Introduction: the challenge of cultural studies to Canadian sociology and anthropology

Morrow, Raymond A.

doi:10.1111/j.1755-618x.1991.tb00149.x

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“…Several macro-sociological, feminist, critical, and interpretive scholars ascended to prominence within Canada, ensuring a variegated discipline infused with distinctive Canadian perspectives (Felt 1975;Smith 1975;Clement 1977;Clark 1979;Hiller 1979;Luxton 1980). The subsequent emergence of post-modernist critiques and cultural studies sounded the death knell for any presumptions of a monolithic approach to social scientific analysis (Morrow 1991;Nielsen 1991;Andrew 1995).…”

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The Epistemological Diversity of Canadian Socology

Michalski

2016

Can. J. Soc.

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The current paper presents the results of a national survey of 190 full-time members of Canadian sociology departments to examine the state of the discipline in 2014-15. The paper focuses on the extent of epistemological diversity in an effort to answer two key questions. First, what intellectual perspectives prevail among Canadian sociologists and, along these lines, does any particular perspective hold greater prominence? Second, what might explain the variation in the epistemological stances most commonly endorsed? The evidence reveals a preponderance of critical and feminist scholars, which can be explained in large measure by considering the social locations of sociological practitioners. The results of a logistic regression model confirm that gender, generation, geography, and disciplinary genre are significant predictors of critical and critical-feminist orientations. A discussion of qualitative responses fleshes out the dominant themes that Canadian scholars expressed in their survey responses.Résumé. Le présent article présente les résultats d'une enquête nationale menée auprès de 190 membres à temps plein de départements de sociologie canadiens afin d'examiner l'état de la discipline en 2014-2015. L'article met l'accent sur l'étendue de la diversité épistémologique dans un effort pour répondre à deux questions clés. Premièrement, quelles perspectives intellectuelles prévalentelles chez les sociologues canadiens et, en ce sens, une perspective particulière occupe-t-elle une place plus proéminente? Deuxièmement, qu'est-ce qui pourrait expliquer la variation dans les positions épistémologiques les plus couramment adoptées? L'analyse révèle une prépondérance des chercheurs critiques et féministes, ce qui peut s'expliquer en grande partie en tenant en considération les positions sociales des sociologues. Les résultats d'un modèle de régression logistique confirment que le genre, la génération, la position géographique et la catégorie disciplinaire sont des prédicteurs significatifs des orientations critiques et critique-féministes. Une discussion des réponses the epiStemologiCal diverSity of Canadian SoCiology Joseph H. Michalski teaches in the Department of Sociology, King's University College at Western University. His interests include the development of sociological theory and the sociology of knowledge, as well as comparative studies of domestic violence, terrorism, conflict management, and crime-related issues. He also conducts research on the issues of poverty, precarious work, and social inequality.jmichal2@uwo.ca

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Travel Writing: Narrative and The Black Experience

Tierney¹

1995

Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies

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Political economy/cultural studies: exploring points of convergence

Harp

1991

Canadian Review of Sociology

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Cet article compare des critiques des domaines interdisciplinaires d'économie politique et études culturelles. Il s'intéresse plus particulièrement à trois catégories de critiques: la crise du Marxisme, les challenges du féminisme et les calendriers politiques et discours public. La discussion est basée sur des exemples de recherche et l'exploitation de ressources en économie politique et de sociologie de l'éducation pour les études culturelles. L'argument présenté est que l'incorporation d'un concept renouvelé de communauté, en tant que site intermédiaire où les expériences locales et personnelles des individus se heurtent aux structures institutionnelles universalisantes de la société, servira à répondre à certaines critiques enregistrées contre ces deux domaines. This paper compares critiques of the interdisciplinary fields of political economy and cultural studies. It focusses on three categories of critique: the crisis of Marxism, challenges of feminism, and political agendas and public discourse. The discussion is grounded in examples from resource exploitation research in political economy and the sociology of education for cultural studies. The argument is made that incorporating a renewed concept of community, as a mediating site where the local and particular experiences of individuals encounter the universalizing institutional structures of society, will serve to meet certain criticisms registered against both fields.

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Introduction: the challenge of cultural studies to Canadian sociology and anthropology

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

The Epistemological Diversity of Canadian Socology

The Epistemological Diversity of Canadian Socology

Travel Writing: Narrative and The Black Experience

Political economy/cultural studies: exploring points of convergence

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