Sociology of a Crowd
Quick visual sociology of crowds, class, and cultural capital. Continue reading Sociology of a Crowd
Tag: Sociology
Film Censorship in China
Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke speaks about film censorship in China at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Continue reading Film Censorship in China
NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages vs Norrie
The New South Wales Court of Appeal ruled that people do not have to be officially registered as male or female, after Sydney activist ‘Norrie’ (below) contested this law. The judges panel ruled “as a matter of construction … the word sex does not bear a binary meaning of ‘male’ or ‘female.’” This means that transgender, intersex and other queer-identified Australians are no longer forced to fit themselves into a narrow gender binary.
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Sociology of Technology
Here is a good article on the historical and social influences on technology adoption. Science Professor Bernard Carlson, (University of Virginia, USA) tells engineering students: “they are going to produce sociotechnical systems,“ meaning they need to understand how people “interact with technology.”
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Gender Politics
“My mother’s feminism was the truest form of feminism for me; a belief in the potential upward mobility of all women.” Continue reading Gender Politics
Making the Most of Communication Styles Within Business
Today’s post provides an overview of the key personality types that are used in management training and in team building exercises. I will then talk about some of the limitations of applying personality types too strictly within organisations. I’ll discuss how managers and leaders can adopt a more flexible model of personality types to improve how their team members communicate with one another, which in turn will boost their team contributions at work.
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Research Consultancy to Improve Civic Participation
On Sociology at Work, a not-for-profit that I run, Scott Burrows writes about his work addressing youth unemployment in picturesque Illawara, in regional New South Wales, Australia. Scott works a sociologist and research consultant for private industry.
Continue reading “Research Consultancy to Improve Civic Participation”Trans Rights
I urge people not to hitch the wagon of trans rights to the idea of inborn, dyadic, neurological differences. Brains are extraordinarily complex and shaped by culture and experience over time. Gender identities are multiple, gender roles constantly evolving, and … Continue reading Trans Rights
Aboriginal People, Incarceration and Mental Health
The Conversation recently featured a new study that finds that Aboriginal people who are incarcerated are in dire need of mental health support services. Aboriginal people make up 26 percent of the prison population in Australia, despite the fact that they comprise less than three percent of the general population.
Continue reading “Aboriginal People, Incarceration and Mental Health”‘Man Up’
Beautiful spoken word poem by Guante: 10 Responses to the Phrase “Man Up”: I want to be strong in a way that isn’t about physical dominance. Continue reading ‘Man Up’
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