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  • Risk and Loss in Times of Climate Crisis
    In this episode we’ll be discussing the climate crisis through the lens of risk, loss and the role of sociology. For a long time, environmental issues sat on the margins of the discipline, rarely appearing in core journals or debates. That’s starting to change, with climate change gaining more attention in recent sociological research—but given the urgency of the crisis, we might still ask: are sociologists doing enough? Another key point is how sociological knowledge is valued outside the discipline. Climate science has long been dominated by the natural sciences, with institutions like the IPCC reflecting that imbalance. Yet as the need for societal transformation becomes more pressing, sociology’s insights into behavior, systems, and power could be more relevant than ever. As guests we have Catherine Mei Ling Wong, an Assistant Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in environmental sociology, risk governance, and sustainability transitions. Her research explores how cultural, institutional, and epistemological factors shape perceptions of risk in areas like nuclear energy, climate policy, and green finane. She joined by Rebecca Elliott, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, specializing in the intersections of climate change, risk governance, and the moral economy. Her research examines how environmental risks, particularly flooding, are managed through institutions like insurance, and how these mechanisms influence societal responses to climate change. Thijs van Dooremalen is the host of this episode an Assistant Professor at Leiden University's Institute of Security and Global Affairs, specializing in the sociology of crises and public discourse. His research focuses on how major events—such as 9/11, elections, and extreme weather—transform national public spheres, employing mixed methods to analyze cultural and political shifts across media, politics, and policymaking. Further reading for this episode - Wong, C. M. L., & Lockie, S. (2020). Climate policy and industry elite perceptions of risk and uncertainty: a cross-national study. Society & Natural Resources, 33(11), 1399-1418. - Wong, C. M. L. (2018). Energy, Risk and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan. - Wong, C. M. L. (2015). The mutable nature of risk and acceptability: A hybrid risk governance framework. Risk analysis, 35(11), 1969-1982. - Elliott, R. (2024). The sociology of property value in a climate-changed United States. Social Problems, spae074. - Elliott, R. (2021). Underwater: Loss, flood insurance, and the moral economy of climate change in the United States. Columbia University Press. - Elliott, R. (2018). The sociology of climate change as a sociology of loss. European Journal of Sociology/Archives Européennes de Sociologie, 59(3), 301-337. Podcast editors of this season: Luuc Brans, Kobe De Keere, Sanne Pieters & Geert Veuskens This podcast is co-financed from the BINQ project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Grant No. 101052649. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This podcast is also kindly supported by the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) at the University of Amsterdam.
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  • Our Digital Economic Lives
    We’re back with a new season on anything culture and inequality! From clickbait culture and influencer marketing to content farms and algorithm-driven platforms, we kick off the 2025 season by unpacking the mechanics behind our increasingly digital economic lives. How has the digital realm evolved into a powerful economic force that's reshaping the way we live, work, and consume? We examine the spread of digital payments, the influence of tokens, and the growing power of algorithms in decision-making. Along the way, we'll consider broader shifts like platform labor, surveillance capitalism, and the emergence of a new digital feudalism. We’re joined by Ashley Mears, Professor and Chair of Cultural Sociology and New Media at the University of Amsterdam. She’s the author of Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model and Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit, and is widely recognized as an expert on the culture and economics of aesthetics and digital labour. Also with us is Rachel O’Dwyer, a media scholar, writer, and lecturer at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. A leading authority on digital payments, blockchain, and the rise of tokens, Rachel brings a sharp critical lens to the infrastructures that shape our digital transactions and value systems. She’s is the author of Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform. This episode's host is Kobe De Keere, an Associate Professor of cultural sociology at the University of Amsterdam. He explores the moral and cultural dimensions of economic life, focusing on topics such as valuation, the labour market, and cryptocurrencies. Further reading for this episode - O'Dwyer, R. (2023). Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform. Verso Books. - Mears, A. (2023). Bringing Bourdieu to a content farm: Social media production fields and the cultural economy of attention. Social Media+ Society, 9(3), 20563051231193027. - Schüll, Natasha Dow. Addiction by design: Machine gambling in Las Vegas. Princeton university press, 2012. - Bailey, P. (1990). Parasexuality and glamour: The Victorian barmaid as cultural prototype. Gender & History, 2(2), 148-172 - Swartz, L. (2020). New money. Yale University Press. Podcast editors of this season: Luuc Brans, Kobe De Keere, Sanne Pieters & Geert Veuskens This podcast is co-financed from the BINQ project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Grant No. 101052649. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This podcast is also kindly supported by the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) at the University of Amsterdam.
