Tag: Sociology
The Other Davos: A Sociologist Goes to the World Economic Forum
Professor Evelyn Ruppert writes in The Sociological Review about her recent visit to Davos. Continue reading The Other Davos: A Sociologist Goes to the World Economic Forum
What If: Privacy Becomes a Luxury Good?
Professor Evelyn Ruppert, Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths recently spoke as part of a session at #davos2017. You can watch that session here. Continue reading What If: Privacy Becomes a Luxury Good?
How John Berger changed our way of seeing art
Writing in The Conversation, Vikki Bell and Yasmin Gunaratnam discuss how Berger, who died on January 2 at the age of 90, had a profound influence on the popular understanding of art and the visual image. Also that he was also a vibrant example of the public intellectual, using his position to speak out against social injustices and … Continue reading How John Berger changed our way of seeing art
Another century, another witch-hunt: this time it's poor Muslim women
Dr Abby Day, Reader of Race, Faith & Culture in the Department of Sociology, writes in The Conversation that 'Poor, uneducated, housebound women appear to be almost wholly responsible for the lack of integration of some Muslim communities in Britain. At least, that seems to be the finding of a new report on social cohesion, carried out by Dame Louise … Continue reading Another century, another witch-hunt: this time it's poor Muslim women
Goldsmiths research helps shape EU and UK approach to preventing and prosecuting sexual violence in conflict
In the past year, research from the Gender of Justice project at Goldsmiths, University of London has been presented to both the House of Lords and the European Parliament, helping to shape the future of international legislation on preventing sexual violence in conflict zones. Continue reading Goldsmiths research helps shape EU and UK approach to preventing and prosecuting sexual violence in conflict
Poetry in the classroom
Yasmin Gunaratnam, Ulla McKnight, Aisha Edeor-Lawal, Nicole Evangelou-Georgiou, Melitini-Penelo Havoutis Andrew Jemmott, Abigail Joseph, Rhianne Phillips, Kaila Stone Studying sociology can feel like learning another language. There are new strange words and different schools of thought with their own vocabularies. Somewhere along the line we also become writers of sociology. How this happens is often … Continue reading Poetry in the classroom
Stuart Hall: In Conversations
Explore the life, work and legacy of a thinker that some call the last of the great public intellectuals and a figure widely credited with being the founder of cultural studies: this man is Stuart Hall. Through conversations with his former students, colleagues, and friends, we'll seek to better understand this seminal writer and academic. … Continue reading Stuart Hall: In Conversations
Adsensory Financialisation
A new publication from Dr Pam Odih. Adsensory technology presupposes a neoliberal entrepreneurial self as an integral feature of its biopolitical financialisation of healthcare regimes. According to Michel Foucault, neoliberalism is indebted to the endeavour of its self-disciplined subjects, investing human capital in a self-regulated, entrepreneurial pursuit of responsible healthcare and well-being. Primarily informed by … Continue reading Adsensory Financialisation
Les Back: A Shared Sociology
An interview between Les Back (Goldsmiths)and Nasar Meer (Strathclyde) discussing Les's academic background and his work as a sociologist. Continue reading Les Back: A Shared Sociology
Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities
A New book by Charlotte Bates, Rob Imrie, and Kim Kullman, has just published: As an increasingly urbanised world is seeking to deal with recent social, natural and technological changes, 'Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities' explores how concepts and practices of care can cultivate more responsive forms of design that attend to the fragile relations that … Continue reading Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities