#social sciences

[jstor]

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[kanchelsis]

⚠️ ATTENTION UK COMRADES ⚠️

never in my life did i think i would be making a post like this but here goes.

what's happening in the university of brighton?

during the past week, the university of brighton has announced 110 staff redundancies in a bid to save almost £18m.

meanwhile, senior management have recently shelled out an almost identical sum of money to buy out the lease of a sports facility on campus - a decision which nobody asked for or wanted.

these redundancies will be finalised at the end of june and will have a catastrophic impact on learning conditions, which rely on the expertise of our lecturers. though the ripples of this decision will be felt throughout the university, it explicitly and disproportionately targets 'non-profitable' degrees such as humanities, arts, social sciences, etc.

for the staff made redundant, it could mean the end of their academic career due to a surplus of unemployed academics as a result of sector-wide lack of funding for teaching and research. this is also happening during a cost of living crisis.

lecturers on work visas could be forced to leave the country and may not be able to support their families. those who aren't made redundant will suffer from increased workload, larger class sizes, inability to conduct research and more students per member of staff.

the university of brighton offers a fantastic range of unique, interdisciplinary courses in the heart of the uk's queer capital, allowing our vibrant student community to benefit from intimate seminars that immensely benefit our learning. with some of our departments being cut by more than half, the loss of these will be absolutely devastating.

in the e-mail the student body were sent, we were told the redundancies 'wouldn't affect us', with zero acknowledgement of the relationship students build with their lecturers.

this is an attack on the job security and dignity of our valued body of educational staff. the vice chancellor, who takes home around £250,000 a year, said she 'needs to pay the gas bill'. we say human beings over buildings.

the student body cannot allow this. this sets a dangerous precedent for workers all over the country.

so what can we do to help?

let them know that this not okay. voice your concerns to the vice chancellor debra humphris, who can be contacted at [email protected]

spread information. tell your friends. kick up a fuss. stand in solidarity with staff and students. contact your local representatives and encourage them to offer support. jeremy corbyn has already given his!!

consider following @ uobsolidarity on instagram to stay updated.

here is a petition you can sign and some relevant news articles. here's how to find your mp.

SOLIDARITY FOREVER. FUCK GREED. PLEASE BOOST!!!

#tempest text #university of brighton #brighton #uk #literature #humanities #social sciences #socialism #worker solidarity #politics #britpol #lgbtq #signal boost #labour #england #marxism

[amanufacturedheaven]

⚢

Pride month may be over, but there’s still work to be done, there’s a war to still be won.

Hope all in anti-lgbt countries & states are staying safe and happy.

#pride #pride month #pride month academia #wlw pride #lesbian pride #gay pride #academia #social sciences #sociology #sociology student #student #social justice #social sciences student #feminism #feminist #lgbtq community #lgbt #lgbtq

[benevolentbirdgal]

honestly, as an aspiring historian, my new(ish) hill to die on and what is growing to be my biggest pet peeve is the seemingly pervasive notion, judging by people's response to my undergrad degree and what my peers have experienced, that there's no work to be done in history. The books have been written, the shows have been produced, nothing new under the sun. My fellow humanities people - hell, even soft sciences people have definitely expressed this to me as well. And it's a crock of malarky.

Nothing shatters this illusion so profoundly like reading people's incredibly specific, hundreds of pages thesis or dissertation on the history of a particular airline or a writing utensil or religious strife in a less than two decade period in a very specific part of the U.K. or streetcars in a particular city or the gay community in one rural county in a span of less than a decade or a century's worth of Jewish labor history in colonial Georgia.

I mean, doing research and finding out there's fuck-all nothing or close to it on a subject you were really excited about (cries in undergraduate thesis) runs close, but at least with that you can delude yourself into thinking there's nothing there to be written or said or analyzed.

But the idea that everything's already been written & researched is a much harder sell when you're staring down a 324-page dissertation on the history of Delta airlines (but only to the second world war) or a 181-page thesis on the military-masculinity complex specifically in the U.S. context specifically from 1940-1963.

There are other reasons being a historian is difficult, and why there aren't that many historian jobs. Most of the reasons come down to money, and the field not being particularly valued as a producers public goods in a capitalist society. But it's not because there's not work to be done.

