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American conference, American priorities?

August 18, 2013 by John

Fund Sociology

At the recent annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York, the ASA made a statement that others should “Keep Calm and Fund Sociology,” as our purple conference bags noted. The continued funding of sociological research is certainly important, as successful efforts to deny NSF funding to political science make clear. Nevertheless, maybe the ASA should have used the approach of the British Sociological Association, which produced a video at its own annual meeting (available below) showing all of the ways why it is important to commit sociology. The video shows why sociology is important, which will hopefully lead to continued funding. It also makes me want to join the BSA.

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Posted in Conference Attendance, Meeting Expectations, Political Power, Public Sociology, The State of Sociology | Tagged American Sociological Association, British Sociological Association, Keep Calm and Commit Sociology, Keep Calm and Fund Sociology, Memoirs of a SLACer, National Science Foundation, NSF Funding for Political Science | 1 Comment

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  1. on August 20, 2013 at 9:06 pm Loyalty to people vs. loyalty to institutions | Memoirs of a SLACer

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