A Boy’s Journey: Public Sociology for in and Out of the Classroom

This essay is a response to Stein (2019; 2020) and his use of lived experience to tell the story of violence and the Holocaust. I discuss these works’ contributions to public sociology and teaching.     

Sociology and Art: An Interview with Howard S. Becker

This is an interview with Howard S. Becker, and the focus is sociology and art. In this interview, Howard S. Becker talked about many interesting and important topics such as his sociological lineage, his difference with the estheticians Arthur Danto and George Dickie, traditional sociologist of art such as Lukacs and Goldmann, his Tactile Art Group, the universality of his art worlds, Richard A. Peterson and his production of culture perspective, the sociology of “sociology of art” in America, French sociologists of art, and his own art life, and so on.     

No city for migrant women: construction workers’ experiences of exclusion from urban governance and discrimination in labour markets in Ahmedabad

ABSTRACT

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, and a reflection of India’s story of exclusionary economic growth. This article focuses on research carried out with women construction workers with the help of a migrant construction workers’ union in Ahmedabad. It describes the method used by women members of the union to make visible their experiences as migrants in the city – with men, local authorities, and employers – to highlight the additional burdens that they bear due to a negligent state and industry, advocate for better working and living conditions, and raise consciousness of gender inequalities that need to be integrated into the demands of the workers’ union.     

Maintenance work: Interrogating the sociology of art

The following article explores the different ways art sociologists investigate art that is based in the participatory arts. The aim is to shift the empirical focus to the art practice, which speaks for itself, and to place the work of the artist and all who cooperate or collaborate in the making of the artwork at the center of sociological analysis. By allowing the artist to speak fully about their work, art sociologists can uncover new social and cultural phenomena and better understand the different motivations underlying art-making. The following literature highlights the recent tendencies in the sociology of art, explores the “social turn” in art and presents different sociologists who focus on the art practice and the art’s voice. For further development of the field, I suggest the sociology of art needs to catch-up with the recent tendencies in art by placing the empirical focus on participatory art practices that will not only give us a better understanding about the intricate actions taking place in the art making, but it will also illuminate new layers of social life that are hidden. To conclude, I suggest that sociologists engage with participatory-based artists to enhance sociology through a public sociology of art.     

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project,Cox's Bazar,Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density. All these factors present numerous challenges to agencies seeking to provide latrines, water points, and bathing facilities. Feedback gathered from women and girls highlighted significant challenges around access, safety, privacy, and dignity, including management of personal hygiene and menstruation. Within the humanitarian community, site planning and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) infrastructure planning/design processes have mainly been dominated by male architects and engineers, often with gendered assumptions about the user. Acknowledging these challenges, Oxfam implemented the Women’s Social Architecture Project to work with women and adolescent girls, and female architects with a background or interest in social or feminist design and architecture, to add a different perspective into the design and siting of WASH facilities. The project has consisted of formative research with Rohingya women and girls, and design workshops with architects in which Rohingya women have co-created designs that tackle the issues they face regarding WASH facilities. This article provides an account of the progress to date, together with feedback from women and girls and the WASH Sector in Cox's Bazar ahead of the final completion of the project in June 2019.     

日常生活叙事之美--略论中国女性主义艺术思潮的界定

自改革开放以来,中国的女性主义汇入世界女性主义潮流;中国的女性艺术是世界女性主义艺术思潮的组成部分。基于中国女性艺术成长事实和世界女性主义潮流趋势两个角度,对中国女性主义艺术思潮界定后发现,从1989年肖鲁的装置艺术《电话厅》呈现两性对话的困境,到2016年姜杰的雕塑《大于一吨半》表达女性对性别体制全方位思考,中国的女性主义艺术思潮,不仅体现了思潮生长脉动,也体现了中国女性经验特征,大批女性艺术家致力重绘日常生活叙事美,创造了中国女性主义艺术思潮的三种日常生活叙事策略,见证了中国日常生活巨变和女性主体成长,并且成果斐然。     

女性主义是否需要“形而上学”？--基于萨利·哈斯兰格理论的思考

在当代女性主义哲学家中,麻省理工学院的萨利·哈斯兰格（Sally Haslanger）教授对于“形而上学”问题的探讨颇具代表性。她有两篇文章引人深思：一篇是被《剑桥女性主义哲学指南》收入的《形而上学中的女性主义：与本性的谈判》,对一些困惑人们许久的性别问题进行哲学思考和阐释。另一篇是2016年7月,她在澳大利亚莫纳什大学召开的“国际妇女哲学家第16届论坛”上所做的主题发言--《意识形态和知识关乎什么》,这篇文章对女性生育权利问题进行了形而上学分析。因而,我很想把这两篇文章结合起来阅读,顺着她的思路思考女性主义形而上学问题,梳理一些概念上的迷惑和混乱,从而探讨女性主义哲学是否需要形而上学,以及如何运用形而上学这一哲学分析工具等问题。     

Ethical Comportment in Organizations: A Synthesis of The Feminist Ethic of Care and the Buddhist Ethic of Compassion

This article describes a mode of ethical behavior in organizations called ethical comportment that is the enactment of the principles of elements common to the feminist ethic of care and the Buddhist ethic of compassion. The paper outlines the main tenets of care and The Eightfold Path of Buddhism, a mode of practicing compassion, demonstrating the similarities in values and practices that embody what the author considers to be ethical comportment in organizations. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

20世纪六七十年代美国女权运动的主要组织

20世纪六七十年代美国女权运动中,女权主义组织对女权运动的成功起了重要的作用。女权运动的影响与成就大部分是女权主义组织的活动带来的。一般认为以下妇女组织在20世纪六七十年代的女权运动中产生了相对重要的作用,全国妇女组织、妇女争取平等行动联盟、妇女解放运动、妇女健康运动等组织。他们集会、发行书籍,表明自己的主张;组织妇女活动,显示女权组织自身的力量。     

平凡而伟大的女性-《哈利·波特与魔法石》中女性形象分析

在女性主义批评理论的观照下,从三个角度分析讨论了《哈利·波特与魔法石》中的女性形象：第一是哈利．波特的母亲,放弃了生的可能性,选择了死亡,由此产生的自我毁灭的勇气与美,表现了如圣母般的女性形象;第二是女主人公赫敏以自我意识及独立女性的形象颠覆了传统的女巫形象,塑造了一个罗琳心目中理想化的女性形象;第三是分析了小说中其他的女性形象,如魔法学校管理者麦格教授,最后得出结论：罗琳没有神化女性的形象,而是在平凡中折射出女性的伟大,女性在魔法世界起到了重大积极的影响。