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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder that this is happening online on Wednesday. More info and registration below

Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · Jun 4

Online seminar in October, organised by Newcastle Youth Studies Centre, Australia - info and sign up here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-materi...

The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter

How Stuff Matters

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Yasmin G @anilsghost.bsky.social · 10d

This is the very best of qualitative methods textbooks, short 3k word chapters, all case study examples of critical & creative methods. Beautiful images in every chapter

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How To Do Social Research With...

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Yasmin. I like it too! 💜

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Lizzie Reed @lizziereed.bsky.social · 8d

This is a good response

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 8d

Read our response to the Government’s announcement that university maintenance grants will be reintroduced for certain courses, funded through a levy on international student fees
https://bit.ly/4gPz7uO

British Academy responds to government announcement on university maintenance grants

The British Academy has issued a response to the government's announcement on using a proposed levy on international students to fund maintenance grants.

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 8d

Corine van Emmerik reflects on the slipperiness of data, the ethical responsibility researchers have to the well-being of their participants and that of their own in her SRO Sage Prize nominated article.

Read now below.
doi.org/10.1177/1360...

Image text says: Corine van Emmerik reflects on the slipperiness of data, the ethical responsibility researchers have to the well-being of their participants and that of their own in her SRO Sage Prize nominated article.

Read now below.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804231164486

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 9d

Well, this all looks great!

Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · 9d

Articles for the Special Issue on Utopia and Failure are now available on FirstView in the European Journal of Social Theory

See Irretrievable failure: Life in the ruins of utopian dreaming by
Martin Coward and Debbie Lisle

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 13d

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 13d

Kicking off the second panel on methodological challenges and approaches for sociodigital research - @susanjhalford.bsky.social introducing #11ICSSM #RC33 #methodology

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ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures @sociodigfutures.bsky.social · 14d

At day 2 of the RC33 conference we presented a stream of papers on ‘Methodological Challenges and Approaches for Sociodigital Research’.

Thank you to everyone who contributed and offered a such interesting insights 👏

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 15d

A super resource!

Speculative Machines and Us @speculativemach.bsky.social · 15d

Excited to launch our NEW PROJECT WEBSITE: 'Speculative Machines and Us: Intuition, AI, and the Making of Computational Cultures'! 🤖 ⚡
🧐 Explore intuition in digital computing histories through 40 key concepts, initiatives, milestones, systems, and publications.

speculativemachines.co.uk

Homepage - Speculative Machines and Us

Intuition, AI and the Making of Computational Cultures

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations to newly minted Dr Phavine Phung on a fantastic viva *and* exhibition. If you’re in London it’s on until 30 Sept www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Paperwork and Patchwork: Crafting Family Migration Narratives

Paperwork and Patchwork navigates immigration form technologies, alongside collaborative quilt-making with families affected by the Hostile Environment in the UK.

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · 16d

Brilliantly thought-provoking workshop on critical and ethical sociological engagement with LMMs in Naples this morning led by @jessogden.bsky.social @lescarr.bsky.social @sociodigfutures.bsky.social @bdfi.bsky.social #rc33 #isa #11ICSSM #Methodology

Photo of workshop on sociological engagement with Large Language Models

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Ben Anderson @benandersongeog.bsky.social · Aug 27

If you are going to the RGS-IBG conference we’re selling copies of The Promise of Cultural Geography at the registration desk. £10 for a beautiful object, that covers costs and will allow us to develop future projects …

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ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures @sociodigfutures.bsky.social · Aug 21

Calling all artists, designers and creatives! 🎨

We have four paid Sociodigital Futures Residencies up for grabs, starting in October.

Full info and how to apply ➡️ bit.ly/3JKo4q0

Application deadline: 19 September 📅

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Carolyn Pedwell @carolynpedwell.bsky.social · Jul 14

Final registration call for the @britishacademy.bsky.social funded symposium, 'Speculative Machines and Us: Histories and Futures of AI', @lancasteruni.bsky.social on 17 July! 💥🤖 FULL PROGRAMME, ABSTRACTS AND BIOS here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/sciencestudi...
Register now here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/sciencestudi...

Speculative Machines and Us: Histories and Futures of AI

We warmly invite colleagues to join us for an in-person one-day symposium on Thursday 17th July 2025. To join, please register using the link below. The event is organised by the Centre for Science…

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thanks for the invite - always good to make mess together!

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Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · Jul 4

Last June, the utopians of Newcastle gathered to join Rebecca Coleman from Bristol in a creative workshop on utopias. Read about the "messes" we made in this blog for the AHRC network on Utopia and Failure: failingbetter.sps.ed.ac.uk/blog/practic...

Practical utopias: A creative methods workshop | School of Social and Political Science

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jul 4

“If the social world is always ‘live’ – across ‘multiple registers’ and involving ‘the fleeting, the emotional, the sensory’ – the Covid-19 pandemic made this readily apparent.”

@rcecoleman.bsky.social‬ @dawnlyon.bsky.social‬ and Chloe Turner in a new journal Special Section.

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is out today! It is such a great book that explores contemporary politics, time and feeling @benandersongeog.bsky.social @ajsecor.bsky.social

Ben Anderson @benandersongeog.bsky.social · Jun 9

Some lovely endorsements and a table of contents up for The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism, out July 1st with @ajsecor.bsky.social Huge thank you @will-davies.bsky.social @carolynpedwell.bsky.social @jemgilbert.bsky.social

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The Politics of Feeling

Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jun 30

“The Live Methods manifesto was used as an intervention on the picket line and as a critical resource for fostering resistance against the neoliberal restructuring of our university.”

Thomas Wadsworth, Zoe Walshe & Beth Bramich on using Live Methods in time of crisis at Goldsmiths. buff.ly/QlR8DAZ

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · Jun 19

🌟Congratulations Uygar! 🌟

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · Jun 4

The whole series looks great

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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre

The Newcastle Youth Studies Centre is a collaborative group of researchers who work with young people to understand their lives, and the social, cultural, and economic forces they are living in.Too of...

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · Jun 4

Online seminar in October, organised by Newcastle Youth Studies Centre, Australia - info and sign up here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-materi...

The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter

How Stuff Matters

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social · Jun 4

@trivikrama.bsky.social on constructing just mobility futures at the Mapping the Future City event @jgibristol.bsky.social @bdfi.bsky.social @melgregg.bsky.social

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ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures @sociodigfutures.bsky.social · May 29

✨Join us on 26 June for a dynamic day here in Bristol ~ workshops, reading sessions & embodied practice on Black technopoetics, Afropresentism & more from Centre visitor Charisse Louw (Stellenbosch).✨

More info and book: buytickets.at/esrccentrefo...
#sociodigitalfutures #AfroMedia #EmbodiedMethods

Select tickets – Diffractive Methodologies for Sociodigital Futures - Charisse Louw – 13 Berkeley Square, room 1.01, University of Bristol

Diffractive Methodologies for Sociodigital Futures Join us for a rich and multifaceted day with Charisse Louw, visiting fellow ...

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