committing sociology

Committing digital sociology

Published by Mark Murphy on June 25, 2013 | Leave a response

[Check out Mark Carrigan for commentary on the ‘committing sociology’ phrase...] I’m one of the speakers at the What is Digital Sociology? Event organised by the BSA Digital Sociology group, which takes place on the 16th July in London. I’m looking forward to meeting other people involved and/or interested in this burgeoning field. Apart from anything else I’d be interested… Read more →

‘Committing’ or ‘maintaining’ sociology? Angry Sociologist speaks out

Published by Mark Murphy on June 1, 2013 | 2 Responses

Yesterday, a blog post came to my attention on Twitter. Written by ‘Angry Sociologist’, the post argues that sociology, rather than being the progressive force of popular and professional imagination, is instead a self-serving discipline pursuing its own set of interests under the guise of ‘talking truth to power’ (I paraphrase but I think that’s fairly accurate). As an indication of the content, here’s… Read more →