Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Instead of being limited to my teaching and our textbook, we’d have access to an entire planet of experts. My class would be in YouTube heaven.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. Beacon Press “The Spirit of Our Work: Black Women Teachers (Re)Member” by Cynthia Dillard, Ph.D. King, Ph.D.,

History 106

History Teaching Sociology Oral History 106

This Is Not a Sociology Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2020

We had a really good chat about his work and its importance for sociology but it was also interesting to hear Lisa’s take on his significance for criminology. For episode 2 of the Social Theory Podcast I spoke to Dr Lisa Long about the monumentally important sociologist and activist WEB Du Bois.

Sociology 100

Sociology Archiving Research Education 100

This Is Not a Sociology Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Probably the best and most easily accessible source for writing by and about Marx’s the Marxists Internet Archive which houses a huge amount of material: www.marxists.org/ The text by Marx referred to most frequently in the episode is Capital (sometimes called Das Kapital): www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Also mentioned a couple of times (..)

Archiving 130

Archiving Sociology Teaching 130

Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

For data collection, we consider the typical ways in which process tracing gathers evidence on the observable implications of causal mechanisms, including archival work, document analysis of secondary sources, various field methods (interviews, political ethnography, ethnography), and surveys.

Sociology 51

Sociology Social Science Archiving Political Science 51

Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Graeber also analyzes the “bullshitization” of “real jobs,” such as in education, where new cultures of neoliberal “managerialism” have seen teachers and academics doing increasing amounts of administrative work, taking up more and more of the time that, most agree, would be better spent doing actual teaching or research.

Anthropology 132

Anthropology Economics Sociology Archiving 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Maitland Jones lost his job teaching organic chemistry at New York University after students signed a petition saying his course was too hard. You know, I’m an old timer, and I believe that there is value in, well, humanities, and a humanistic approach to teaching science. Kirk: Nicola Courtright teaches art history at Amherst.

Humanities 101

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 101