Sociology Department Seminar Series 2014/15 R0.12 - 17.00-18.30 - followed by drinks October 8th - David Berry, Centre for Social & Political Thought, Sussex The Algorithmic Society October 22nd - Eric Jensen, Sociology, Warwick Engaged University Teaching Practices in UK Sociology: Barriers, Benefits and Methods November 19th - Jason Mast, IAS/Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, Warwick Distance, Difference and Disgust: Deciphering a strong sensation December 3rd - Lynne Pettinger, Sociology, Warwick Love of orchids, and other reasons to work January 14th - Rebecca Coleman, Sociology, Goldsmiths Developing Speculative Methods to Explore Speculative Shipping: Mail art, exchange and futurity January 28th - Mónica Moreno Figueroa, Sociology, University of Cambridge Decolonizing Beauty: bodies filtering inequalities in Latin America February 25th - Jonathan Hearn, Sociology, University of Edinburgh The Culture of Competition in Modern Liberal Societies March 11th - Gail Davies, Human Geography, University of Exeter Topological Experiments: Visualising the spaces of postgenomic life