Month: February 2018
It Sees (Notes Toward a Cultural History of Financial Vision)
As Shoshana Zuboff has argued, we have entered a new phase of capitalism. Surveillance capitalism, as she terms…
Reputation Addiction
Reputation Addiction explores some of the ways in which social networks encourage excessive preoccupation with professional profile and…
How poverty affects peoples decision-making processes
As poverty continues to be a feature of the social and economic landscape in the United Kingdom, attention…
Hierarchy in the eye of the beholder
Debate surrounding the issue of inequality and hierarchy between social groups has become increasingly prominent in recent years.…
The benefits of combining language acquisition and explicit instruction approaches
Claude Goldenberg is the Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University.…
Promoting Academic Achievement Among English Learners: A Guide to the Research
Claude Goldenberg examines the research on promoting success among students who come to school knowing little or no English…
Bilingualism Is Not a Handicap
Claude Goldenberg is the Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University.…
Conceiving Contemporary Parenthood: Intentions, Expectations and Reproductive Technologies
While studies of ‘parenting culture’ and ‘assisted reproductive technologies’ are now well-established areas of social science scholarship, so…
Making Parents: Reproductive Technologies and Parenting Culture Across Borders
It is no secret that the last 40 years have witnessed monumental changes in the way we, as…
Fertile connections? Thinking across Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Parenting Culture Studies
While studies of ‘parenting culture’ and ‘assisted reproductive technologies’ are now well-established areas of social science scholarship, so…
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