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Violence at the Urban Margins: Longhorns & Latin American Ethnography

Last week, the Department of Sociology – in conjunction with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, the Rappaport Cenntennial Professorship of Liberal Arts, and the Office of Graduate Studies – hosted a collaborative workshop that offered a … Continue reading

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Feeling the Body: Embodying Sociology at the CWGS Conference

Recently, the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies hosted a productive and stimulating academic conference entitled “The Feeling Body.”  With the emerging attention the body and affect are receiving in research, this was a great chance for graduate students across disciplines … Continue reading

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Social Logical South Austin – SXSW for Austinites

Sauntering SXSW Social Logical South Austin What do transgender divas, a British invasion, biker havens and South Congress have in common? Sauntering Arts demystifies SXSW for Austin refugees.

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Rosio-Colored Glasses : Lessons in Community and Recognition

By Pamela Neumann A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the annual winter meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society in New Mexico. Despite a fair amount of experience at professional conferences, this was my first time … Continue reading

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Out of My Habitus – Why my education and manners get in the way of doing research

By Juan Portillo  Linda Tuhiwai Smith writes in Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples that Western academia has historically engaged in a process of legitimizing “what counts as knowledge, as language, as literature, as curriculum and as the role of … Continue reading

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The Sociology of Sociology: Ego and the Scholarly- and Career-Enterprise

By David Glisch-Sanchez I have often shared with friends and mentees interested in graduate training my personal belief and observation that one of the greatest occupational hazards of a career in academia is the ego.  I am not using ego … Continue reading

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Abriendo Brecha: Activist Scholarship at the University of Texas

Every year The University of Texas at Austin hosts a conference on activist scholarship known as Abriendo Brecha (Opening a Path).  Abriendo Brecha brings together activistas, mujeristas, artistas, Nepantleras, scholars, and community members whose work is directed toward social justice … Continue reading

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“The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: Situating Asian Americans” An evening with Michael Omi

Last week, UT-Austin had the honor of hosting Dr. Michael Omi, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California Berkeley. Organized by the Department of Asian American Studies and co-sponsored by a number of other departments and center, … Continue reading

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Scouting and Homosexuality : A Case for the Gender Police?

  Over the past few weeks, the Boy Scouts of America’s policy on gay Scouts and Scoutmasters has been featured heavily in the news.  I am an Eagle Scout who studies masculinity here at the Sociology department and thus feel … Continue reading

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Caroline Wozniacki, Race, Sports and Humor: Is It Funny Yet?

by Letisha Brown While in Brazil for an exhibition match against tennis player Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki stuffed her bra and tennis skirt with towels in an attempt to impersonate Serena Williams. Since then, there has been quite the buzz. … Continue reading

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