The Public Sociologist as a University-Community Hybrid
Lessons from Feminism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2370533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jordan Fairbairn (0000-0003-3303-2562, King’s University College, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 285-304 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0896920517737142 |
| OpenAlex | W2767489433 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 44 |
Feminism is well versed in conversations about engaged scholarship and has provided important critical commentary on Michael Burawoy's campaign for public sociology in recent years. This paper draws from feminist perspectives to argue for reflexivity, praxis, and interdisciplinary work as key pillars for public sociology. I then draw from my own experiences doing feminist work in community-engaged settings to consider various limitations of Burawoy's notions of traditional and organic public sociology. To move past this dichotomy, I put forward a conceptual model for understanding public sociologists as public intellectuals, community-engaged scholars, community educators, and/or advocates and activists. In considering how researchers might navigate these various roles, I argue that discussions of expertise and universities as value-laden institutions are important to build sustainable practices. Overall, the strength of public sociology is that it acknowledges these blurred boundaries and allows for the development of collaborative forms of expertise to address social problems. However, there is additional theoretical work to be done, as well as practical supports developed, to enable feminist researchers in particular to successfully navigate these roles
Engaged scholarship · Feminism · Political science · Praxis · Public relations · Public sociology · Reflexivity · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Gender Studies · Law · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social and Cultural Dynamics
For Public Sociology
What’s in a Name
Disciplining Feminism
Transnational Feminist Crossings
Public criminologies
Against marginality
Introduction to “Women in Academia”
Sexual Harassment on the Internet
Transnational Feminism as a Paradigm for Decolonizing the Practice of Research
When the “Other” Is the Teacher
Breaking Out Again
Mapping the Margins
Response to Michael Buroway's Commentary
The Contradictions of Public Sociology
Civic Engagement and Public Sociology
Institutional Barriers to Doing Public Sociology
Public Sociologies Reader
Public Sociologies
Talking Heads and Bleeding Hearts
American Sociological Association Presidential address
An Indigenous Feminist's Take On The Ontological Turn
Decolonizing Methodologies
What Do 'We' Know That 'They' Don't? Sociologists' versus Non-Sociologists' Knowledge
Public Sociology in Canada
The Epistemological Diversity of Canadian Socology
On the Domestication of American Public Sociology
Sociology
Feminist Research in the Public Domain
Reflexive Accounts and Accounts of Reflexivity in Qualitative Data Analysis
The Critical Turn to Public Sociology
Gender differences in faculty attrition in the USA
Institutionalizing Public Scholarship
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |