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Burslem & Middleport photo ethnography 13/08/2013
After spending the the whole of July and best part of the beginning of August sorting the kids many school assemblies and a trip to France (more on that later!) today it was back on the graffiti trail...
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TheSociologicalNoodle's photostream
TheSociologicalNoodle's photostream on Flickr.Latest updade from Hall of Fame and Middleport area
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Culture jamming, Marmite and public outrage.
'You either love it or you hate it' -MarmiteA small pot of toast topping, that has always embraced its unique taste, appears to have really done it this time. Love it or hate it, many viewers of their...
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Culture jamming on Boybands: One Direction
Moving on for the 'love it or hate it' blog post, although possibly not that much. the next topic of the blog is boy bands, particularly the talent contest manufactured 'One Direction'. This bus stop...
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Bank Holiday Sunday @ Stoke on Trent Hall of Fame
This afternoon I ( plus kids & dog!) went for a little stroll up to the Hall of Fame to check out any new work, and see if there was any artists to have a chat with. Unfortunately it was empty, but...
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Culture Jamming Feminism
Don't worry this photo is okay..? Normally culture jamming is against the dominant discourse. Feminism can hardly be described as such, there is no denying that in most societies patriarchy has held...
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Out of sight, out of mind..?
Although not strictly about culture jamming this post makes observations about how urban culture and aspects of the night time economy that are deemed deviant are displaced away from the urban centre...
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Peacocks Hay & Hem heath Woods Ethnography 02/09/2013
I post a lot about the hall of fame, mainly because I spend a lot of time there documenting the changes and trying to get artists to talk to me! However, the area surrounding the HOF is somewhere that...
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The day that ethics got in the way..
A part of any researchers task is to consider and abide by a code of ethics. Within sociology a statement of ethical practise from the British Sociological Association forms a guide that researchers...
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Trent/Mersey Canal to Cauldon Canal Ethnography (Day 1 of Canals) 4/09/2013
Today marks the beginning of the canal tow path ethnography. I am doing this in stages as I do not have the time to do the whole length of the canal that passes through Stoke on Trent in one day. Day 1...
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Mobile Graffiti
Yesterday I completed interviews 3,4&5 down at my new second home, the Hall of Fame. One of the questions I ask is where the artist has travelled from to paint there. This is because it was quickly...
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Messages, a sense of humour.. oh and Batman!
Yesterday I spent about 3 hours interviewing some graffiti artists that I have met before down at the Hall of Fame. They were in the middle of doing a really good piece that included the Joker and...
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Shelton New Road to Emma Bridgewater Bridge Ethnography (Canal Day 2) 07/09/2013
Today was the second day on the canal path, picking up at Shelton new road on the opposite side of the closed tow path (at the end of day1). Immediately there was a wall of graffiti, these were pieces...
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Here is three fairly short videos that explain the Situationist International. This was the movement that forms one of the influences and starting points for culture jamming. Particularly with the idea...
View ArticleGuy Debord Calls The Apple Store.. Nearly
Following on from my post on the Situationist International I thought I would highlight this culture jam in the form of a hoax/prank call. It takes dialogue from Guy Debord's 'Society of the Spectacle'...
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Hanley Ethnography Day 1 20/09/2013
Hanley is the biggest of Stoke-on-Trent's five towns. It is often referred to as the city centre, despite the 5 town configuration. This section analysis is based on how big Hanley is to survey and,...
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Ethnography findings so far
This is a quick summary to show how far I am now in to my ethnography for this research project and to see what has still to be done. This map shows the areas that I have completed and blogged about:...
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Culture Jamming: The EDL
Twitter is a great place to practise skills of procrastination. However, in between reading the news or tweets of squabbling academics, sometimes a little gem like this comes along. Before I fully...
View ArticleWhy I blog..
A series of events over the past few weeks have made me ponder why I am writing this blog. There are a few official reasons that I admit to out loud when asked by other students or academic staff. 1)...
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Why the media obsession with Banksy cover ups..?
No headlines when Banksy covers up another artists work?http://animalnewyork.com/2013/why-is-everyone-fucking-up-banksys-nyc-work-americas-top-vandals-explain/Really quick one tonight. This article was...
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British Ceramics Biennial & Topographies of The Obsolete - Vociferous Void
On Sunday the family and I headed to Spode Works, an old pot bank in Stoke-on-Trent. This building is part of the original working compound. Unfortunately half of the site has already been demolished...
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Merry Christmas
A very brief Merry Christmas to eveyone who has contributed to this project so far. Still plodding along with my data collection and writing up - ethnography in Hanley tomorrow while its quiet! Take...
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Tunstall Ethnography 8/2/2013
Red:Graffiti found, Yellow: Industrial, Cream: wastelandConsidering the proximity to the now established Hall of Fame, I had expected to find more graffiti here.However Tunstal is an area in conflict,...
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Feminist Activism with UK Feminista
This Saturday I was lucky enough to have been selected for a place on the UK Feminista activist mentoring program. This is a course that runs for 5 full day sessions over 10 weeks in Birmingham. The...
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Playfulness and Paradox in Spanish Urban Art
I'm now deep in a cave writing up my dissertations, which explains the lack of posting. However, I have some exciting news and an invitation for you all! My dissertation supervisor Andy (Dr Andrzej...
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