Alex Rhys-Taylor
Biographic Data
| ID | 130322 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Rhys-Taylor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Rhys-Taylor |
| SIGNATURE | RHYS-TAYLOR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goldsmiths University of London |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-3986-6583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Changing Britain through the frame of snooker
This paper considers snooker's rise to popularity, and its relative decline, through the frame of recent British social history. The paper situates an ostensible decline in snooker spectatorship and a demonstrable decline in participation across the UK, against a backdrop of shifts in economic activity, class structure, cultures of masculinity and urban space. Drawing on theories of gender, class, subculture, media and critical urbanism, the pape…
Walking Through Social Research
Finding Our Feet
There are two key strands in writing about the relationship between walking and social science. These strands reflect schisms running through the related disciplines of anthropology, human geography and sociology, characterised by a divergence around the variable emphasis placed on theoretical meditations and empiricism. Aligning themselves firmly with the more meditative tradition, many books on walking typically begin with one of an assortment …
Food and urbanism: The Convivial City and Sustainable Future
Food and urbanism: the convivial city and sustainable future." Social & Cultural Geography, 18(2), pp. 291–292
Developing a Sociology of the Senses
2013). Developing a Sociology of the Senses. The Senses and Society: Vol. 8, Engaging the Senses in Ethnographic Practice, pp. 362-364
Disgust and Distinction: The Case of the Jellied Eel
Drawing on a series of ethnographic encounters collected while hanging around at a seafood stand in east London, the following article aims to explore the relationship between individual expressions of distaste and the production of class, ethnic and generational forms of distinction. Starting with the visceral expressions of distaste directed towards a seafood stand, the following paragraphs draw on a combination of historical and ethnographic d…
The essences of multiculture: A Sensory Exploration of an Inner-City Street Market
This article applies methods and concepts derived from a ‘sensory turn’ within the social sciences to a street market, popular with migrants to East London, to explore the socio-sensory processes through which convivial metropolitan multiculture is produced. Arguing against critiques of ‘eating the other’ and reductive accounts of cross-cultural interaction (assimilation, acculturation, boutique cosmopolitanism, etc.), this article hones a sensor…
The essences of multiculture: A Sensory Exploration of an Inner-City Street Market
This article applies methods and concepts derived from a ‘sensory turn’ within the social sciences to a street market, popular with migrants to East London, to explore the socio-sensory processes through which convivial metropolitan multiculture is produced. Arguing against critiques of ‘eating the other’ and reductive accounts of cross-cultural interaction (assimilation, acculturation, boutique cosmopolitanism, etc.), this article hones a sensor…
Disgust and Distinction: The Case of the Jellied Eel
Drawing on a series of ethnographic encounters collected while hanging around at a seafood stand in east London, the following article aims to explore the relationship between individual expressions of distaste and the production of class, ethnic and generational forms of distinction. Starting with the visceral expressions of distaste directed towards a seafood stand, the following paragraphs draw on a combination of historical and ethnographic d…
Developing a Sociology of the Senses
2013). Developing a Sociology of the Senses. The Senses and Society: Vol. 8, Engaging the Senses in Ethnographic Practice, pp. 362-364
Food and urbanism: The Convivial City and Sustainable Future
Food and urbanism: the convivial city and sustainable future." Social & Cultural Geography, 18(2), pp. 291–292
Developing a Sociology of the Senses
2013). Developing a Sociology of the Senses. The Senses and Society: Vol. 8, Engaging the Senses in Ethnographic Practice, pp. 362-364
Disgust and Distinction: The Case of the Jellied Eel
Drawing on a series of ethnographic encounters collected while hanging around at a seafood stand in east London, the following article aims to explore the relationship between individual expressions of distaste and the production of class, ethnic and generational forms of distinction. Starting with the visceral expressions of distaste directed towards a seafood stand, the following paragraphs draw on a combination of historical and ethnographic d…
The essences of multiculture: A Sensory Exploration of an Inner-City Street Market
This article applies methods and concepts derived from a ‘sensory turn’ within the social sciences to a street market, popular with migrants to East London, to explore the socio-sensory processes through which convivial metropolitan multiculture is produced. Arguing against critiques of ‘eating the other’ and reductive accounts of cross-cultural interaction (assimilation, acculturation, boutique cosmopolitanism, etc.), this article hones a sensor…
Walking Through Social Research
Finding Our Feet
There are two key strands in writing about the relationship between walking and social science. These strands reflect schisms running through the related disciplines of anthropology, human geography and sociology, characterised by a divergence around the variable emphasis placed on theoretical meditations and empiricism. Aligning themselves firmly with the more meditative tradition, many books on walking typically begin with one of an assortment …
Food and urbanism: The Convivial City and Sustainable Future
Food and urbanism: the convivial city and sustainable future." Social & Cultural Geography, 18(2), pp. 291–292
Changing Britain through the frame of snooker
This paper considers snooker's rise to popularity, and its relative decline, through the frame of recent British social history. The paper situates an ostensible decline in snooker spectatorship and a demonstrable decline in participation across the UK, against a backdrop of shifts in economic activity, class structure, cultures of masculinity and urban space. Drawing on theories of gender, class, subculture, media and critical urbanism, the pape…
Sociology (5 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Acculturation (1 works)