The Sociological Imagination

1960 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Fletcher ◽  
C. Wright Mills
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Imagination

scholarly journals Writing and exhibiting a ‘live’ and convivial sociology: Portraiture and women’s lived experiences of a French suburb

2021 ◽  
pp. 003802612110097
Author(s):  
Magali Peyrefitte
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Sociological Imagination ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Personal Project ◽  
Academic Communication ◽  
Opening Up

Embracing the manifesto for a ‘live’ sociology, I included portraiture into the research design of an ethnographic study into women’s lived experiences of French suburbia and organised an exhibition entitled Habitantes d’Hier and d’Aujourd’hui: exposition sociologique et photographique. This was a personal project in the neighbourhood of my youth and was motivated by the intention to shine some light on the invisible stories of women living in lower-middle and middle-income suburbs in France. In this article, I reflect on the use of portraiture for the possibility it offers in capturing the ethnographic encounter as well as in giving saliency and offering a visual representation of the sociological analysis. I also discuss the exhibition of these portraits as a moment of conviviality grounded in the endeavour of writing differently from hegemonic modes of academic communication and dissemination allowing for a sharing and sharpening of the sociological imagination. It represents an opportunity to think beyond some of the more neoliberal imperatives that govern academia today and shape our sociological craft. I argue for the value of creating a moment of conviviality, that is a space challenging modes of dissemination, engagement and even impact to some extent, as well as modes of knowledge production: broadly opening up more possibilities for a truly public sociology to continue to exist.

The Sociological Imagination and its Imperial Shadows

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 228-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Kemple ◽  
Renisa Mawani
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Imagination

EN ANEKDOTISK ANMELDELSE

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Imagination

C. WRIGHT MILLS: Den sociologiske fantasi. (The Sociological Imagination. 1959) Oversat af Tom Havemann, forord ved Michael Hviid Jacobsen. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag 2002. 248 sider. ISBN 87-412-2462-0. Pris: 298,00 kr.  

Book Review: The Sociological Imagination

2001 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Misztal
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Imagination
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