#birdie rambles #gradblr #histblr #historyblr #humanities #social sciences

[socstudies]

.⋆｡⋆☂.studyblr reintroduction.☽˚｡⋆.

hello ! im socstudies :)

i've been on studyblr for about five/six years now but i haven't always been active ...

i'm doing a reintroduction bc it's been a while and im about to start my second year of uni!

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about me:

my studygram

im from the uk

i study criminology and sociology (2nd year!)

i love gilmore girls, taylor swift, criminal minds, gta v, sims 4, reading, and going for walks!

i plan on going to grad school, hopefully in the us!

my research area interests are globalisation and the internet! specifically stan twt, kpop and other fandoms and how they've created a sort of culture of their own which transcend country borders!

i also post on instagram and tiktok! (studyingsoc on both!)

i have a lucky black cat who is the most perfect little cat in the whole world <333

i'd *love* to make new friends on here - particularly if ur studying sociology / criminology or u relate to any of the things on here !!

my fav studyblrs so far:

@frenchiepal

@isasarchives

@starrystvdy

@studyblrmasterposts

@psychstudiesblr

fun facts:

i wrote my ib anthropology ia about studyblr!

im currently working on a post series where i revise the basics of sociology, except it's gilmore girls themed!

recent posts:

things i luv about back to uni season

gilmore girls themed sociology game thingy !

thx for reading!! :))

#studyblr #studyblr reintroduction #studyblr introduction #new studyblr #studyspo #sociology #criminology #sociology student #sociology studyblr #criminology student #criminology studyblr #social sciences #social science studyblr #studyblr tracking

[tumbler-polls]

#yes/no #polls #academia #stem #humanities #social sciences #gradblr #tumblr polls #tumbler polls

[ngaatee]

For the People Academia Breaks

Hey so I am going to get something off of my chest. Last year I got a postgraduate degree in philosophy and it was actually one of the most devastating experiences of my entire life.

I have always been someone with big ideas, and my favourite aspect of philosophy has always been the way that I can blend different ideas to address current issues, especially if something about those ideas sometimes veer into using my imagination. So when we got to choose our thesis topics, I jumped to do something ambitious, something impressive, something grand. And it was. I posed the following question: What would an African feminist ethic say about posthumanism and transhumanism as it pertains to the right to bodily integrity?

This question meant the world to me. It means the world to me. There was so much to get into, so many ideas, and so little published philosophical work on each section of the question. It was quintessentially me.

Ambitious, important and interesting. And I did fucking do it. I didn't get the high grade that I had hoped for, but I got a high enough average should I pursue further higher education, I had gotten a high grade for a concept I essentially invented and built from the ground up, and I had yet another fucking degree after a year plagued by illness, piss poor mental health, worse financial management and not a damn clue what I would do next.

I had also excelled in my other classes and so I was going to take the win and move on. I was in a space where what mattered to me was that I had what I needed for the next steps. Academia career, and somehow reforming education, those have been my goals forever, So I had my grades and set out to get reference letters and one person I asked was my supervisor. And that, dear reader, was when it all went to shit and my mental health sunk to a new low.

My supervisor and I had not had major conflict but I was ready to move on for a variety of reasons. I had tutored one of her classes and had reservations about her methodology and when opportunities for feedback came, I was as honest but diplomatic as possible. I was not the lecturer. When she became my supervisor I had looked in the guide and I had thought that she was going to be the right fit. But in some ways I always felt that my work was not my own, and often times my work became a site of ego. But it could have been worse so I was going to move on and take those lessons to do things differently next time.

So I emailed her, was happy to have the grades for a future in academia and asked for the referral. She emailed me and gave me unsolicited feedback and then openly stated that a section of my work "surprised her, and not in a good way". I will be frank, it disgusted me. I read it and my skin crawled because she had been a less than stellar supervisor, including being angered when I got an extension after my hospitalization, threatening to not even give me a grade, when the HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT granted me one.

I was a star pupil, with the exploratory ideas to back it up, and consistently she undermined me and I forgave her every time because of how badly I wanted it. And then in the last moment, after I toiled on a thesis and made it through with a high GPA, she could not let me be happy. She could not let me rejoice that every single day last year felt like I was taking my dying breath, And she could not be the kind of supervisor that deserved my bright ideas, my desire to learn, my ambition. I was told that I should prep a version of my paper for a conference and she never had the time to help me, everyday there was an excuse, and I still made it, and she could not just let us be cordial and move on.

