Mass Observation Archive :: Nathan Manning

I'm working on a project which uses the Mass Observation Archive to explore political (dis)engagement qualitatively and over time. Today I sorted a sample of the large amount of data the archive holds on the elections. Each little stack represents a person's responses to elections between 1983-2010. I'm hoping that this research will shed some light on why electoral turnout has been in decline and how people feel about electoral politics. Now I just have to read it all! 

Graduation January 2015

Congratulations to  our postgraduate students who returned to York on Friday 23 January in order to graduate.

The full album is available on the departmental website at: http://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/about/news-and-events/news/2015/january-graduation

Myth(s) in the Social Sciences and Humanities

The PG students invite everyone to their conference on Wednesday 13 May 2015,

Time: 9.30am to 18:00

Keynote Speakers: Dr Shani Orgad (LSE) and Dr Vanda Zajko (University of Bristol)

Call for Papers

We invite papers and panels and abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and must be received by 5pm Monday 2nd March.

Send by email  to myth-2015@york.ac.uk

Location: RCH/037 Heslington East Campus, University of York

Admission: by registration

Full information is on the web page at: 

Dave Beer - Debut Number 1's and music culture

Dave Beer has had an article about the rise of debut number ones and the speed-up of music culture published on the open access news site The Conversation. Here is the opening paragraph:

In early September 1994, Whigfield released her single Saturday Night. It appeared from nowhere and echoed everywhere. As songs go it seemed quite innocuous. But its catchy wafer-thin sound actually represented a watershed moment in music chart history.

You can read the rest of the article here http://theconversation.com/one-hit-wonders-dominate-as-social-media-turns-up-pace-of-the-pop-charts-35866

Special Issue on Civil Society and Health Systems Reforms

With Guido Giarelli and Carlo Ruzza, Ellen Annandale has edited a Special Issue of the journal Social Science & Medicine (vol 123, 2014) on The Role of Civil Society in Healthcare System Reforms

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02779536/123

Dave Beer review for Berfrois magazine

Dave Beer has written a detailed review Radio Benjamin for Berfrois magazine. The book gathers together translations of Walter Benjamin's radio broadcasts.

 

http://www.berfrois.com/2014/12/david-beer-walter-benjamins-voice/

Vacancy at York: Lecturer /Senior Lecturer in Sociology

The Sociology Department is seeking to fill a Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer post. We are looking to appoint a sociologist capable of teaching criminology such as crime and criminal justice, deviance and social control.


Watch the film clip to see how criminology is taught at the University of York

For more information go the University of York vacancy website: click here or keep you eye on jobs.ac.uk where the job advert will be posted soon.