Evolution and Creation beliefs in the UK.

Interactive map of the UK: evolution and creation | World news | guardian.co.uk
I was hoping to embed map, but no such luck.  I wonder how godless the rest of EU is?

Research ideas for Six Degrees Students

Research Ideas for My Students
Hello folks. This is by no means a comprehensive set of resources. It more reflects sources that seemed to be of interest to two or more of you AND that I thought might not jump out at you as pertinent. It is a mix of search terms, blogs, alternative media, as [...]

In Defense of White Americans- Finally!

Frank Rich of the NY Time has said what i have been arguing with friends and family for awhile.  Race is a complicated matter in America. 
Op-Ed Columnist – In Defense of White Americans – NYTimes.com
When Obama cited her in his speech on race last spring, the right immediately accused him of “throwing his grandmother [...]

Pretty good advice from fallen Fals Borda

Orland Fals Borda,  a Columbian sociologist active since the 1960s, had this to say.
Obituary: Orlando Fals Borda | World news | The Guardian
There he delivered a speech in which he outlined four of his own guidelines for sociology researchers: “Do not monopolise your knowledge nor impose arrogantly your techniques, but respect and combine your skills [...]

On-line reputation(another media inquiry)

I got _another_ media inquiry.
Summary: How does on-line reputation matter?  What can you do if your reputation is being trashed?
Hmmm. It is interesting how many of these queries seem to be “how-to.”  There is the famous case of the Facebook suicide, but such stories do more to illustrate our fears than capture the reality of [...]

Business Optimists Rediscover Society!

A somewhat structured web surf about organizational change lead me to this site about the book/project called:
Megacommunities.
Which includes this amusing graphic.

I think that web od dense relations in the middle also has an older name: society.

Politics inside or outside the magic circle?

The magic circle seems a key concept in virtual worlds and gaming.  For origin of the term from Huzinga, see here.
The wikipedia article, in summarizing Castronova’s arguments, states:
Even though there are political activities inside synthetic worlds, it is interesting to note that “debates, which really do involve legitimate political interests, almost always occur outside the [...]

Summer Reading List

OK, I leave for five weeks in a week. Its mostly vacation, but I am looking forward to spending some time reading some of the dense social theory or social science books that I rely on, but have never finished or even read (ouch, hurts to admit that in print). I’ll probably [...]

Blau Exchange: Charles Tilly Interview

This was a treat to find.  And reassuring as it is basically the trajectory I am trying to follow.
Blau Exchange: Charles Tilly Interview
Paul DiPerna:
If you have any advice for the next generation of scholars and researchers in the social sciences, what would you like to tell them?
Charles Tilly:
Don’t get blindsided by neuroscience, which is going [...]

Charles Tilly is gone…

The Bwog
Charles Tilly, the eminent Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, passed away this morning. An official University-wide announcement is still in the works, though some of his students and colleagues have organized a vigil tonight at 7 p.m. that will take place under his Fayerweather office’s (514) window.
You can read more about Tilly [...]