Originally published in Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section. Fall 2018. Vol. 30 Issue 3. “Sociology of Creative Industries” Professor: Hannah Wohl Undergraduate course at UC, Santa Barbara Why do catalog models make more money than runway models? How do aspiring rappers learn to freestyle? How do comedians negotiate the boundary between originality and joke theft? This course explores sociological research on creative industries, such … Continue reading Teaching Abstracts: Sociology of Creative Industries

Originally published in Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section. Fall 2018. Vol. 30 Issue 3. “Leisure, Recreation, and Sports” Professor: Jeff London Undergraduate Course at Hunter College, New York The history of leisure, recreation and sports is intertwined with the attributes and defining values of our society. Leisure, once the region of the landed classes, has now become a pursuit that has risen to the … Continue reading Teaching Abstracts: Leisure, Recreation, and Sports