SOCI 5117
Knowledge Mobilization in Sociology
Fall 2024
Topics
- – Getting Started Writing
- Becker, &2
- Writing and Editing
- Becker, &4
- Professionalism and Taking Risks
- Becker, &6
- – Releasing a Draft and Dealing with the Literature
- Becker, &8
- – Computers and Writing
- Becker &10
- – Sociology as Craft
- – Public Sociology in Canada
- Burawoy, Michael. 2004. “Public Sociologies: Contradictions, Dilemmas
- and Possibilities,” Social Forces, 82
- Creese, Gillian, Arlene McLaren, and Jane Pulkingham. 2009. “Re
- thinking Burawoy: Reflections from Canadian Feminist Sociology,”
- Canadian Journal of Sociology, 34
- – Sociology Journals and Open Access
- Siler, Kyle. 2017. “Future Challenges and Opportunities in Academic
- Publishing,” Canadian Journal of Sociology, 42
- the Meanings of Resistance: The Case of Open Access Scholarly
- Xia, Jingfeng, Jennifer Harmon, Kevin Connolly, Ryan Donnelly, Mary
- Anderson, and Heather Howard. 2015. “Who Publishes in Predatory
- Technology, 66
- New and Alternative Forms of Publishing
Readings
- Required: 1. Howard S. Becker. 2010. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish your Thesis, Book, or Article, 3rd edition). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Copies available via amazon or other retailers, interlibrary loan, or
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2024
- Course source ↗
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.