Naming my world: Finding my voice

This is a personal account of a sociological career over four decades, influenced by developments in Irish society and sociology. I focus on the growth of a feminist sociology, the stigmatisation of unmarried mothers, concealed stories and the changing treatment of ‘voice’ in sociological research.

PENDEKATAN SOSIOLOGI FEMINIS DALAM KAJIAN SASTRA

Sociology of literature is widely used in Indonesian literary criticism since its introduction in 1978 by Sapardi Djoko Damono. However, there is a doubt in recent Indonesian literary criticism to accept feminist literary criticism in some way as part of sociology of literature whilst it is already that feminism deals with social construct and patriarchy practice in society. This article aims to show that sociology of literature in the form of feminist sociology and feminist literary criticism are not contradictory as one claims. This is a systematic literature review. The method of collecting data is extensive close reading on sociology of literature, feminist sociology, and feminist literary criticism. Based on the extensive close reading, there are at least five models can be used in feminist sociologal approach: through reading agenda, using anachronistic reading, on the marketing strategy and endorsement, on the situation of the readers’ activity, and based on writer’s situation and consciousness. This article shows that feminist sociological approach in literature and feminist literary criticism are not in conflict as the two come from feminism.

What’s Hegemonic about Hegemonic Masculinity? Legitimation and Beyond

Raewyn Connell’s theoretical concept of hegemonic masculinity has been profoundly influential in feminist sociology. Despite the rich literature inspired by her theory, conceptual ambiguities have compromised its full potential. In this article, I critique a pessimistic tendency in the interpretation and application of hegemonic masculinity, which focuses on its regressive role in reproducing/legitimating heteronormative patriarchy while overlooking its progressive potential. I propose that revisiting Antonio Gramsci’s theorization of hegemony can help us understand hegemonic masculinity by its mechanism of domination—force accompanied by consent—rather than via certain pregiven masculine qualities. This reformulation of hegemonic masculinity not only pushes us to maintain a relational understanding of masculinities in empirical research, but also brings attention to Connell’s vision for social change.

Realities and Perceptions of Methodological Teaching and Debates in Post-War British Sociology: New Evidence from Peel (1968) and Wakeford (1979)

This article contains the first systematic analysis of the undergraduate sociology methods course syllabuses collected by John Peel in the late 1960s and John Wakeford in the late 1970s. It outlines the major trends in methods teaching in the late 1960s and 1970s, highlighting the teaching of quantitative methods in this period. But the broader aim of the analysis is to explain how the debates surrounding the rise of feminist sociology and the critiques of ‘positivism’ in the 1960s and 1970s affected methods teaching in British sociology. The article argues that despite their limited influence on the contents of the methods curriculum, these debates had another, more subtle but pervasive, impact on how methods were perceived in the sociology community and which methods could be justifiably seen as important and which as irrelevant.

Etnografía institucional como aproximación al habitar cotidiano

El presente artículo indaga en el enfoque de investigación y metodología de etnografía institucional (EI), la que se centra en develar la forma en que las personas vivencian procesos institucionales de control en la vida cotidiana, cómo se relacionan con complejos institucionales y cómo moldean el continuo de sus vidas cotidianas. Con este fin, la EI es un modo de acercamiento a los fenómenos sociales que toma como punto de partida las experiencias cotidianas, situadas y incorporadas. Surgida desde la sociología feminista, hasta ahora la EI no se ha aplicado a las relaciones entre habitantes e intervenciones urbanas, ni tampoco de manera explícita en América Latina.El objetivo del presente artículo es explorar las posibilidades metodológicas de la EI en contextos urbanos, expandiendo de esta manera la creciente exploración metodológica en la investigación urbana. Con base en el trabajo de campo que se realiza actualmente en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile, se explica cómo la EI puede develar maneras en que las relaciones de control en las intervenciones urbanas (programas y proyectos urbanos específicos) muchas veces dominan e ignoran conocimientos locales y situados.Institutional ethnography as an approach to daily lifeAbstractThis article explores the research and methodology approach of Institutional Ethnography (IE). The IE focuses on unveiling the way in which people experience institutional control processes in everyday life, how subjects relate to institutional complexes, and how they shape the continuum of their daily lives. To this end, the IE is a way of approaching social phenomena that takes everyday experiences as a starting point, situated and embodied. Emerged from the feminist sociology, until now the IE has not been applied to relations among inhabitants and urban interventions, nor explicitly in Latin America.The objective of this article is to explore methodological possibilities for IE in urban contexts, thus expanding the growing methodological exploration in urban research. Based on fieldwork that is currently carried out in the city of Santiago de Chile, it explains that the IE can reveal how the control relationships in urban interventions (specific urban programs and projects) often dominate and ignore local and located knowledge.Keywords: Institutional ethnography – daily experiences – urban living –problematic – control relations. Etnografia institucional como aproximaçâo aohabitar cotidianoResumoO presente artigo indaga na perspectiva de pesquisa e metodologia de Etnografia Institucional (EI). A EI centra-se em desvendar a forma em que as pessoas vivenciam processos institucionais de controle na vida cotidiana, de como se relacionam os sujeitos com complexos institucionais, e de como eles moldam o contínuo de suas vidas cotidianas. Com este fim, a EI é um modo de aproximação aos fenômenos sociais que toma como ponto de partida as experiências cotidianas, situadas e encorporadas. Surgida desde a sociologia feminista, a EI até agora não tem sido aplicada às relações entre habitantes e intervenções urbanas, nem de maneira explícita na América Latina. O objetivo do presente artigo é explorar as possibilidades metodológicas da EI e contextos urbanos expandindo desta maneira a crescente exploração metodológica na pesquisa urbana. Com base no trabalho de campo que é realizado atualmente na cidade de Santiago do Chile, explica-se como a EI pode revelar maneiras em que as relações de controle nas intervenções urbanas (programas e projetos urbanos específicos), muitas vezes dominam e ignoram conhecimentos locais e situados.Palavras-chave: etnografia institucional - experiências cotidianas - habitarurbano - problemática - relações de controle.