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Jco Igdanes

This is my first time using Mastodon. I'm guessing the learning curve is going to be lengthy...

Hello to you all, I'm Jco---a grad student from the Philippines. Currently, I major in Philippine society and culture. I also teach public speaking and persuasion.

#introduction #rhetoric #publicspeaking #philippines #sociology #persuasion

This is my first time using Mastodon. I'm guessing the learning curve is going to be lengthy...

Hello to you all, I'm Jco---a grad student from the Philippines. Currently, I major in Philippine society and culture. I also teach public speaking and persuasion.

#introduction #rhetoric #publicspeaking #philippines #sociology #persuasion

As a (relative) latecomer to formalised #arthistory, and as a critical #politicaleconomist, I found his book Art Worlds to be one of the most plausible & convincing analyses of the social milieu in which art is produced.;

the book dovetailed really well with my own political economic position (hence why I liked it) & helped me configure where my interests intersected.

If you've not read it, I really recommend it; great stuff

@bookstodon
#sociology
#art

#RIPHowardBecker who has died at 95.

As a (relative) latecomer to formalised #arthistory, and as a critical #politicaleconomist, I found his book Art Worlds to be one of the most plausible & convincing analyses of the social milieu in which art is produced.;

the book dovetailed really well with my own political economic position (hence why I liked it) & helped me configure where my interests intersected.

If you've not read it, I really recommend it; great stuff

@bookstodon
#sociology
#art

Philip N Cohen

ASA is fundamentally, strongly, consistently, organizationally, opposed to the crowning achievement of Nelson’s open science work.
https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/american-sociological-association-in-absentia-but-not-silent-on-open-science/
@asanews #asa2023 #sociology #openaccess #openscience

khthoniaa :pinkmoon:

Ask Me About:

1. The Orphic Mysteries
2. Creative Writing
3. Witchcraft
4. Sociology
5. Vegetarianism

#AskMeAbout #OrphicMysteries #Witchcraft #Sociology #Vegetarian #WritingCommunity

Giselinde

Son (8) discovers double standards

Me: “I’m going to get my bikini and then we will cycle to the river to swim”
Son, horrified: “But you’re not going to cycle there just wearing your bikini.”
Me: “No, I’ll dress up. But would that be so bad?”
Son: “Yes, you’re much too old for that.”
Me: “Oh. Ok. So what age would be right?”
Son: “Well much younger. Like just going to school.”
Me: “So the girls in your class.”
Son: “Nooooooo!” (1/3 >>)

@Outi #beauty #sociology of everyday life #gender

SocProf reviewed Data Driven by Karen Levy

Karen Levy: Data Driven (2022, Princeton University Press)

A Sociology of Labor / Sociology of surveillance twofer

5 stars

This book is based on Karen Levy's research on the integration of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in trucks, supposedly to ensure better compliance with work hours rules and other regulations. Levy shows the actual impact of the devices (used mostly by large trucking companies initially, since then made mandatory by federal transportation authorities). This is where #sociology of #labor meets the #surveillance society. Levy explores the truckers' culture and ethos, based on rugged individualist values and not a small dose of machismo and how this culture conflates with increased surveillance, leading to various forms of deviance and ways to "hack" electronic surveillance. All the while, Levy explores the underlying structure of the trucking industry, its winners and losers, where exploitation is located and how the ELDs are positioned within the web of power relationships within this industry. This may all seem complicated (it is!) but Levy's writing is relatively jargon-free …

This book is based on Karen Levy's research on the integration of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in trucks, supposedly to ensure better compliance with work hours rules and other regulations. Levy shows the actual impact of the devices (used mostly by large trucking companies initially, since then made mandatory by federal transportation authorities). This is where #sociology of #labor meets the #surveillance society. Levy explores the truckers' culture and ethos, based on rugged individualist values and not a small dose of machismo and how this culture conflates with increased surveillance, leading to various forms of deviance and ways to "hack" electronic surveillance. All the while, Levy explores the underlying structure of the trucking industry, its winners and losers, where exploitation is located and how the ELDs are positioned within the web of power relationships within this industry. This may all seem complicated (it is!) but Levy's writing is relatively jargon-free and clear. This a is a book that is perfectly appropriate for undergraduates. I should note that there is a really good methodological appendix at the end.

Stephanie Jane

For the #fairytale fans here, I've reviewed Only Prince Charming Gets to Break the Rules by Anne E Beall, a fascinating survey of #Gender and Rule Violation in Fairy Tales and Life
http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/04/only-prince-charming-gets-to-break.html

Beall looks at 200 fairytales from around the world, analysing their morals & messages.

There's a (USA only) #BookGiveaway to #win copies of Only Prince Charming & her previous similar work Cinderella Didn’t Live Happily Ever After

#BookReview #BookRecommendations #sociology @bookstodon

For the #fairytale fans here, I've reviewed Only Prince Charming Gets to Break the Rules by Anne E Beall, a fascinating survey of #Gender and Rule Violation in Fairy Tales and Life
http://stephjb.blogspot.com/2023/04/only-prince-charming-gets-to-break.html

Beall looks at 200 fairytales from around the world, analysing their morals & messages.

There's a (USA only) #BookGiveaway to #win copies of Only Prince Charming & her previous similar work Cinderella Didn’t Live Happily Ever After

#BookReview #BookRecommendations #sociology @bookstodon

A wistful young woman wearing a medieval styled red velvet dress. She is looking back over her shoulder towards us. She is standing on a path in front of an old red brick building with flowers in the verge at the edge of the path.