Author Archives: digitalscholar
Sociology and Public engagement, ESRC festival of social science
The ESRC festival of social science has recently put out another call for proposals for events this November. There’s up to 2k available for events which appeal to non-academic audiences. In the last couple of years I’ve been successful in … Continue reading
Student media focus groups – some notes
As part of my Pinterest project (blogged about previously here and here) I carried out a couple of focus groups this week with my students to explore their use of social media in general, their use of these tools in their … Continue reading
Weibo use by UK universities
I’ve blogged in the past about the potential of chinese social media for our recruitment and marketing. I recently managed to commission a survey of Weibo use by UK universities (carried out by @yimeizhu ). This will eventually be worked … Continue reading
Zombies in the Academy Book
Just received notification that the Zombies in the Academy book is slightly delayed, but due to be published in early 2013. This is quite a long time after my first blog post about our chapter, in February 2011! The book … Continue reading
Could Weibo overtake Twitter?
Most people think of Weibo as a ‘chinese twitter’ (if they think about it at all), but what if it made a play for the global market? Does it have the potential to overtake the original? I’ve been working on … Continue reading
Finding and Pinning resources
A guest blog from Sarah Learmonth, who has been working on my Pinterest project for a little over a week now: This week has seen the launch of the Pinterest project; combining video, images and other useful resources into an … Continue reading
Pinterest: Sex, Death and (Famous) Monkeys
I have been successful in getting a little bit of internal money to explore some ideas I have had about using pinterest to teach my anthropology class. I have employed a student from the previous cohort (hello Sarah! ) to help … Continue reading
Some first thoughts on Pinterest
Well I’ve finally gotten round to having a look at Pinterest, which at first glance looks to be relevant to a number of projects that I’ve been working on over the last few years, and looks a promising basis for … Continue reading
The pub quiz and social science
Last year I put on a very successful zombie event as part of the ESRCs festival of social science. There was a good turnout for my talk and film screening and quite a lot of press coverage, including at the … Continue reading
Involving students in the research process, right from the start
What would pedagogic research look like if students were involved from the proposal stage? What would be the impact of including student representatives on ethics committees dealing with research involving students? I’ve recently been awarded a small-ish amount of money … Continue reading
