Why Sociology Does Not Need to Be Saved: Analytic Reflections on Public Sociologies*

McLaughlin, Neil; Kowalchuk, Lisa; Turcotte, Kerry

doi:10.4324/9781315127781-12

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“…For those sociologists whose focus lies in critiquing the evolution of social movements and in revealing the complexities and moral ambiguities that underpin them, Burawoy's approach not only over-estimates the degree of consensus which exists within the sociological community but risks prioritising the advancement of left-leaning goals over rigorous academic practice (e.g. McLaughlin et al, 2005).…”

Section: What Is Public Sociology?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating Vignettes of Early Onset Dementia: An Exercise in Public Sociology

Jenkins

Keyes

Strange³

2015

Sociology

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Drawing on core principles of public sociology, this article discusses the creation of four theatrical vignettes about living with early onset dementia (symptoms of dementia pre-65). The vignettes were developed through an Image Theatre workshop, involving families living with early onset dementia. They were designed to capture key themes, issues and experiences that emerged from the group's collective experience. While the content of the vignettes speaks to a range of key sociological debates (especially in relation to the lived experience of time, risk, social exclusion and stigma in dementia) the process of creating and using the vignettes represents the first empirical application of a (public) sociological approach to 'person-centredness' in dementia; which views persons as 'dividual' and selves as transactive. We conclude by advocating for a rich and diverse public sociology of dementia in the 21st century.

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Section: What Is Public Sociology?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating Vignettes of Early Onset Dementia: An Exercise in Public Sociology

Jenkins

Keyes

Strange³

2015

Sociology

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“…Here, public sociology and critical studies coalesce. This imperative is not necessarily fulfilled by direct unmediated relation to the public, in terms of Burawoy’s organic public sociology (and the concerns this raised about harming scholars’ autonomy [McLaughlin et al, 2017, p. 294]), but by raising issues that can facilitate wider policy debates. Therefore, using tools informed by critical studies when performing public labor has analytical advantages in informing deliberation by challenging or undermining presupposed assumptions, even if one rejects the normative commitment of public labor (which Burawoy [2017] reiterated).…”

Section: Engagement With the Publicmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Is the Social Responsibility of Social Scientists to Influence National Security Affairs?

Levy

2020

Armed Forces & Society

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Mainstream scholars of IR favor policy-relevant research, that is the agenda to influence government policymakers by offering policy recommendations. In this article, I offer a different perspective by presenting alternative arguments about social scientists’ responsibility to influence. By drawing on themes of public sociology and critical sociology, security studies and public policy, I argue that the core of this responsibility is to seek to influence policy via engagement with the public rather than with policymakers.

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“…Burawoy's vision of the typology and "division of labor" in sociology has been the subject of much critique and debate (see Calhoun 2005;Christensen 2013;Ericson 2005;McLaughlin, Kowalchuk, and Turcotte 2005;Nickel 2010;Tittle 2004). Some critics have argued that the typology is indistinct and that Burawoy's delineations between the types of sociology are unhelpful due to significant overlaps in practice (Horowitz 2009); others have questioned the idea that sociology as a discipline is not inherently public (Ericson 2005).…”

Section: Traditional and Organic Public Sociologies And Public(s)mentioning

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Doing It in Public: Dilemmas of Images, Voice, and Constructing Publics in Public Sociology on Sex Work

Hannem

Tigchelaar²

2016

Symbolic Interaction

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This study describes the use of traditional public sociology as a method of recruitment for organic public sociology research with sex workers. Drawing on their grounded research experience, the authors discuss the issues of representation and framing of the research that arise when engaging in public research with multiple stakeholder publics. Specifically, professional publics may act as gatekeepers to subaltern groups and publicly engaged research risks reproducing existing power inequities and marginalization. However, traditional public sociology can be a tool to engage with subaltern groups and to construct a public where one did not exist; here we examine the complexities, the possibilities, and pitfalls of constructing publics.

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Why Sociology Does Not Need to Be Saved: Analytic Reflections on Public Sociologies*

Cited by 5 publications

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Creating Vignettes of Early Onset Dementia: An Exercise in Public Sociology

Creating Vignettes of Early Onset Dementia: An Exercise in Public Sociology

What Is the Social Responsibility of Social Scientists to Influence National Security Affairs?

Doing It in Public: Dilemmas of Images, Voice, and Constructing Publics in Public Sociology on Sex Work

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