David Beer and the Sociological Imagination Blog

In the last couple of months Dave Beer has written three blog posts for sociologicalimagination.org . Each of the three posts deals in different ways with questions of connection and disconnection. 

The blog, which is edited by Mark Carrigan, has been running since 2010 and publishes new sociological content everyday. Sociologicalimagination.org, if you are not already familiar with it, provides a space for sociological reflections on a wide range of topics, and there is a vast archive of materials that have built up over the years - including podcasts and videos as well as articles and reviews. Dave has written a number of pieces for the blog over the years it has been running. 

Dave's three recent pieces focused upon:

Connected and disconnected writing http://sociologicalimagination.org/archives/17968

The new Apple Watch and the problem of our creeping connectivity http://sociologicalimagination.org/archives/17447

The comfort of a smartphone http://sociologicalimagination.org/archives/17671

You can find links to a selection of some of Dave's other short open access pieces here https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/our-staff/academic/david-beer/open-access-pieces/

European Sociological Association PhD Summer School - Twitter Feed

The European Sociological Association PhD Summer School will be held at York University July 27th-29th 2014.

We are very much looking forward to hosting PhD students from all over Europe who are coming to York to debate 'A Sociological Imagination for the 21st Century'.  They will be able to network with other scholars, and to give oral presentations of a draft article related to their PhDs. 

A twitter feed has been set up to enable absent followers and attendees to post their views and ideas.  Please use the hashtag #ESA2014York