worlds of events, worlds of structures
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Worlds of Events, Worlds of Structures
Graham ScamblerUCL
March 2014
Outline
1. Themes2. Approaches3. Challenge of interdisciplinarity4. Beginnings and endings for science5. From individuals to the social6. And on to structures7. Six sociologies
Themes
1. ‘Basic human needs’2. Unmet needs3. Negotiating justice4. Enacting justice5. Overcoming obstacles
Perspectives
In relation to the topics of this conference:
• Documenting• Describing and understanding• Explaining• Intervening
Interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity is NOT multidisciplinarity
Have barely scratched the surface in relation to interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity vital for interventions
Science
A multitude of philosophies and methodologies
For emergence, against reductionism
Science about mechanisms
Individuals and Society
Revisit:
For emergence, against reductionism
Significance of Social Structures
Recent comment by Robin Cohen on the Great British Class Survey. It reduces to three classes:
1. Global superrich2. Locked-in national middle class3. Precariat
Sociologically: new class/command dynamic
Types of Sociology
• ProfessionalScholar
• PolicyReformer
• CriticalRadical
• PublicDemocrat
• ActionActivist
• ForesightVisionary
Intervening
So what do we mean when we say we want to change things?
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