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Worlds of Events, Worlds of Structures

Worlds of Events, Worlds of Structures. Graham Scambler UCL March 2014. Outline. Themes Approaches Challenge of interdisciplinarity Beginnings and endings for science From individuals to the social And on to structures Six sociologies. Themes. ‘Basic human needs’ Unmet needs

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Worlds of Events, Worlds of Structures

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  1. Worlds of Events, Worlds of Structures Graham Scambler UCL March 2014

  2. Outline • Themes • Approaches • Challenge of interdisciplinarity • Beginnings and endings for science • From individuals to the social • And on to structures • Six sociologies

  3. Themes • ‘Basic human needs’ • Unmet needs • Negotiating justice • Enacting justice • Overcoming obstacles

  4. Perspectives In relation to the topics of this conference: • Documenting • Describing and understanding • Explaining • Intervening

  5. Interdisciplinarity Interdisciplinarity is NOT multidisciplinarity Have barely scratched the surface in relation to interdisciplinarity Interdisciplinarity vital for interventions

  6. Science A multitude of philosophies and methodologies For emergence, against reductionism Science about mechanisms

  7. Individuals and Society Revisit: For emergence, against reductionism

  8. Significance of Social Structures Recent comment by Robin Cohen on the Great British Class Survey. It reduces to three classes: • Global superrich • Locked-in national middle class • Precariat Sociologically: new class/command dynamic

  9. Types of Sociology • Professional Scholar • Policy Reformer • Critical Radical • Public Democrat • Action Activist • Foresight Visionary

  10. Intervening So what do we mean when we say we want to change things?

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