Space and the Museum
Social science shows how space affects people’s enjoyment in public places. One study of the Tate Museum used behavioural observation methods and computer simulations to study visitors.
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Race and Dating
Last week I was part of a panel on Race and Dating, at 107 Projects in Sydney.
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In this 1950s themed restaurant the chairs are suspended from the ceiling! Bird cage in your soul! Source: Other Sociologist. Continue reading Muriel’s Kitchen
Multiculturalism in a Regional Town: Australian and Chinese Meals
A Chinese restaurant in Lismore advertises that it serves Australian and Chinese food. The Australian menu contains small items, like chicken and chips. It’s notable that a Chinese restaurant accomodates ‘Australian’ food, perhaps to provide food that locals and tourists are familiar with in a small, regional town. This got me thinking about race, culture and multiculturalism. What is considered ‘Australian’ food?
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Music in the Key of Social Science: Stevie Wonder – Big Brother
Music in the Key of Social Science: Stevie Wonder – Big Brother
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Careers in Sociology
In this video, I discuss the careers panel that I sat on as part of the annual conference for The Australian Sociological Association (TASA). Continue reading Careers in Sociology
Ask the Powerful Five Questions
What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interest do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? How can we get rid of you? Only democracy gives us that right. That is why no one with power likes democracy and that is why every generation must struggle to win it and keep it; including you and me, here and now. Tony Benn, 2005 Via: Phil BC. Continue reading Ask the Powerful Five Questions
Aggression Theory
This is a stick figure animation of aggression theory that cites Dollard and colleagues’ (1939) paper ‘Frustration and aggression’ and Green (2001) ‘Human aggression’. Continue reading Aggression Theory
Think
Nice animated video about standing up against conformity. Continue reading Think
Visual Sociology
Continue reading “Visual Sociology”All photographs… represent more or less clearly what was framed by the camera at the moment the picture was taken; they also identify the vantage point of the camera and, presumably, the photographer… [N]ot only do images have a history and a politics, but also they often have a career, traveling from one context to another, with dramatically different meanings imputed to them on the way.
John Grady (2007) ‘Visual Sociology’, pp. 63-70 in Clifton D. Bryant and Dennis L. Peck (eds) 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, Volume 2. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
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