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David Stark is the name of:David C. Stark, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Columbia University David D. Stark… more

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Read "Practicing Sociology" (@columbiaup.bsky.social). CASBS fellow David Stark (photo) is its editor.

Tons of fmr fellows contribute! Paul DiMaggio, Neil Fligstein, Marion Fourcade, Eric Klinenberg, Michèle Lamont, Jennifer Lee, John Levi Martin, Richard Swedberg, Marta Tienda, Christine Williams
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Together with his family, his cherished colleagues, many friends, admiring readers, and grateful students, we mourn the loss of Michel Callon, who passed away on July 28th. He was one of the intellectual giants of our era. See this insightful interview sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
photo of Michel Callon
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Check out our latest issue (Vol. 19 No. 2) and the included Special Feature on Harrison White. Here's one of the insightful pieces you will find, by John Levi Martin.

🧪🔗 sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...

#sociology #socialtheory #HarrisonWhite
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Inside our latest issue, you will find a terrific Special Feature on Harrison White. Here is a snippet of the introduction by Peter Bearman (@incitecolumbia.bsky.social) and Ronald L. Breiger. Enjoy!

Read the whole issue here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
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"For AI-powered social transformation, we can’t just listen to big tech."❗

Our ED @ginasue.bsky.social delivered the keynote at the Kyunghyang Forum on 'The Age of Hyper-Acceleration - Beyond Fear to Hope'. Prior to the forum, she spoke to 경향신문 about AI regulation.

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For AI-powered social transformation, we can’t just listen to big tech developers’ voices – Gina Neff in Kyunghyang Shinmun
Professor Gina Neff spoke to 경향신문  (Kyunghyang Shinmun) about climate change, workers' rights, and the future of AI governance prior to The Kyunghyang Forum in Seoul.
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"I don’t think we have a cinema in America that shows us that experience of selfhood. I think we should all be anti-ageists."

Writer-director Sarah Friedland & star Kathleen Chalfant talk to @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social about narratives of decline in FAMILIAR TOUCH: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/f...
Desire Never Goes Away: Sarah Friedland and Kathleen Chalfant on "Familiar Touch" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
The writer-director and star discuss “the politics of embodiment,” the fine nuances of scripting movement, and disrupting old narratives of decline.
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Find this interesting piece by Prof. Grabher on the platformization of industrial production in our latest issue: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
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Such an interesting piece by Vertesi and Enriquez from our latest issue. Don't forget to check out the other fascinating contributions: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
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by Fabián Muniesa — Reposted by: David Stark

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Hello Oxford, copies of 'Paranoid Finance' available at Blackwell's Oxford Broad Street @blackwelloxford.bsky.social blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Fabian Muniesa, 2024, Paranoid Finance, Polity Press.
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For those who are aging, those who are caring, and those who have been cared for — in other words, all of us. A groundbreaking coming-of-old-age film starring Kathleen Chalfant from writer-director Sarah Friedland, FAMILIAR TOUCH opens in select theaters June 20. youtu.be/NY7qpocVWZE
FAMILIAR TOUCH | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters June 20
YouTube video by Music Box Films
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by David Stark

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My Columbia Sociology colleagues, Peter Bearman and Gil Eyal on the misguided actions of university officials in a time when democracy is being threatened.

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Third time is not a charm—calling the NYPD to arrest the Butler protesters was wrong - Incite at Columbia University
Yesterday around 100 student protesters occupied one of the Butler library reading rooms to call attention to Columbia investment policies and for the on-going tragedy in Gaza.
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Revisit @ginasue.bsky.social's 'Can Democracy Survive AI?' in @sociologica.bsky.social.

She argues that AI’s tendencies toward centralization and control pose significant challenges to democracy, but there is hope in how people adopt, resist, and modify AI tools.

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Can Democracy Survive AI? – Sociologica
A new article in Sociologica from our Executive Director Professor Gina Neff examines the fundamental tension between AI and democratic governance.
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The last 'bit' from our focus 'Problems of Democracy' is a reflection on poverty and its representation in public discourse, by Pablo J. Boczkowski's.

You can find this and the other pieces in Sociologica's latest issue: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
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Read @ginasue.bsky.social's related @sociologica.bsky.social paper: Can Democracy Survive AI❓

She examines the tension between AI and democratic governance, arguing that AI’s tendencies toward centralisation and control pose urgent challenges to our democracies.

www.mctd.ac.uk/can-democrac...
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Have you already read the special focus on the problems of democracy in Sociologica's latest issue?
Here is a 'bit' of the insightful essay by László Bruszt.

Do not forget to check the entire issue here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
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by Pierre Bataille — Reposted by: David Stark

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Superbe dossier sur l'encadrement et le "mentoring" en sociologie 👀
Sommaire du n3 de 2024 de la revue Sociologica Continuing Our Reflections on the Sociological Craft David Stark 1-2 Finding a Mentor and Being a Mentor László Bruszt 3-8 Keep Your Mentee Disappointed Gil Eyal 9-12 Mentoring as a Distributed Practice of Care: A Conversation Silvia Gherardi, Michela Cozza, Laura Lucia Parolin 13-20 What Is This Thing Called Mentoring? Darío Rodríguez 21-30 Some Personal Reflections on the “Mentorship Paradox” Mike Savage 31-36 Passing It On Walter W. Powell 37-47 Mentoring While Black: A Testimony Alford A. Young, Jr.
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Sociologica's latest issues also features a focus section titled 'Problems of Democracy', in which an ensemble of brilliant international scholars critically reflect on democracy and its challenges in contemporary society.

Dont't miss it! Find it here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
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📡New Issue Out!📡
Among other things, the issue proposes an amazing Special Feature titled “On Mentoring”, edited and introduced by David Stark, with seven contributions.

Find it here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
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by Virginia Dignum — Reposted by: David Stark, Christian Katzenbach, Virginia Dignum

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My statement on the repeal of President Biden's Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
STATEMENT: CAP’s Alondra Nelson Condemns Dangerous Repeal of AI Executive Order
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A wonderful set of authors writing lively essays to de-mystify important aspects of the sociological craft. cup.columbia.edu/book/practic...
A wonderful group of authors with lively essays tot de-mystify important aspects of the sociological craft. .https://cup.columbia.edu/book/practicing-sociology/9780231214018
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