Gathering Waters By Shea Howell
Originally posted on The Boggs Blog:
Thinking for ourselves By Shea Howell Gathering Waters May 31, 2015 While the Michigan corporate elite gathered on Mackinac Island to congratulate themselves for…
Why I loved–and left–Detroit
Originally posted on minehahaforman:
Detroit is a bad city. I mean, Michael Jackson bad. Urban Dictionary bad. I love the country feel of the East side because it reminds me…
I Can’t Hide Mine, Please Don’t Hide Yours: An Open Letter to Ben Affleck
Originally posted on Afroculinaria:
Dear Ben, Its unfortunate because of a massive internet hack we are in this particular place discussing your ancestral past. It’s horrible that your private matters…
Indigenous vegetables are on the rise in Kenya.
F5 = 5 := Frames
Frames dictate and define how we see what we see. The crucial issue for the sociologist is to understand who decides which frames we are supposed to use… and for … Continue reading
F5 = 5 := Non-human agency
In the garden as well as in the field a multiplicity of actors intervenes to create the landscape we live in. Honoring non-human agency is an easy task for the … Continue reading
F5 = 5 := Reflexivity
The concept of reflexivity, as developed by Giddens, refers to one of the processes by which people in contemporary societies shape their lives by taking up trends while at the same … Continue reading
F5 = 5 := Embeddedness
Embeddedness is an abstraction that speaks to connections: the ones we know and accept, we cherish or loathe; the ones we are not aware of; the ones we want or … Continue reading
F5 = 5 := Gardening, Cooking, and Sociological theories
I garden following some fairly abstract principles. A garden is already a very specific representation of a large set of beliefs the gardener holds on what is proper, what is … Continue reading
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