About Contexts
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes sociology interesting and relevant to anyone interested in how society operates.
It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Doug Hartmann and Chris Uggen at the University of Minnesota.
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Permanent Impermanence
Dubai's expatriates have long out-numbered its citizens. Ali explains why and speculates on what it means for the rest of the world. Keep Reading...
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Listen to the interview with Syed Ali
Contexts Blogs
a community of sociology blogs
Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry.
1 hour ago: Depicting Women in the Israeli Defense Force (Potentially NSFW)
Brooke Harrington explores the social underpinnings of money and markets.
15 hours ago: A Tale of Two Simulacra: Market Meets Jersey Shore
A multi-disciplinary blog about what makes cultures "thick": politics, multiculturalism, and civic engagement in the age of Web 2.0.
1 day ago: We're #1 (at thinking we are #1)
Analyzing the visual presentation of social data. Each post, Laura Norén takes a chart, table, interactive graphic or other display of sociologically relevant data and evaluates the success of the graphic.
6 hours ago: Sex and the Male Novelist
Sociology Lens is the associated site for Sociology Compass, Wiley-Blackwell’s review journal on all fields sociological. On this site we host daily posts, video files and news items from our team of contributors.
1 day ago: Social Media: Have We Built a Society without Closets?
Under the guidance of Shannon Golden, Jeremy Minyard, Tim Ortyl, and Sarah Shannon, the Crawler scans the internet for media reports and other insights offered by sociologists and serves them up in a concise, snappy style.
4 days ago: sociologists on 'mad men'Written for a general, smart audience, Contexts is perfect for classroom use. Here are a few ways for instructors to get start:
Instructors can receive pre-publication articles and reduced-price subscriptions for your students. Learn more.
All of our blogs are great classroom material, but especially our blog about teaching sociology. Check it out at contexts.org/teaching.
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