Mike DeLand
@mfdeland.bsky.social
Sociologist @ Gonzaga, urban ethnographer, interactionist, writing a book on playground hoops and public space
It’s been much joy thinking about pickup sports with @dtrouille.bsky.social over the years! (Excited to read his latest on agricultural labor too.)
David Trouille@dtrouille.bsky.social · 4mo agoExcited to share two new publications on temporary agricultural labor and pickup sports. PDFs on my website: sites.google.com/view/dtrouil... “Making camp: Social reproduction in temporary agricultural labor” “Pickup sports” (with @mfdeland.bsky.social)
My student in Deviant Behavior did their final project on the Satanic Panic by creating a playable D&D game where players travel through the Forest of Moral Panic in search of the Idol of Norm. I am pleased.
Teaching Armenta's "Racializing Crimmigration" in light of current ICE raids is truly wild. Her analysis from 2017 was so prescient.
Racializing Crimmigration - Amada Armenta, 2017
Deporting “criminal aliens” has become the highest priority in American immigration enforcement. Today, most deportations are achieved through the “crimmigratio...
journals.sagepub.com
“Enrollments are down again this year, but we are building another new building, just in case our enrollments go up.”
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 9mo ago"We had to eliminate merit increases, but our president’s life coach swears that extrinsic motivation doesn’t work anyway, and my masseur agrees. Also, our Morale Boosting Consultant has T-shirts."
My 7yo daughter giving her grandmother a detailed breakdown of the symbolism of Tyrese Haliburton's "choke" celebration. Needed a reminder of Reggie Miller's name. But ended with detailed instructions about how to perform the celly yourself. "Put one hand over the other like this."
A place is a self fulfilling prophecy. Urban real estate tycoons used to know this when they sold bold visions of a place to the opposite end of 1000 mile railroad line
Spokane Rising@spokanerising.com · 11mo agoDowntown business leaders’ hyperbolic reaction is what might deter customers, not the fact of the parking tax itself. I wrote about this phenomenon, in which these leaders are their own worst enemies, for the @inlander.com here:
I understand downtown business leaders fears about parking taxes. But I think they also lose sight of the fact that surface parking saps the life out of downtown. Empty dead space makes it an unappealing place to go, stroll, mingle, and.... spend.
Downtown Spokane community responds to proposed 12% parking tax
Business leaders spoke out Monday night in opposition to a proposed 12% commercial parking tax under consideration by the Spokane City Council.
spokesman.com
It’s so funny that for the past week republicans have all been like “the only people out there are gonna be Hamas.” Everyone in this crowd is signed up for Kohl’s rewards points.
Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · last yr.“This is what democracy looks like.” “This is what America looks like.” NYC
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Qualitative Sociology honors the life of Bob Emerson with a special tribute in our latest issue. Bob was a dedicated ethnographer and one of the discipline's greatest teachers, training generations of students in the craft of field research. [1/2]
Dude thinks that he sounds sophisticated by mixing the word lethality with JV sports clichés
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
It was an honor to be part of a tribute to my late professor Bob Emerson in the latest issue of Qualitative Sociology. Bob was a humble and kind man, a clear thinker, and a rigorous and incisive ethnographer. The tribute was organized by Bob's student Leslie Paik.
Tribute to Robert M. Emerson - Qualitative Sociology
This special section honors and reflects upon the legacy of Robert M. Emerson, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), who passed away on December 18, 2023...
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Spreading the word again for TT job call in #criminology and #sociology at Gonzaga. And when class is over come wander Spokane’s magical flower gardens.
Mike DeLand@mfdeland.bsky.social · last yr.The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!
I was just in Spokane this weekend, and it is beautiful there. I also ate really excellent frybread (from Indigenous Eats). Oh, and there's a sociology job there at Gonzaga!
Mike DeLand@mfdeland.bsky.social · last yr.The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!
The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology - Gonzaga Main Campus, Washington, United States
Title: Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology Area: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Sociology and Criminology Telework Availability: On-campus Position Employee Classification: Tenure...
employment.gonzaga.edu
Really good piece on the importance of liberal arts education. Well rounded higher ed is so key protecting against a future susceptible to the ravages of disinformation, fascism.
Opinion | I’m Watching the Sacrifice of College’s Soul
nytimes.com
Great piece on the changing shape of the US hoop dream and why that has produced more NBA player's kids in the NBA. @kang.bsky.social
Heir Ball: How the Cost of Youth Sports Is Changing the N.B.A.
Pro sports have long seemed like the closest thing we have to a true meritocracy. But maybe not anymore.
newyorker.com
History of Chavez Ravine comes full circle
Jacob Soboroff@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · last yr.federal agents at Dodger Stadium.
Happy pride and no kings day in Spokane, WA. Many thousands turned out in a purple city of 220K.
Right. As soon as campaign season was over, the definition of crime became existing here without documents. Or with documents that the administration prefers not to respect.
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last yr.You can't do a "mass deportation of criminals" there aren't that many. And doing "mass deportation" means you're redirecting resources that WOULD be used to catch people who have committed crimes to deport families and workers. bsky.app/profile/mtsw...
This looks so great! I think people tend to think of LA's suburbs as homogenous, white, and wealthy. They've probably never been to Antelope Valley. I'm excited to go there with Rahim.
Rahim Kurwa@rahimk.bsky.social · last yr.It's publication day for Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing, available in paper & free .epub! It traces a century of struggle over Los Angeles' periphery, culminating in the use of policing to expel and repress Black tenants. Here's a look at its chapters:
Grabbed it for $16. Can't wait to read one of my favorite ethnographer's foray into fiction writing.
Contexts Magazine@contexts.org · last yr.It's pub day for @jonwynn.bsky.social! We spoke with the @umassamherst.bsky.social sociologist about writing, character-building, and just how much sociology he smuggled into his highly anticipated debut novel, The Set Up, out today @beltpublishing.bsky.social! contexts.org/blog/novel-sociology/
Is it just me or does Hegseth say the word “lethality” every other sentence?