Over the past year I’ve sometimes been so consumed by worry and anxiety that it has been difficult to function as well as I’d like to. Some of the things that have caused me to worry have been rational concerns, broadly-speaking. For example, periods of unemployment and associated job searches can be highly stressful. At … [Read more…]
One of my intellectual side projects is to more fully develop sociological conceptions of knowledge practices. This inquiry builds on some of the analysis of prospective knowledge practices presented in my PhD thesis and will hopefully also inform other current work (e.g. work on the roles and effects of knowledge practices in transition processes). Below … [Read more…]
On a couple of occasions I’ve discussed Emma Marris’s important book Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World (e.g. link). I highly recommend reading it: you may not agree with all her arguments, but you will find it challenges and informs your thinking in ways that any book of the type ought to do. … [Read more…]