Visual Soci­ology

Inter­na­tional Visual Soci­ology Asso­ci­ation: http://www.visualsociology.org/

Brit­ish Soci­olo­gical Asso­ci­ation Visual Soci­ology Study Group: http://www.visualsociology.org.uk/

Visual Soci­ology, A Field Guide: http://visualsociology.wordpress.com/

Soci­olo­gical Images: http://sociologicalimages.blogspot.com/search/label/work

Josh Packard’s take on visual soci­ology: http://joshpackard.com/research/visual-sociology/

Visual Col­lec­tions and Photographers

Last­Stop! is a visual record of the Lon­don Route­m­as­ters’ final months, includ­ing images of work­ers, work­places and pas­sen­gers: http://www.routemasters.co.uk/

Lost Labor is a col­lec­tion of pho­tos from the US from 1900–1980 of jobs that no longer exist: http://www.lostlabor.com/

Images from the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike: http://www.strike84.co.uk/

Mas­ters of Pho­to­graphy: http://www.masters-of-photography.com/

V&A Explor­ing Pho­to­graphy: http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/index.php

Issue magazine: http://www.documentography.com/issue/

Rogan Mac­Don­ald: http://www.roganmacdonald.co.uk/

Paul Halliday’s Lon­don pro­ject: http://www.paulhalliday.org/

Lon­don Inde­pend­ent Pho­to­graphy: http://www.londonphotography.org.uk/

Maurice Broomfield’s pho­to­graphs of indus­trial Bri­tain: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2f60ef04-1b6c-11df-838f-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=a712eb94-dc2b-11da-890d-0000779e2340.html

 

Places and Projects

The Cen­ter for Working-Class Stud­ies at Young­stown State Uni­ver­sity includes mater­ial on worker por­traits and working-class lit­er­at­ure: http://cwcs.ysu.edu/

Centre for Urban and Com­munity Research, Gold­smiths, Uni­ver­sity of Lon­don; http://www.gold.ac.uk/cucr/

The online Gal­lery of the Work­ing Lives Research Insti­tute, Lon­don Met­ro­pol­itan Uni­ver­sity, con­tains images and inform­a­tion about pro­jects on work: http://www.workinglives.org/gallery/gallery.cfm

 

Dis­cus­sions

The Case for Work­ing with Your Hands: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?_r=1

 

Other Inter­est­ing Stuff

Exhib­i­tion: Strik­ing women: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News/Press/Pages/StrikingWomen.aspx

New occu­pa­tions in 2020: http://sciencesowhat.direct.gov.uk/future-jobs/future-jobs-what-might-you-be-doing