That thesis I did is my first child. I laboured, I read, and I thought it through, and I was willing to accept the imperfections that came in my crafting of it because it was powerful and meaningful. I am an African woman, concerned with how we understand our autonomy and our bodies and what that means in a greater philosophical context. I chose a thesis that meant something to me, and I used whatever philosophical building blocks I could to bring it together, and achieved a feat that people thought might be impossible for me. And I am damn proud of it. And in that email, my supervisor didn't care because she felt embarrassed or something.

I have spent a year being angry. How dare she? Especially since academia puts certain kinds of constraints on work and even with those constraints, I made lemonade out of lemons. In fact, I made lemonade out of rocks. And I have grieved and been sad and it has broken my spirit remembering the disdain in that email. And then the later email with the reference letter where I discover that after all this time, my supervisor knows nothing about me.

She doesn't know my worth, she doesn't know how much her class benefitted from having me as a tutor, and my fellow tutor too. She doesn't know anything that other institutions would love about me. Her colleagues do though. They gave me beautiful letters that reflected my passion, honesty, and integrity, and I felt seen. I wish that I had gotten one of them to be my supervisor, I just didn't know any better, it was a new university, a new city, with new people. But my thesis, my baby, would have been so much safer and cared for in their hands.

But I am not ending it like that. I have started to embark on a multimedia art project revisiting and expanding my thesis and I am explaining different philosophical and sociological concepts that are relevant to it as I go along. Because my thesis belongs to me. My ideas belong to me. And the projections of my supervisor, and the painful memories that are attached to it for me will not under any circumstances, end with her defining my thesis for me.

My thesis is my baby, my child and I am proud of it. Its words live in me, its ideas still are a fixation in my mind, and now I have what it takes to really bring it to the next level. And so I will. I do not just love my thesis as a cute baby that people admire and call beautiful. I love my thesis as a petulant older child that sometimes struggles to string ideas that are linked but in ways that are not obvious. I love my thesis as a teenager lost in despair trying to reconcile how a society functions and the philosophies and ideologies that underpin it, the teenager reading social and political thought for the first time. I love my thesis as the young adult that has more questions than answers. I love my thesis as all of the people I have been and whom I will be.

Academia broke my heart. and it devastated many people befor me. But many ideas are worth exploring. Many ideas are worth cradling in a warm blanket and developing over time. Your ideas and mine, are worth so much more than the egos and power of people around us, and they do not get to rob our work of its dignity. And we do not have to leave the brilliance of our thoughts with the memories of people who never cared to understand them. And so I am coming back for my child, I am returning for my thesis. Because I am willing to spend time with it, and nurture it, and develop it. I am ready for it to one day be in the world and standing on its own.

The words of my thesis live in me, but the words of my thesis will live beyond me. And so as I drawm paint, photograph and write for this multimedia art project. As the young mother of this thesis and this combination of ideas, I will be raw and approach it with care, consideration and thoughtfulness. and hopefully, my thesis will find the right people who are interested in philosophy, sociology and the arts. Because this thesis will always be my baby, and I hope it meets people that love it and see it for what it is, the way that I do.

I dedicate this multimedia art project to the people whose first heartbreak was being alienated from their ideas in service of other people's desires. May you always find your way back to that child who wondered so much about the world, and was eager to learn more.

#philosophy #african n ethics #feminist ethics #academia #academic validation #higher education #burn out #thesis #multimedia art project #posthumanism #transhumanism #sociology #social sciences #I feel free now

[child-of-the-sun-and-moons-lover]

I had to a study all day for my two big ass tests today and when I finally allowed myself to go to sleep it was past 2.00am.

Anyway, I wrote a poem

‘I am worthless’ you say

‘You are not’ I reply.

But you know what ?

It’s okay. You won. You are worthless.

You are as worthless as the feathered wings

The nightingale spreads in the morning;

As worthless as the heavy, dark rain

The earth needily absorbs;

As worthless as the laborious roar

Of the feelings-making machine each of own in our chest.

You are not worthy, nor needed, nor mandatory in any way.

You are vital.

~to my lover

My tests are physics, political sciences, economy and sociology, and I pretty much think I’m gonna fail them regally

Xoxo :)

#poesy #poetry #late night #poems on tumblr #study #late night inspiration #I’m literally noir gonna pass this year #at least I’ll have an excuse #‘sorry miss I was letting my poetic self express themselves’ #wish me luck #physics #social sciences #political sciences

[autitm]

Hello all!

