Sociology

By La Trobe University

Podcasts concerned with the study of social life and human behaviour - the structural arrangements and cultural patterns which shape behaviour at every level of social action, whether personal, local,... more

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The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

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May 28, 2014 Migrants' Sense of Safety in Bendigo
What are the issues of safety and social inclusion experienced by migrants? This lecture discusses how migrants access housing, work and study, and how they use public urban spaces, locating these everyday practices within the context of local planning and social policy.
Featuring Dr Julie Rudner (Planning, La Trobe University) and Noemi Cummings (Executive Officer, Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services)
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1h 17min
November 29, 2013 The Collapse of Creativity
Professor Peter Murphy (School of Creative Arts, James Cook University) argues that technology and medicine produce research that makes exciting promises but delivers fewer real results. This lecture will discuss the cultural and social forces driving this desertification of the imagination.
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1h 20min
November 28, 2013 The Collapse of Creativity
Professor Peter Murphy (School of Creative Arts, James Cook University) argues that technology and medicine produce research that makes exciting promises but delivers fewer real results. This lecture will discuss the cultural and social forces driving this desertification of the imagination.
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1h 20min
October 29, 2013 Why do we Hate?
Dr Ian Coller (European History, La Trobe University) talks about the 'disease of the soul' and how different researchers - historians, social scientists, anthropologists, neurologists, and scientists of different backgrounds might be able to come together to start to bring insights into this question that we've never had before.
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15min
August 13, 2013 Engaging Youth in the Community
Bernie Geary OAM (Principal Commissioner for the Commission for Children and Young People) on how young people make a life after school and their need to make meaningful connections in their community.
The 2013 Kerferd Oration, delivered on 28th July in Beechworth.
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1h 16min
December 04, 2012 In Conversation with Kiran Bedi
Dr Kiran Bedi was India's first and highest ranking woman officer in the Indian Police Service. She has worked with the UN and has represented India in international forums on crime prevention, drug abuse, police and prison reforms and women's issues.
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15min
November 14, 2012 Agnes Heller and the Future of Democracy
Professor Simon Tormey (School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney) returns to a prominent theme of Agnes Heller's political thought: the relationship between modernity and democracy. Heller's work displays a notable ambivalence not about democracy, but about what form democracy should take.
Introduced by Professor Peter Beilharz.
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1h 12min
November 09, 2012 Leadership in the Making
Dr Kiran Bedi was India's first and highest ranking woman officer in the Indian Police Service. She has worked with the UN and has represented India in international forums on crime prevention, drug abuse, police and prison reforms and women's issues.
Introduced by Professor Tim Murray.
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57min
November 01, 2012 The Anthropology of Climate Change
Anthropogenic climate change has been described as the biggest crisis of the 21st century, with the next decade the last window to keep the heat within a less damaging range. What sort of a crisis is climate change from the standpoint of anthropology, as humans transform the geophysical processes of the planet?
The 2012 Joel Kahn Anthropology lecture, delivered by Professor Linda Connor (University of Sydney). Introduced by Helen Lee.
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57min
August 31, 2012 Pressure to Raise the 'Perfect Child'
Lenore Skenazy (New York columnist, author, 'America's Worst Mum') on the pressure to create a perfect parent, and perfect kid, in our child-obsessed culture. How safe are our children? Can we let them roam around the streets unsupervised as many of us did when we were young? Or is today’s world too dangerous a place?
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12min

FAQs about Sociology:

How many episodes does Sociology have?

The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.