Year: 2023

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Taxing and the Boundaries of Art – Nathalie Heinich

Creators are sometimes the best social scientists’ friends. It is the case when they provide live experiments regarding the boundaries of art, as Marcel Duchamp and Constantin Brancusi did with the famous trial against the American administration after it had applied industrial taxing rules to an imported sculpture fault of having considered it an artwork.[1] Boundary objects such as design or contemporary art pieces are … Continue reading Taxing and the Boundaries of Art – Nathalie Heinich

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CCL Event Report: Theodicy and the Problem of Meaning – Manning Zhang

Manning ZhangPhD CandidateDepartment of Sociology and Social PolicyBrandeis University On April 17, 2023, the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association held a live discussion themed “Theodicy and the Problem of Meaning,” as the third event of this year’s Culture and Contemporary Life Series. Miray Philips (University of Minnesota) moderated the discussion. Zeina Al Azmeh (Selwyn College and University of Cambridge), Christina Simko (Williams College), … Continue reading CCL Event Report: Theodicy and the Problem of Meaning – Manning Zhang

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Book Review by Joselyn Quiroz: Refashioning Race by Alka Menon

Book Review by Joselyn QuirozPhD Candidate, Department of SociologyUniversity of California – Los Angeles In Alka Menon’s new book, Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards, she identifies the ways in which cosmetic surgeons generate and apply knowledge, theory, and technique using racial categories, thereby reshaping and refashioning racial categories on an individual, interactional, and broader cultural scale. Menon examines the case … Continue reading Book Review by Joselyn Quiroz: Refashioning Race by Alka Menon

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Four Questions with Mario Small – Jennifer Dudley

Jennifer Dudley (University of Notre Dame) interviews Mario Small (Columbia University) about qualitative research, public-facing sociology, and where there’s more potential for cultural sociologists to make an impact. Jennifer Dudley: Your recent work on qualitative research (particularly with your book, Qualitative Literacy and your recent comment published in Nature) highlights some challenges and benefits to qualitative research as well as how to evaluate qualitative research. … Continue reading Four Questions with Mario Small – Jennifer Dudley

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Letter from the Chair – Vanina Leschziner

It has been a real honor and privilege to serve as Chair of the Sociology of Culture Section. One of the greatest pleasures has been seeing the commitment and generosity with which so many people dedicated their time and efforts to serve on our multiple committees. We all have many pressures on our time, and it would be all too easy to prioritize many of … Continue reading Letter from the Chair – Vanina Leschziner

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2023 Award Announcements

Sociology of Culture Section Awards Our Culture Section awards committees have been hard at work reading all submissions and making selections. I’m delighted to announce the award winners for the Mary Douglas Award for Best Book, the Clifford Geertz Award for Best Article, and the Richard A. Peterson Award for Best Student Paper below. Mary Douglas Award for Best Book Co-winners: Karen A. Cerulo and … Continue reading 2023 Award Announcements

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