory Methodology
What cultural resources play a role in the lives of participants? How do they enable and constrain the commitments, projects and modus vivendi of participants? This constraint and enablement is mediated through internal conversation. Which cultural resources under which circumstances lead to personal morphogenesis? How do the former and the latter relate in leading to this outcome? Which cultural resources under which circumstances lead to personal morphostasis? How do … Continue reading »
