The Structure Whisperer: Archive

December 2010

41 posts

Dec 6, 2010

Is There Such a Thing as Incommensurable Communication? → thesocietypages.org

I’m working on an article right now relating to problems of incommensurability in communication and deliberative democracy. I just found this neat passage from the prolific anthropologist Clifford…

Dec 6, 2010

Living Politics → thesocietypages.org

Arab News recently covered the two books that sociologist Asef Bayat published this year. In them, he uses social movement theory to explain how everyday actions create change in the…

Dec 6, 2010

Dec 5, 2010

Can a Well-Intentioned Meme Be Dangerous?:: Social Media Activism Critic Misses the Bigger Picture → thesocietypages.org

image:: Robert Crumb’s Fritz the Cat

I saw this article by Thomas Roche linked to on Twitter, where he finds the genesis of the cartoon character-end child abuse meme. He doesn’t…

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Dec 4, 2010

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Crime and Community → thesocietypages.org

After the recent shock of a federal indictment of 29 Somali and Somali American individuals on sex trafficking charges, the New York Times reports on the Minnesota Somali community’s attempts to…

Dec 3, 2010

Dec 2, 2010

Let Them Eat Cheetos → thesocietypages.org

The phrase “you are what you eat” may refer to more than your physical make-up. In fact, the food in your fridge might say just as much about your social class as about your health.

Dec 2, 2010