On Wed Nov 8th, the brilliant Darren McGarvey @lokiscottishrap (BAFTA Winner, Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass & The Social Distance Between Us) is our keynote. The lineup for our FREE online conference available soon 👇 R/T uwe.ac.uk/events/working…
Thank you to everyone that submitted to our call for papers. We really appreciate you taking the time to submit & wanting to be part of this special collection.
Your submission being processed for review & we’ll aim to get back to you with our decision by Friday 29th September.
Book now for ‘Sociological Perspectives on Class Discrimination’, a BSA members-only online event on 11 October, free to attend. This features experts on class discrimination, who share their own experiences of coming from a working class background bit.ly/3ssNSyj
In @emma_s_walker et al.’s #OpenAccess article, “Bourdieu’s tools were used to operationalise and interpret a Latent Class Analysis of cultural engagement in the ‘Understanding Society’ dataset”.
Read their findings below.
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'Upper-class populations are best understood not as collections of distinct dynasties that live or die with the success of sons, but as complex, durable family webs.' academic.oup.com/ser/advance-ar…
🗣️ 'You were different, but no one acknowledged that'
🎓 @BBCNuala speaks to Dr Sam Shields & @jessicacandrews about the challenges of being a working-class women going to university.
🎧 Listen here ⬇️
On class mobility through creative occupations @OrianBrook et al. note, “we must turn to the pattern of absolute mobility into this sector in order to understand claims that it is experiencing a ‘mobility crisis’.”
Read more below.
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This is my story for working class fantastic spaces a new project from the @WorkingClassCol and @redrumlisa you don’t need to be a writer or a good story teller we just need your stories. If you have any places that are or have been important to your identity. Send them to us
UPDATE: The ever popular #WorkingClass Doctoral/Research student support group RETURNS on Sept. 26th @ 7.30. We welcome new members from working-class backgrounds embarking, on, or near completion of their studies - we're a very nice group. Contact [email protected]#phdlife
🔊Autumn speaker event🔊
Thrilled to announce a free upcoming event at @ManMetUni ft. the brilliant Darren McGarvey (@lokiscottishrap) & panel discussion exploring the importance of class in understanding regional inequalities ⚡️
📅 15th Nov
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Call for Papers: Recognising the Value of Working-Class Knowledge Production.
Deadline for abstracts – Friday 15th September 2023
If you have any questions, please contact the editors on this account or via email on: [email protected]…knowledgeproductionblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/14/cal…
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