Raiding the inarticulate since 2010

accelerated academy acceleration agency AI Algorithmic Authoritarianism and Digital Repression archer Archive Archiving artificial intelligence automation Becoming Who We Are Between Post-Capitalism and Techno-Fascism big data blogging capitalism ChatGPT claude Cognitive Triage: Practice, Culture and Strategies Communicative Escalation and Cultural Abundance: How Do We Cope? Corporate Culture, Elites and Their Self-Understandings craft creativity critical realism data science Defensive Elites Digital Capitalism and Digital Social Science Digital Distraction, Personal Agency and The Reflexive Imperative Digital Elections, Party Politics and Diplomacy digital elites Digital Inequalities Digital Social Science Digital Sociology digital sociology Digital Universities elites Fragile Movements and Their Politics Cultures generative AI higher education Interested labour Lacan Listening LLMs margaret archer Organising personal morphogenesis Philosophy of Technology platform capitalism platforms populism Post-Democracy, Depoliticisation and Technocracy post-truth psychoanalysis public engagement public sociology publishing Reading realism reflexivity scholarship sexuality Shadow Mobilization, Astroturfing and Manipulation Social Media Social Media for Academics social media for academics social ontology social theory sociology technology The Content Ecosystem The Intensification of Work The Political Economy of Digital Capitalism The Technological History of Digital Capitalism Thinking trump twitter Uncategorized work writing zizek

BSA happiness Study Group Seminar Novermber 2014 Northumbria University

Happiness Study Group

Call for Abstracts

One Day Seminar
Qualitative Approaches to Happiness and Wellbeing Research

Wednesday 12th November 2014, 10.30am – 3.30pm

Venue: Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne

This study group event will examine the advantages and challenges of conducting qualitative research into happiness and wellbeing. We welcome papers from researchers (established and postgraduate students) in any field that have employed qualitative methods who may wish to discuss substantive research findings or the theoretical and methodological challenges they have faced, and may include issues such as:

•       Biographical, life history and narrative research

•       Ethnographic approaches: interviewing and observational techniques

•       Participative research

•       Action research into wellbeing

•       Methodological challenges: fieldwork, analysis, writing up and dissemination

Abstract submission deadline: Friday 5th September 2014
Registration: BSA members £10; Non-members £15. Lunch is provided.

Register now at:

http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events.aspx

Abstracts (250 words, to include title, author, affiliation and contact email)
Email abstracts to: Dr Mark Cieslik, Dept of Social Sciences and Languages, Northumbria University.
Email: mark.cieslik@northumbria.ac.uk