Celebrities have a great deal of social capital. How they use it can be critical and the consequences far-reaching. This post reflects on a paper by Abidin, C., Brockington, D., Goodman, M. K., Mostafanezhad, M., & Richey, L. A. (2020). The tropes of celebrity environmentalism. Annual review of environment and resources, 45(1), 387-410. The paperContinue reading “Celebrity advocacy: who benefits, and does it matter?”
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Achieving Personal Coherence
One of the first things a sociology or human geography student will be taught is that none of us have just one identity: we have many.
Pipped to the post – and thoroughly glad about it
What is your contribution to knowledge? This question haunted me and probably haunts any academic when contemplating their own research and scholarship. We are all aware that although there is undoubtedly value in scholarship which corroborates previous discoveries or arguments, the real clincher is what’s new and different. What is your unique contribution to theContinue reading “Pipped to the post – and thoroughly glad about it”
