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Street art and distinction in Kabul, Afghanistan
In the photograph below, street artist Shamsia Hassan is featured in front of one her graffiti creations in an industrial …Continue reading »
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Unpacking the Gendered Symbolism of the Sistine Chapel
Today I spent a great deal of time playing around with the Vatican’s virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. For …Continue reading »
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Noble Savages and Magical Pixie Conquests: Colonial Fantasies in Film
I wanted to do a follow up on my post from a couple of months a go, on Hollywood racism. …Continue reading »
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Reframing “Black” Identity Politics in Australia
“No one can take away who we are. No one can take away our identity”. Prominent Australian writer and intellectual …Continue reading »
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Context and outcomes of intercultural education amongst international...
Here’s the abstract of my latest journal article, titled “Context and outcomes of intercultural education amongst international students in Australia.” …Continue reading »
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Why Race & Minority Studies Matter to Public Knowledge
In praise of public science, I want to draw connections about why race and minority studies are central to challenging …Continue reading »
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Cyclical Moral Panic Time: Attacks on Same-Sex Families Defy Science
I tweeted about this earlier. Then I felt annoyed all over again, so I thought I would write this post. …Continue reading »
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Ashaninca Hallucinations: Challenging Western Concepts of Medicinal Knowledge
Last year, I read about anthropologist Jeremy Narby’s participant observation field research with the Ashaninca, an indigenous group living in the …Continue reading »
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After Years in Limbo, the New Australian Asylum Seeker Program Promises to be...
Australia’s refugee policies have been increasingly problematic since the 2001 lead up to the Federal election, which was focused on …Continue reading »
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The “Cult of the Clitoris”: Policing Women’s Sexuality in England During WWI
This story is engrossing: Maud Allen was a Canada-born dancer who found fame in Germany in the early 1900s. She …Continue reading »
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Dangerous Ignorance: Madonna Calls Obama a “Black Muslim”
During a recent concert, Madonna lent her support to the re-election of USA President Obama and praised his support for …Continue reading »
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Google’s Glass Ceiling: A Case Study of Why Organisations Lose Innovative Women
Last month, The New York Times gave a disheartening insight into Google’s Executive hiring practices. Google is predominantly staffed with …Continue reading »
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Challenging the Social Value of Child Marriage
The 11th of October 2012 was the inaugural Day of the Girl. This year, the focus was on the eradication of child marriage. Around the world, 70 million girls were married before they reached the age of...
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Sociology for What, Who, Where and How? Situating Applied Sociology in Action
Photo by mapgirl271 via Flickr. Text: The Other Sociologist The discipline of sociology has grappled with several overlapping issues regarding the purpose and utility of our profession beyond its...
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“Culture of Silence”: Why Common Sense Stops Us From Seeing Substance Abuse...
Photo by Alan Cleaver via Flickr. CC The British not for profit organisation 4Children has published a study that finds parents who are wealthier tend to drink and use drugs more frequently than people...
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Japan’s Disposable Workforce: Alienation, Suicide and Social Responsibility
Photo by Shiho Fukada via Pulitzer Centre Shiho Fukada’s Pulitzer Centre project on Japan’s “disposable workers” focuses on people who are precariously employed in casual and “dead end” jobs. They are...
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What The Sociology of Shoes Says About Gender Inequality
17th Century Persian Men’s Shoe. Via BBC By Zuleyka Zevallos High heel shoes were once a status symbol for powerful men, from horse riding soldiers in 16th Century Persia, to European aristocrats in...
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From “Anti-Rape Underwear” in India to Sexual Harassment in Australia: Social...
By Zuleyka Zevallos, PhD. Trigger Warning: Rape. Via Won’t Stop Til We Surrender A couple of weeks a go, a new, so-called “anti-rape” underwear device got quite a bit of international attention. It was...
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“There Are No Unclean People, Only Unclean Systems”: The Sociology of...
The Atlantic has followed Rev. Tuck Taylor, a mother of two and an ordained elder of the United Methodist Church in North Carolina, USA. She is one of “thousands” of citizens who have coordinated a...
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Adapting Sociological Teaching and Learning for Online Environments
A new sociological study finds that students who study online perceive that they have learned less in comparison to students who attend face-to-face lectures. The researchers, Kelly Bergstrand and...
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