What Do German Sociologists Do All Day? A comprehensive, English-language overview of recent work in various fields provides some clues (open access): https://t.co/y8qVRothMg

Field analysis on power structures and symbolic divisions in elite US sociology. Really cool data! By @TommakWarczok and Stephanie Beyer (@LCSS_Hannover) in @Poetics_Journal https://t.co/KnjTdY8E3k

Wie werden eigentlich soziologische Theorien gemacht?

CfP für die Ad-hoc-Gruppe "Die Praxis soziologischer Theoriebildung" beim #sozkon2021
Deadline für Abstracts: 15. April
https://t.co/G8HCVgKa36

#CfP #Theorie #Theoriebildung #theorizing @Theoriesektion

What is a method? Richard Swedberg on different uses of the term method in sociology. Method is most commonly used as a means to an end, but methods are never a-theoretical. Often overlooked: the heuristic method https://t.co/qsMW49sNU1

Some sociologists think they're scientists, some think they're not; some think it's good we're in one discipline, some don't. Maybe a downside of this division is that to avoid conflict we don't study and debate the question, a détente that hinders understanding. Just an idea.

Kurzgespräch zur Rolle der #CoronaSoziologie https://t.co/D3cpTbCbe2 (Reimt sich Wissenschaftssoziologin auf „Wissenschaftsprofessorin“? 🤔)

Fellow social theorists/sociologists/anthropologists/etc.: what would you say counts as the most 'innovative' approach in social theory over the past 20 years? Hit me.

(iz for a smol project)

How Weber's power travels: This piece - from 1977 in @sociologyjnl - starts off by listing how other influential authors (from Parsons over Bendix to Blau) have translated Weber's definition of power. It painstakingly lists the variances in these translations:

On techniques and strategies of theorizing: This paper describes general patterns of theorizing that can be found in the work of Bourdieu, Luhmann and Habermas: theory construction by comparing different theories' "solutions" to a "problem" [German] https://t.co/hHZpcVjdwU