Sociologist and postdoc @OsloMet 🇳🇴 Interests: digital culture, STS, microsociology, qualitative methods, theorizing.
Aug 21, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
One of my favorite books is Interaction Ritual Chains by Randall Collins (@sociologicaleye). This sees Collins theorize interaction ritual as the micro-sociological glue of society
IRC has been reworked a lot since Collins' 2004 book. Here's a thread on five key developments 🧵
But first, why care? In short, interaction rituals (re)produce social groups and give people a sense of belonging, meaning, and vitality. Without IRs, people become depressed, demoralized, and devoid of the energy needed to maintain social life.
Aug 18, 2022 • 25 tweets • 12 min read
THEORIZING PART #2
Given the interest in my previous thread, I decided to follow up with 12 additional resources on theorizing.
I've also included selected community suggestions from the previous thread.
An anthology and follow-up to 'Art of Social Theory'. Includes chapters by key thinkers such as Karen Knorr-Cetina, Diane Vaughan, Stephen Turner, Karl Weick and James March.