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New Podcast Series Applies Social Science to Social Justice Issues
Impact
February 28, 2024

New Podcast Series Applies Social Science to Social Justice Issues

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Big Think Podcast Series Launched by Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences
Audio
December 13, 2022

Big Think Podcast Series Launched by Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences

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The We Society Explores Intersectionality and Single Motherhood
Industry
December 7, 2022

The We Society Explores Intersectionality and Single Motherhood

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The Social Science Podcast Guide
Communication
December 8, 2020

The Social Science Podcast Guide

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Video and Audio Resources on Structural Racism

Video and Audio Resources on Structural Racism

Free webinar: Having conversations about race in the classroom Professor of criminal justice Stephanie A. Jirard offers suggestions on how to approach […]

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The Monotony of Transcription: Who’s Revolutionizing the Process?

The Monotony of Transcription: Who’s Revolutionizing the Process?

Transcribing can be a pain, and although recent progress in speech recognition software has helped, it remains a challenge. Speech recognition programs, do, however, raise ethical/consent issues: what if person-identifiable interview data is transcribed or read by someone who was not given the consent to do so? Furthermore, some conversational elements aren’t transcribed well by pattern recognition programs.

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A Personal History of ‘Human Relations,’ With Chocolate

A Personal History of ‘Human Relations,’ With Chocolate

‘Henry Riley: A Personal History of Human Relations’ frames the seven decades of The Tavistock Institute’s journal ‘Human Relations’ against key moments in one man’s ordinary life and how those moments are reflected through seminal articles published in the journal.

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Karenza Moore on Dance Culture

Karenza Moore on Dance Culture

Sociologist has studied the dance club scene — think of the lamented Fabric nightclub as a cultural touchstone — for years as a ‘participant observer.’ In this Social Science Bites podcast she talks about the scene’s obvious drug use and the mechanics of doing ethnography at a rave.

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Steven Lukes on Durkheim

Steven Lukes on Durkheim

In this Social Science Bites podcast, social theorist Steven Lukes tells interviewer Nigel Warburton how Émile Durkheim’s exploration of issues like labor, suicide and religion proved intriguing to a young academic and enduring for an established one.

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John Brewer on C. Wright Mills

John Brewer on C. Wright Mills

C. Wright Mills was one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century. He believed that sociology could change people’s lives, and that sociologists, far from being neutral, should help bring about such change, and his ideas would fuel ‘60s counter-culture. In this Social Science Bites podcast, John Brewer reveals the full man behind the icon.

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Peter Lunt on Erving Goffman

Peter Lunt on Erving Goffman

Erving Goffman has been called the most influential American sociologist of the 20th century thanks to his study of the social interactions of everyday life. In this Social Science Bites podcast, social psychologist Peter Lunt discusses his own inquiries into Goffman and how he approached his subjects with “an ethnographer’s eye.”

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Trevor Marchand on Craft

Trevor Marchand on Craft

It’s an unusual approach for an academic: a hands-on approach. Literally a hands-on approach. Trevor Marchand is an anthropologist interested in how information about crafts is transferred from expert to novice. This has led him to Nigeria, Yemen, Mali, and East London …

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