Giselinde Kuipers

Boeiend, maar net als veel stukken over SF lijkt ook deze geschreven door een 'serieuze' recencent die het genre niet kent. Veel techboys zijn duidelijk geinspireerd door libertijn/libertair Robert Heinlein. De naam van Elon Musks AI, Grok, verwijst bv naar diens roman Stranger in a Strange Land.

🔥Great event!🔥
Please join us for the second and third Decolonizing Bodies seminar, organized by the formidable @carorabasarucki.bsky.social. With guest of honor Walter Mignolo, discussing decoloniality, bodies and emotions with Ashley Mears, @psimonetto.bsky.social and @ladanrahbari.bsky.social

And good luck!

Try to think of strategies to cut people off in a friendly and gentle manner though. The trick is to be inviting and inclusive but firm.

I try to manage a panel in such a way that people with less status get maximal space and spotlights, while people with more status are contained.

Be very clear to the speakers both up front and during the talk about time management.

Be ruthless in cutting off questions or comments. The panel is for the speakers, and the people asking questions, esp those that take long, usually don't need the attention as much as the presenters. >>

This seminar is online and open for everyone. It is organized by the Beauty and Inequality (BINQ) project, which is most generously funded by an advanced grant of the @erc.europa.eu.

For more information, see www.sociologyofbeauty.eu

Invitation! Interested in in beauty, bodies, decoloniality and inequality? Please join us for an online seminar series on "decolonizing bodies". With our very special guest Walter Mignolo; and @tommytse.bsky.social, Patricio Simonetto, Ashley Mears, Ladan Rahbari & @carorabasarucki.bsky.social >>

Very sad news, so sorry for your loss Seb. I will remember Paul for his unique combination of intellectual sharpness, perceptiveness, and honesty - not an easy mix I guess but such an important and rare voice to have around.

Dankjewel Justine.

Important myth-debunking by evolutionary psychologists Linda Lidborg and @drboothroyd.bsky.social. The authors also contributed an outstanding chapter to the forthcoming Handbook on Beauty and Inequality edited by @outisarpila.bsky.social and me.

Nog vergeten: met veel dank aan Titia Hoogendoorn en @dickzijp.bsky.social voor imago-advies.

Veel dank!

Toen ze kanker kreeg, ervoer hoogleraar Giselinde Kuipers wat ze als ‘schoonheidsprofessor’ al wist Hoogleraar Giselinde Kuipers (54) onderzoekt al zo’n vijftien jaar schoonheid. „Hoe we ons nu bezighouden met ons uiterlijk is destructief”, zegt ze. Dit jaar zouden drie boeken van haar uitkomen, maa...

Dit was een heel bijzonder gesprek met @mennosedee.bsky.social van @nrc.nl, over mijn onderzoek naar schoonheid en hoe dat ineens wel heel persoonlijk werd. Met geweldige foto's van Wendelien Daan.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Bericht uit de knalroze wachtkamer van het ziekenhuis waar ik het laatste jaar te veel tijd doorbracht:
ik voerde de afgelopen weken campagne voor #GL-PvdA omdat ik graag wil dat zorg zoals ik hier kreeg voor iedereen toegankelijk blijft.

Niet in Europa, maar in Brazilie: Castrolanda en Carambei

Bon courage (good courage) as they sat in French. Ive only had two rounds and nothing that bad but it was still such misery. Take care

I have been learning Portuguese with Babbel and like it a lot. Also, it worked: I was in Brazil and had serviceable trave Portuguese after a few months (I speak Spanish, so I had a headstart, but still)

Finally, a word of appreciation and thanks for this year's excellent editorial team and hosts: Sanne Pieters, Kobe de Keere, @luuc.bsky.social, @bryanboyle.bsky.social, @tvdooremalen.bsky.social and Norah Schulten,

Many thanks to composer-sociologist Timothy Dowd for the music and logo.

Eco-Types Why acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment

Luuc and Emily also discuss Emily's earlier book Eco-Types: Five ways of Caring about the Environment, which analyzes culturally distinct ways of caring about the environment (so 4 beyond the typical elite/green style) - and how these types fuel polarization >>

press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/...

They co-authored the book -- another terrific read -- with @merinoleschuk.bsky.social who is not in the podcast but is on Bluesky. >>

Happy Meat | Stanford University Press North Americans love eating meat. Despite the increased awareness of the meat industry's harms–violence against animals, health problems, and associations with environmental degradation–the rate of me...

This final episode is called From Happy Meat to Eco-Types: The Cultural Politics of the Climate Crisis. Josee, Shyon, and Emily discuss their brand new book Happy Meat: The Sadness and Joy of a Paradoxical Idea, which neatly bridges cultural and climate sociology >>

www.sup.org/books/sociol...

Culture & Inequality Podcast How does culture feed into inequality? And the other way around? In Culture and Inequality, cultural sociologists from universities across the world explore these topics in-depth from various perspect...

Canada is the hotspot for climate sociology, so much is clear from this final episode of the Culture and Inequality Podcast in which @luuc.bsky.social (aka Luuc Brans) talks with Josée Johnston, Shyon Baumann (both U of Toronto) and Emily Huddart (U of British Columbia) >>

pod.link/1533967764/e...

YouTube video by sociologyumn Michael Burawoy For Public Sociology, Part 1: Introduction

Michael Burawoy's 2004 ASA presidential address stands out for me as the single most Durkheimian collective effervescent moment I have experienced in academia (not generally known for effervescence). I'm not sure how well it works on screen, but this is it:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nxv...

Both book are terrific reads, by the way.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of MIchael Burawoy, tireless proponent of public sociology, who passed away in February of this year.

Born to Rule — Harvard University Press The Economist, Best Books of 2024The Times, Best Ideas Books of 2024A uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today: who gets in, how they get there, what they like ...

Aaron (LSE) discusses "Born To Rule", co-authored with Sam Friedman (also LSE). Aaron and Sam present a wealth of data showing how British elites have managed to hold on to power positions in meritocratic times by adopting (a semblance of) "normalness" >>

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

(this is my summary btw, Kristina is somewhat more nuanced about the practice she calls "elite capture" ) >>

Manchester University Press - The sound of difference The sound of difference - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The sound of difference by Kristina Kolbe

Both Kristina and Aaron discuss their new books. In "The Sound of Difference", Kristina (Erasmus U Rotterdam) shows how despite the enthusiastic embrace of 'diversity' cultural hierarchies remain in place in German classical music>>

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165497/

Culture & Inequality Podcast How does culture feed into inequality? And the other way around? In Culture and Inequality, cultural sociologists from universities across the world explore these topics in-depth from various perspect...

Penultimate episode of this season's Culture & Inequality Podcast, in which @bryanboyle.bsky.social (Free U Brussels) talks with Kristina Kolbe and @aaronreeves.bsky.social about the Sound of Elites: How Elites Navigate a Meritocratic and Anti-Elite World >>

pod.link/1533967764/e...

Thank you! Will do. (I sometimes forget esp when the picture is text.. )

Your post led me to take a look at their website to see what has has become of T&S and wow have they taken a weird turn. This is the other special issue for which they are currently looking for contributions: