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Social Science (ECC): Identity and culture (SCS304)

Essential Reading (depending on topic pursued)

Ferrer, N. (2014)  ‘Re-Thinking Social Theory in Contemporary social movements.’ Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest Vol 1 (2) pp27-45

Karadag, M. (2016) Class Identities and Cultural Practices: New Debates on Recent Theories. Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, 15 (4), pp1029-1035.

Kraus, M.W., Won Park, J., Tan, J.J.X. (2017) ‘Signs of Social Class: The Experience of Economic Inequality in Everyday Life.’ Perspectives on Psychological Science Vol 12 (3) pp422-435 available here

Lopes, A. R. (2014)  The Impact of Social Media on Social Movements: The New Opportunity and Mobilizing Structure

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Lupton, D. (2013) Digital sociology: beyond the digital to the sociological. In The Australian Sociological Association 2013 Conference Proceedings: Reflections, Intersections and Aspirations, 50 Years of Australian Sociology. Osbaldiston, N., Strong, C. and Forbes-Mewett, H. (eds). Melbourne: TASA. Available at http://www.tasa.org.au/tasa-members/2013-conference-papers/ 

Lupton, D. (2014) Self Tracking Cultures: towards a sociology of personal informatics. OzCHI '14 : Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Designing Futures, the Future of Design. December 2-5 2014, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

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Manstead, A. S. R. (2018) ‘The psychology of social class: How socioeconomic status impacts thought, feelings and behaviour.’ British Journal or Social Psychology 57 pp267-291 available here

Marres, N., Gerlitz, C. (2015)  ’Interface Methods: Renegotiating relations between digital social research, STS and Sociology.’   Sociological Review 64 (1) Pre-publication draft, February 15, 2015. available at http://research.gold.ac.uk/11343/

O'Brien, D. and Oakley, K. (2015) Cultural value and inequality: a critical literature review. Arts and Humanities Research Council.  Available at: https://ahrc.ukri.org/documents/project-reports-and-reviews/cultural-value-and-inequality-a-critical-literature-review/

Peterson, A. , Wahlstrom, M., Wennerhag, M. (2015)  ‘European Anti-austerity protests – beyond “old” and “new” social movements?  Acta Sociologica 58 (4) pp293-310 available here

 

 

Schuster, J. (2016) ‘Intersectional expectations: Young feminists' perceived failure at dealing with differences and their retreat to individualism’ Women’s Studies International Forum 58 pp1-8 available here

Silva, E.R. (2015) ‘Class in contemporary Britain: comparing the Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion (CCSE) project and the Great British Class Survey (GBCS)’  The Sociological Review  Vol 63 pp373-392 available here

Yates, S. and Lockley, E. (2018) 'Social media and social class', American Behavioral Scientist, 62(9), 1291-1316.

Further Reading

Archer, M. (1982). 'Morphogenesis versus Structuration: On Combining Structure and Action'. The British Journal of Sociology,, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Dec., 1982), pp. 455-483. available here

Batchelor, D. (2006).'Becoming what you want to be' . London Review of Education , Vol 4, No 3, pp225-238. 

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Groake, S. (2002). 'Psychoanalysis and Structuration Theory: The Social Logic of Identity'. Sociology , Volume 36(3): 559–576.

 

Healy, K. (1998). 'Conceptualising Constraint: Mouzelis, Archer and the Concept of Social Structure'. Sociology, Vol 32 No.3 pp 509-522.

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Manzi, C., Vignoles, V. L., & Regalia, C. (2010). 'Accommodating a new identity: Possible selves, identity change and well-being across two life-transitions'. European Journal of Social Psychology, Vol 40, 970–984.

Mercieca, D. (2011). 'Becoming-Teachers: Desiring students'. Educational Philosophy and Theory, Vol 44, No S1 pp43-55.

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Online Media

 

BBC (2015) Erving Goffman and the Performed Self Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z0XS-QLDWM 

Digital Sociology (ND) Digital Sociology Podcast Available at https://play.acast.com/s/digital-sociology-podcast/  

Jafar, A. (2012) Progress and women’s bodies TEDx Connecticut College  Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxnvwffWbE 

Jakubsonas, K. (2013) Why do we need Facebook? Prof Z Bauman Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG42ZW_nW0E 

Leeds Beckett University Zygmunt Bauman Lecture Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAx_IA9W35c 

Lupton, D. (2020) Digitised Quarantine: a new form of health dataveillance. This Sociological Life. Available  at  https://simplysociology.wordpress.com/2020/02/27/digitised-quarantine-a-new-form-of-health-dataveillance/           

Shilling C. (2010) Professor Chris Shilling University of Kent Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB1EHSwiSOg 

The Embodiment channel (2013) What is embodiment and why does it matter? Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYacDPOWsmE 

SOCI 105 (2019) The Sociology of the Body Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRGAwGUsSdc 

Taylor and Francis (2018) How the Social Sciences help us Understand ourselves Available at  https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/how-the-social-sciences-help-us-understand-ourselves/ 

Vidya-mitra (2018) Liquid modernity Available at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQfoZ2yu7ok 

Voogdgeert, R. (2015) Zygmunt Bauman Liquid Modernity revisited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QVSisK440w