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Tag Archives: interactionism
New Book Review: David Nock discusses Neil McLaughlin’s “Erich Fromm and Global Public Sociology” https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.592 #sssi #publicsociology #sociology
There is renewed interest in the Frankfurt School as well as a growing interest in public sociology and the impact of sociological research on policy and practice. Save for a Routledge companion to the Frankfurt School there are historic accounts … Continue reading
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New Review Essay: Krzysztof T. Konecki discusses “Just like Family” by Andrea Laurent-Simpson (@laurent_simpson) and “The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals” by Katja M. Guenther (@animalabolition) https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.590 @sociologlens #animals #society #sssi #sociology
There is currently plenty of discussion about animals in society. With a short series of book reviews discussing recently published book concerned with the treatment of animals in the human-world, Symbolic Interaction makes a small contribution to this debate. We … Continue reading
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Review of DeYoung (@SarahDeYoung2) and Farmer’s “All Creatures Safe and Sound” https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.582 @sociologylens #sssi #sociology #animals #disaster
In her excellent review of Sarah E. DeYoung and Ashley K. Farmer’s book “All Creatures Safe and Sound. The Social Landscape of Pets in Disasters” Jessica Austin writes that the book “should be required reading for emergency managers and policymakers … Continue reading
Symbolic Interaction Vol.4(4) is out! #sssi #journal #sociology #TOC
ARTICLES The Art of the Spiel: Analyzing Donald Trump’s Tweets as Gonzo Storytelling Brian Monahan, R. J. Maratea Pages: 699-727 PDF “Meet Them Where They Are”: Attentional Processes in Social Movement Listening J. L. Johnson Pages: 728-747 PDF “Only Going to Get Worse”: … Continue reading
Review of Hannah Wohl’s book “Bound by Creativity” #SSSI #sociology https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.578 @sociologylens
There is a long-stanidng interest in the arts and creativity within Symbolic Interactionism. With her book “Bound by Creativity: How Contemporary Art is Created and Judged” Hannah Wohl contributes to this body of work. In his review of the book, … Continue reading
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Review of Meyer, Streeck and Jordan (eds.) ‘Intercorporeality: Emergent Socialities in Interaction’ by Donald Everhart (@donaever) #sssi #emca https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.523 cc @sociologylens
Reviewing edited collections can be a tough task as such volumes often contain a large number of engaging individual chapters whilst the relationship between the contributions is not always clear. Donald Everhart has thankfully taken on to review “Intercorporeality: Emergent … Continue reading
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“Middle‐Range Future Claims: Constructing the Near‐Future Consequences of COVID‐19” by Joel Best https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.499 cc @sociologylens #sssi #sociology #covid19 #impact #future #freeaccess
We have just published Joel Best’s article “Middle‐Range Future Claims: Constructing the Near‐Future Consequences of COVID‐19” on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. In this article Professor Best surveys those assertions and seeks to explain the factors that led to them. … Continue reading
Review of Jean Peneff’s book “Howard Becker: Sociology and Music in the Chicago School” #sssi #sociology https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.496 cc @sociologylens
The history of this journal “Symbolic Interaction” is closely intertwined with Howard Becker, not only because he was our inaugurating editor in 1977. Lot’s has been written by Howard Becker over the decades, including his books “Evidence” reviewed by Dagmar … Continue reading
New Article on the intersection between G.H. Mead and Cognitive Science #sssi #sociology #neuro
In interactionism, there has been a long-standing interest in the relationship between cognitive processes and the social. This is reflected, for example, in the recent publication of book reviews by Simon Gottschalk on Rose and Abi-Rachette’s “Neuro”, Patrick Watson’s review … Continue reading
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Introduction to Special Section on ‘Space and Time’ #sssi #sociology #space #time
There has been long-standing, yet not consistent, interest in ‘Space’ and ‘Time’ in sociology in general and interactionism in particular. The Special Section on ‘Space and Time’ edited by Peter M. Hall published in Symbolic Interaction is comprised of very important … Continue reading
New on Early View: “Seeing (Transitions to) Adulthood” #sssi #sociology
This journal has a long tradition in publishing articles concerned with life-course development, biography and status passages. Jason Torkelson’s article “Seeing (Transitions to) Adulthood in Youth (Sub)cultural Studies Through the Eyes of Former Straightedge Adherents“. In his paper Torkelson reports … Continue reading
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More books to Review: Innovative Ethnographies #sssi
Phillip Vannini (Royal Roads University) gave the 2014 Distinguished Lecture at the SSSI Conference in San Francisco. In his talk Phillip presented findings from his research on people living off the grid in Canada. This research now has been published … Continue reading
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From the Archives – Soccer and Symbolic Interaction
The football (soccer) World Cup in Brazil has just started, so I thought I look through the Symbolic Interaction archives and see what I find in terms of ‘football/soccer’. With Herbert Blumer having been a professional footballer, ie American footballer, … Continue reading
“Why Would Our Heavenly Father Do that to Anyone” – New Article by J.Edward Sumerau & Ryan T Cragun
Over the past years, there have been growing debates about the discrimination against and oppression of homosexual people. In many countries these debates have led to changes in legislation yet without stopping discussion about the origins and reasons for homosexuality. … Continue reading
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Symbolic Interaction – CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue on Space and Time guest edited by Peter M. Hall
Symbolic Interaction CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue on Space and Time Guest Editor: Peter M. Hall Space and time are basic dimensions of societies and social life. Henri Lefebvre wrote they are distinctive but inseparable. Both together are infrequently addressed … Continue reading
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Early View: Eric Orion Silva – Neutralizing Problematic Frames in the Culture Wars
Eric Orion Silva’s article “Neutralizing Problematic Frames in the Culture Wars: Anti-Evolutionists Grapple with Religion” examines 570 letters to the editor published in American newspapers to explore how anti-evolutionists try to Counter attempts to frame their position as religious. Silva explains how … Continue reading
Review of J Wender’s book on Policing and the Politics of Everyday Live
Symbolic Interaction has just published Tim Berard’s review of Jonathan Wender’s book “Policing and the Poetics of Everyday Life”. In his review Berard highlights Wenders’ innovative approach to studying police work and the author’s exploration of the ways in which police (wo)men deal … Continue reading
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Out on Early View: Phil Strong: The Importance of Being Erving
“What then was Goffman’s contribution?” asks Phil Strong in his Review Essay in Symbolic Interaction and then elaborates on the incredible work that most sociology and social psychology students read, at least in parts in the course of their education. … Continue reading
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