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Alison Gerber
http://akgerber.com/glasstire
11/16: Nice (and very flattering) write-up of our weekend in Houston here. Thanks again to everyone who participated and especially to Carrie Schneider. And Jennie Ash for all of their work and both of their minds. Hope to see you all again soon. 8/17: On my way to ASA. In Seattle and looking very much forward to seeing y’all there. My paper, with Clayton Childress, is available here. Is a great new open access repository for social scientists with some amazing sociologists behind the wheel. Pierre-Miche...
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Alison Gerber
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1/4: A while back I made a webpage for new writing, old writing, paywalled writing. It was simple. I put a title on it: Open Book. I thought that over time that would be what I would aim for: my academic production as an open book, easily accessible to all. I thought of it as a set of pamphlets for print and web: something simple. I’m attracted to little books, cassette tapes, zines. Why wait for a perfect binding? Why bother with a snapshot? So here it is. 8/17: On my way to ASA. Is a great new open acc...
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Alison Gerber
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10/27: I’m headed to Houston next week (November 8-9) to talk and listen and do along with some pretty amazing folks at. It’s a two day practicum to platform and convene artist led alternative models, open up conversations around equitable compensation of artists, and consider artists’ work in the larger economy. Open to all, but you need to register. See you then and there. 8/17: On my way to ASA. Is a great new open access repository for social scientists with some amazing sociologists behind the wheel.
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Alison Gerber
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Pamphlets for print and screen. New and old writing, updated periodically. The End of Theorists: The Relevance, Opportunities,. And Pitfalls of Theorizing in Sociology Today. Theory: Check Your Privilege. Why is Culture Theory, and Demography Not? The Use(fullness) of Theory. The Meaning of Indeterminacy:. Noise Music as Performance. Joseph Klett and Alison Gerber. The Audit of Venus. The Library of Affecting Social Science. Alison Gerber and Matthias Revers. 8/17: On my way to ASA. 5/18: At MMM 2016.
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Alison Gerber
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12/7: Anna Lund and Stefan Lund deserve special thanks for all their work organizing a great conference on Cultural Sociology and Education at Linnaeus University. And yes, it was at a castle. 8/17: On my way to ASA. In Seattle and looking very much forward to seeing y’all there. My paper, with Clayton Childress, is available here. Is a great new open access repository for social scientists with some amazing sociologists behind the wheel. 5/30: I am back from an amazing week at Bergmangårdarna. Pierre-Mi...
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Alison Gerber
http://akgerber.com/newjob
2/2: First day of work – for the next couple of years I’ll be a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Social and Economic Geography. The ceiling outside of my office is International Klein Blue, which I choose to accept as a sign of good things to come. 8/17: On my way to ASA. In Seattle and looking very much forward to seeing y’all there. My paper, with Clayton Childress, is available here. Is a great new open access repository for social scientists with some amazing sociologists behind the wheel.
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Alison Gerber
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Alison Gerber is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Social and Economic Geography at Uppsala University in Sweden. Her research focuses on work, culture, and public life. Her dissertation has a predictably dissertation-y title and abstract. Tradition, Rationalization, and the Valuation of Contemporary Artistic Practice. Alison holds a BA and BFA from the University of Minnesota, attended Critical Studies at Malmö Art Academy / Lund University, and holds an MA, MPhil, and PhD in Sociology from...
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Alison Gerber
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10/26: Headed to SSHA. Come and see the amazing An gèle Christin, the incredible Ashley Mears, the inimitable Clayton Childress, and myself on a panel titled “. Valuing Work in the Cultural Economy” on Friday the 7th at 4:30. Be there or be square. 8/17: On my way to ASA. In Seattle and looking very much forward to seeing y’all there. My paper, with Clayton Childress, is available here. Is a great new open access repository for social scientists with some amazing sociologists behind the wheel. Pierre-Mic...
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Alison Gerber
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Click here for a full CV. 2014 Ph.D., Sociology, Yale University. Tradition, Rationalization, and the Valuation of Contemporary Art Practice. Committee: Julia Adams (chair), Frederick Wherry, Amy Wrzesniewski, Rene Almeling. 2011 M.Phil., Sociology, Yale University. 2010 M.A., Sociology, Yale University. 2005 Critical Studies, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University. 2002 B.F.A., Studio Art, University of Minnesota Twin Cities. 1999 B.A., Psychology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities. April 3, A13. Gerber, ...
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Alison Gerber
http://akgerber.com/skinny-puppy
12/12: Skinny Puppy has billed the US Department of Defense for back royalties. And then joined the fight to close the prison. 8211; but are probably the first to use the language of intellectual property and royalty rights to do so. In an interview with CTV. 8/17: On my way to ASA. In Seattle and looking very much forward to seeing y’all there. My paper, with Clayton Childress, is available here. Is a great new open access repository for social scientists with some amazing sociologists behind the wheel.