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  • Seeing Others: Michèle Lamont on The Power of Recognition in a Divided World
    In this episode, we host a special guest: Michèle Lamont (professor of Sociology at Harvard). We discuss her new book Seeing Others: How Recognition Works--And How It Can Heal a Divided World, which centers on the role of recognition and dignity in countering inequality after decades of neoliberalism. Based on interviews with cultural change agents in the American cultural industries and Gen Z college students, we unpack how new narratives of hope may lead to a more equal and inclusive future. We also discuss the role of sociology in taking part in a the conversation on inequality, dignity and recognition, nuancing the work of psychologists and economists. Guest: Michèle Lamont (professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University) Host: Giselinde Kuipers (professor of Sociology at KU Leuven university) Editing: Luuc Brans (PhD student at KU Leuven University) Book links EU + UK: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/319027/seeing-others-by-lamont-michele/9780241454633 USA: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Seeing-Others/Michele-Lamont/9781982153786
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  • Reprise: Culture, inequality, boundaries. Theoretical traditions and core texts
    ***This is a rerecording, updated, and better version of our very first episode, which we originally recorded in 2020. We hope you will enjoy this new version! *** In this first pilot episode, we discuss the core themes of the course: how do culture and inequality relate? This meeting will discuss why and how this has become such a central theme in sociology and other disciplines (notably cultural studies, anthropology), how this relation this been theorized in various theoretical traditions (notable Bourdieu's field theory, British cultural studies inspired by Stuart Hall , and American cultural sociology in the vein of Michele Lamont); and how has this been empirically analyzed? Moreover, we will offer a first exploration of the continued relevance of these insights on culture and inequality for contemporary societies, and for the everyday life of (young) people today. --- This week's readings: Bourdieu, P. (1994). Social space and symbolic space. In Calhoun, Craig et al. (eds.) Contemporary Sociologi-cal Theory, 345-358. Bourdieu, P. (1986) The forms of capital. In J. Richardson (Ed.) Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education, 241-258. New York: Greenwood. Hall, S. (1980). Encoding/decoding. In Stuart Hall, Dorothy Hobson, Andrew Love, and Paul Willis (eds.), Culture, Media, Language, pp. 128–38. London: Hutchinson. Link: https://we.riseup.net/as-sets/102142/appadurai.pdf#page=202 Lamont, M. (1992). Implications, contributions and unanswered questions. In Money, Morals and Manners, 174-192. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kuipers, G. (2006). Television and taste hierarchy: The case of Dutch television comedy. Media, Culture & Society 28(3): 359-378. Additional materials Video: Carle, Pierre (2002). La sociologie est un sport de combat. Pierre Bourdieu. Documentary. https://vimeo.com/92709274 Video: Hall, Stuart (1997). Representation and media. Open University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGh64E_XiVM Video: Lamont, Michele (2016). Doing sociology. American Sociological Association. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIR1mYsy510 Presentation: Giselinde Kuipers & Luuc Brans Audio production edit: Luuc Brans Theme music by Timothy Dowd We are grateful for the generous support from European Centre for the Study of Culture and Inequality
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  • Conspiracy theories, social justice & inequality
    This episode is about conspiracy theories and their relation to inequality. We talk about this with Elisa Sobo and Jaron Harambam, two scholars who have studied contemporary conspiracy theories in a range of domains, from vaccines, Covid-19 and Big Pharma, to theories that claim the moon is an abandoned spaceship brought here by reptilians who control our world leaders. Both, moreover, have argued -- somewhat controversially -- that “we need to move beyond the positivistic reflex to debunk conspiracy theories as unfounded and irrational”. The arguments they offer for taking conspiracy theories seriously – though maybe not literally—are strongly connected with inequality: inclusivity, democracy, and social justice. Today, therefore, we ask: how are conspiracy connected with inequalities, and how can – or should -- this connection with inequality inform our stance towards conspiracy theories? Guests: - Elisa Sobo, professor and chair of Anthropology, San Diego State University - Jaron Harambam, assistant professor of participatory AI, VU University Amsterdam Hosted by Giselinde Kuipers, professor of cultural sociology at KU Leuven Readings and materials: 1. Grodzicka, Elżbieta Drążkiewicz, and Jaron Harambam. "What should academics do about conspiracy theories? Moving beyond debunking to better deal with conspiratorial movements, misinformation and post-truth." Journal for Cultural Research 25.1 (2021): 1-11. 2. Harambam, Jaron, and Stef Aupers. "Contesting epistemic authority: Conspiracy theories on the boundaries of science." Public understanding of science 24.4 (2015): 466-480. 3. Harambam, Jaron. "Against modernist illusions: why we need more democratic and constructivist alternatives to debunking conspiracy theories." Journal for Cultural Research 25.1 (2021): 104-122. 4. Sobo, Elisa J. "Conspiracy theories in political-economic context: lessons from parents with vaccine and other pharmaceutical concerns." Journal for Cultural Research 25.1 (2021): 51-68. 5. Sobo, Elisa. “What Does the American Dream Have to do With the COVID-19 Vaccine?” Sapiens.org, 25 February 2021. https://www.sapiens.org/culture/covid-19-vaccine-protestors/
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