#Sociology

I *may* have mentioned that I'm reading The Person You Mean to Be by @DollyChugh? A few times, maybe? But I've been thinking a lot about the idea of working
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I don't know what to call it, but over the past twenty years we steadily watched a certain form (and I mean "form": musical style, liturgical structure, ecclesiology) of church
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The real danger in politics now is not fake news but 'fake facts'. Media, state sector, the civil service and politics are dominated by Arts Graduates imbued with the denial
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1/ Some reflections on scientific Twitter sociologyI hadn't used Twitter much before the pandemic. I was used to the politics of peer-review, grants, large studies etc. But scientific Twitter can
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Me thinking that a certain hashtag trending means we can finally have a conversation about adoption and poc only to learn that it's a bunch of racist trolls once again
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Fewer classes per student. Collaborative teaching. 3-4 week courses. Class sizes of 12. 2 instructors. Run it 4x per semester. Online or hybrid. High touch. Emphasize community aspect of academic
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ON PHYSICISTS DOING OTHER NON-PHYSICS THINGSBeing good at physics doesn't mean you know how to do everything and I spent time training myself and learning from others when I picked
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For faculty @DukeU, the recently-concluded fall semester presented many pandemic-related teaching challenges - as well as opportunities to innovate in the classroom. Here are some of their stories: @DukeTrinity @DukeLearning
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2020 can't end soon enough, but my sociology colleagues and I @OSC_SciencesPo have been analyzing covid inequalities from this past year. We've written a year-in-review research report. Here's the THREAD
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Education is the foundation of a properly functioning society. So when we have a large scale problem, education is our "go to" tool. Without a doubt, epidemiologists have proven to
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We need to talk about the 'expert' witness statement evidence led by Ms Bell in her successful case before the Tavistock. THREAD You can see who gave evidence in her
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Let’s get English Lit trending for all the right reasons ⁦@EngSharedFuture⁩ ⁦@EnglishAssoc⁩ ⁦@UnivEnglish⁩! A degree in literature can help you to solve large scale human problems through encouraging you to
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Long thread of my initial reaction to Leithart’s The Baptized Body:I really enjoyed this book. Leithart is a brilliant writer and helps to illuminate certain concepts in a way I
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Here's a question for #coffeetwitter folks. 1) Did anyone listen to Michael Pollan's Caffeine? 2) Is it ONLY available as an audiobook through Audible? 3) Did anyone listen to his
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What makes me sad is that I knew this would happen. Not just me. Others, too. It was entirely predictable. Slogans and sociological theory don't prevent violence. Policy and policing
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Ok let's dig deeper into this theory, which is informed by the findings from the fieldwork I did for my book.https://twitter.com/RizomaSchool/status/1344287828667228161?s=20 In educated circles (that is, among college educated and
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