The Global Sociology Blog

Via Xavier Molénat, Fabien Hein, sociologist of rock (music, not dang pebbles):

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It’s always great to keep on finding new socbloggers from all over the place (although, digital divide oblige, they’re mostly from the Global North). Anyhoo, let’s hear it for Simon Lindgren, from Sweden, digital sociologist:

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I have consistently deplored the lack of Asian sociology on the GSBroll. Well, behold:

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Thanks to Baptiste Coulmont for passing along two very promising French socblogs:

PariSSociO:

Sociologie Sauvage:

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This very resource-rich blog both in English and French:

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For a certain cranky sociologist who has been at it for almost five years, this reads like vindication:

“Intellectually, this may [sic] the hour of global sociology, taken as a scholarship, with its sensitivity to variety and limitations as well as to connectivity, and its refraining from policy pontificating. Half a century ago, I entered university, in Lund, in Sweden, with a view to studying politics and economic, but in the process, I learnt about sociology, as a more scientific approach, which may have reflected local circumstances more than universal truth. Later on, in the Netherlands, I had a chair of political science, and political economy has always been prominent on my mind, although my favourite scholarly writers have mostly been historians, models of erudition-cum-style. Nevertheless, I think sociology offers the best vantage-point from which to comprehend the world as a whole, the past and the contemporary together. It is wide open to different expertise and disciplines, itself pluralistic, driven by an inbound, non-paradigmatic curiosity, and by an ambition of connecting as much evidence, as much human experience, as possible.“

Goran Therborn (2011), The World – A Beginner’s Guide, Polity Press, p.x.

I keep telling you people that sociology in general, and global sociology in particular is the !@#$.

It’s been a while since I found a new non-US socio-blog. I found this one because its proprietor started following me on Twitter and mentioned the blog in his bio. So, without further ado, I give you

It seems relatively new but I hope there will be more posts in the near future

Via Africa is a Country, do yourself a favor and watch this lecture of UC Berkeley geographer Michael Watts:

Keep in mind the petro-state as rentier state in the oil complex as state-owned companies make Exxon and others, as Watts say, look like little start-ups. And who says rent-based means corruption, bloated and inefficient operations dedicated to managing surplus.

It has been a while since I was able to dig up a few socblogs from around the world, but thanks to the strong presence of Brazilian sociologists on Twitter, I have a couple:

Caminhos da sociedade | Blog de Ciências Sociais via kwout

Which, I guess would translate into “sociological paths“

And then,

Observatório Informal via kwout

Which would translate as “informal observatory“, a blog written by Micheline Batista (good luck with the Ph.D thing!).

Both blogs are well worth your time, so update your feeds, bookmarks and Twitter followings.

Two English-language blogs have gotten my attention.

First, Michael Burawoy, the Godfather of Public Sociology, now President of the International Sociological Association, has created a blog (well in line with the public sociology project, while his main critic, Matthieu Deflem has created a course on Lady Gaga… compare, contrast… you be the judge):

Universities in Crisis via kwout

Then, over at the site of the British Sociological Association, we have the Sociology and The Cuts blog:

Sociology and the Cuts via kwout

And while you’re there, do read and save the post on Bootleg Sociology. It is brilliant and should be turned into a global project.

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And for those of you didn’t get the pun in this post title, it refers to Supertramp’s fourth album.

I am always especially happy to find socbloggers outside of the Western hemisphere. So, without further ado…

Sociologia do Absurdo via kwout

By Brazilian socblogger Carlos Augusto Magalhães Teixeira. And lookie here, already a good film recommendation.

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Another French Socblogger joins the fray, Pierre Merklé (hat tip, Baptiste Coulmont):

pierremerckle.fr — de la sociologie et plein d’autres choses via kwout

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A couple of interesting things:

Also:

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Via Pierre Maura,

La minute de SES via kwout

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Sociología via kwout

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