INFORMATION & UPDATES Publications
The radicals’ city. Urban environment, polarisation, cohesion
Bringing together case studies from Belfast, Beirut, Amsterdam and Berlin, this book examines the role of the urban environment in social polarisation. Despite their socio-political differences, these cities are telling cases of how the location and shape of very mundane objects such as rubbish bins, bridges, clothes stores, shopping malls and cafés – in addition to fences, walls and barbed wire – are often subject to heated controversies and influence the way urban conflict is ‘lived’ and practised. n The radicals’ city. Urban environment, polarisation, cohesion by Ralf Brand and Sara Fregonese. ISBN 9781409451600 (hardback), 216pp @
£49.50. For more information see:
www.ashgate.com/ isbn/978140945 1600
Experimental Politics and the Making of Worlds
From the theatrics of the 1999 Seattle protests, to the rebel clowns at the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles and the antics of the Yes Men, the crossovers between art and politics have become more visible and prolific. This book explores an innovative form of creative and communicative politics: the ‘performative encounter’ as a strategy for facilitating new ways of being, relating and making worlds. The book shows how performative encounters intervene in global and local issues such as the privatisation of public space and resources, human mobility and corporatisation of education. n Experimental Politics and the Making of Worlds by Anja Kanngieser. ISBN 9781409440642, (hardback), 188pp @ £49.50. For more information see:
www.ashgate.com/ isbn/97814094 40642
Habitus and Drug Using Environments
This book provides a sociological analysis of public environments affected by injecting drug use. Drawing on ethnographic research across several locations, it offers a qualitative and phenomenological account of the social organisation of public settings used for the preparation and administration of illicit drugs, informed by interviews with both injecting drug users and those whose employment is directly affected by public injecting drug use. It sheds light on the ways in which health and place interact to produce and reproduce established hazards associated with injecting drug use. n Habitus and Drug Using Environments By Stephen Parkin. ISBN 9781409464921 (hardback), 290pp @ £54.00. For more information see:
www.ashgate. com/isbn/978140 9464921
Research Design
Research design is of critical importance in social research, despite its relative neglect in many methods resources. Early consideration of design in relation to research questions leads to the elimination or diminution of threats to eventual research claims, by encouraging internal validity and substantially reducing the number of alternative explanations for any finite number of research ‘observations’. This new book discusses the nature of design; gives an introduction to design notation; offers a flexible approach to new designs; looks at a range of standard design models; and presents craft tips for real-life problems and compromises. And it provides the rationale for preferring one design over another in a given context. n Research Design by Stephen Gorard. ISBN 9781446249024, (paperback), 232pp @ £24.99. For more information see:
www.uk.sagepub. com/books/ Book238004
EVENTS 21 OCTOBER
NDA Programme and Age UK research showcase of the decade
There is significant work to be done to be better prepared for ageing in our society. It’s crucial that all those who work in and for later life use latest evidence on ageing to support those preparations. The New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) Programme and Age UK will provide a unique opportunity to present that evidence at this joint event.
www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk/ showcase
23 OCTOBER
NCRM annual lecture by Paul Atkinson: Why do fieldwork?
Professor Paul Atkinson will reflect on research from across his career, arguing for the continuing relevance of rigorous field research, in contrast to more vaguely- specified ‘qualitative’ research. He will emphasise the multi-modality of social life and the necessity for forms of ‘thick description’ that is faithful to the multiple modes of social and cultural organisation.
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show. php?article=4313
28-29 NOVEMBER
How to set up and run a data service: the challenges of social science data
This is a once-a-year opportunity to go behind the scenes and learn first hand from specialists at the UK Data Archive. Over two days, participants will learn about the strategies and practices used in the Archive’s daily work, with a focus on storing and sharing social science data, including microdata, aggregate, qualitative and historical data.
www.data-archive.ac.uk/news-events
13-14 MARCH 2014
ESRC Seminar Series - The Big Society, Localism and Housing Policy
Held at the University of St Andrews, this seminar will explore the latest issues and debates in the emerging fields of housing, localism and the Big Society. It will benefit policymakers and practitioners, and offer an opportunity to extend existing working relationships and establish new ones.
bigsocietylocalismhousing.co.uk
AUTUMN 2013 SOCIETY NOW 31 SPRING 2011
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