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A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Shortlist

Laurie Taylor presents a special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award shortlist for 2017.

A special programme devoted to the BSA and Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award Shortlist for 2017.
Thinking Allowed, in association with the British Sociological Association, presents a special programme devoted to the academic research which has been short listed for our fourth annual award for a study that has made a significant contribution to ethnography, the in-depth analysis of the everyday life of a culture or sub culture. Laurie Taylor is joined by the 3 other judges; Sarah Neal , Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield, Shane Blackman, Professor of Cultural Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University and Alpa Shah , Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the LSE.
Producer:Jayne Egerton.

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Mon 10 Apr 2017 00:15
BBC Radio 4

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The Ethnography Award Shortlist 2017

GUESTS

Dr Alpa Shah, Associate Professor (Reader) in the Department of Anthropology, LSE. 

Professor Sarah Neal, Professor of Sociology, The University of Sheffield.

Professor Shane Blackman, Professor of Cultural Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University.  

 

READING LIST

Made in Egypt: Gendered Identity and Aspiration on the Globalised Shop Floor by Leila Zaki Chakravarti (Berghahn Books, 2016). 

Hunger Pains: Life inside Foodbank Britain by Kayleigh Garthwaite (Policy Press, 2016). 

Enduring Uncertainty: Deportation, Punishment and Everyday Life by Ines Hasselberg (Berghahn Books, 2016). 

Loud and Proud: Passion and Politics in the English Defence League by Hilary Pilkington (Manchester University Press, 2016). 

Working the Phones: Control and Resistance in Call Centres by Jamie Woodcock (Pluto Press, 2017).

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  • Wed 5 Apr 2017 16:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 10 Apr 2017 00:15
    BBC Radio 4

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