Im a student studying hsc Society and Culture and am creating my personal interest topic on the autistic relationship with the word empathy. As a part of my primary research i have created two questionnaires to understand this topic.

If you are autistic could you please complete this link:

If you are not autistic please fill out this form:

Thank you for your time.

#Social sciences #What do i tag this to get it seen??? #Autism #empathy #autistic #0w0.txt

[unvieilesprit]

(4/10/23)

As someone who graduated w/ a humanities degree I want to let fellow humanities people know that

you’re not a failure for not having your dream job straight out of college/university

if it takes a long ass time for you to get that job, it’s normal

some of these people will say very unhelpful, un-uplifting things and you gotta ignore them

I don’t want to get too vulnerable, but I don’t have any comments about the light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope we all get through there.

#post grad problems #post grad life #studyblr #bullet journal #langblr #unvieilesprit #frenchblr #a little sad post sorry #university #college #humanities major #social sciences #employment #unemployment #still unemployed #i hate being unemployed #i need a job #jobless #jobs #arts and entertainment #study

[er-cryptid]

Ethnocentrism

-- assumption that one's own culture is correct or superior

-- other ways of living are seen as wrong or ignorant

-- combated by cultural relativism

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[hjellacott]

Psychology academics are not here to treat you with kid gloves, sweetness and love and tell you what you want to hear

I work in film. I'd already gotten a uni degree, I was happy, and then I got into reading psychology books and became hooked. And when I became hooked, I got myself a BSc in Psychology out of pure fascination for the subject.

I am not a therapist, nor a counsellor, purely because I still work in film, I love working in film, and psychology is a passion which I find extremely helpful in my work and in my life, but I have no desire to spend every day of my life listening to people's drama. Sounds cold? Well, welcome to science.

But obviously in social media one finds all kinds of things, and I'm always interested in anything related to psychology, so one thing I keep finding is people, somehow, always assume if you know psychology you must constantly treat people like they're injured animals and you're a vet? We must be sweet and loving with complete strangers, and treat them with kid gloves, as if the air might hurt them??? It's wacky.

Anybody who knows anything about psychology knows you ought to distance yourself emotionally from mentally sick people, or else it'll kill you. You've got to be a scientist, be objective, not get attached, not get emotionally involved. And it isn't our duty to treat people like they're fragile. Our duty is to be honest, to do what we can to help out, specially for those who are actual therapists, and only when paid to do so, because hey, it's a job.

Psychology isn't there to pamper people, make them feel better and tell them what they want to hear. Psychologists who do that are the shit ones who then cause a ton of trouble. Psychology is a science, it looks at things objectively, and if you're a piece of shit, it's supposed to hold you accountable, to make you responsible for your actions and to help you have the right tools to turn your life around. But responsibility and accountability are essential in any self-respected therapy, so don't expect to be pitied and given a hug if what you need is a bloody wake up call.

#psychology #science #brain #medicine #mental health #social sciences #lgbtq+ #mental problems #neuropsychology #eugenics #sciece

[academic-misconduct]

back on the academic grind now that I'm back at uni again. Sadly as soon as I got back I got a cold which hasn't been fun, but I'm feeling focused right now (at 22:15...) so I'm going to see how many academic articles I can get through tonight. I have a massive list, but theoretically I only really need a few of them but lets see. The aim for tonight's study session is to collect all my necessary quotes, do as many readings as possible, plan out my essay, and get some words on the page. I'll be updating with how it all goes! :)

#academia #studyblr #sociology #university #social science #social sciences #college

[smallfrenchstudyblr]

Social sciences need to stop with the assumption of rationality. I suggest we move on to the Assumption of Dumbassery. Let's just assume that social actors are, actually, absolute clowns.

#academia #me when I find yet another rationalist work #no not even bounded rationality is acceptable #dumbassery all around ok #social sciences #adventures in academia

[theoreticallysensible]

Emily Wilson reminding me why I love to read translation theory, despite only knowing one language - this applies to every process of communication, even if that’s just having a conversation in your native language, trying to put your thoughts or feelings into words or tell a story, or doing natural or social science or journalism. It’s all translation.

#translation #emily wilson #the illiad #science #sociology #social sciences

[felt-squirrels]

today at lunch my friend put a mostly empty box of mini cupcakes on the lunch table next to us and we watched them fight over the two cupcakes and we want to do it again but record data so it’s actually an experiment

#it was fucking hilarious #social sciences #sociology #social experiment #felt rants