{"id":268,"date":"2021-09-18T19:47:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T19:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?p=268"},"modified":"2021-09-18T19:47:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T19:47:20","slug":"michael-deland-on-herbert-blumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/2021\/09\/18\/michael-deland-on-herbert-blumer\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael DeLand on Herbert Blumer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we are joined by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gonzaga.edu\/college-of-arts-sciences\/faculty-listing\/detail\/deland\">Dr. Michael DeLand<\/a>, an Assistant Professor of Sociology &amp; Criminology at Gonzaga University. In our conversation, Mike introduces us to the work of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_Blumer\"><u>Herbert Blumer<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and discusses how Blumer\u2019s process-oriented theorizing of interaction and sense-making provide methodological inspiration and how Blumer\u2019s critiques of more distant and structural ways of studying social life provided confidence in building his own research agenda. Mike also introduces <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/01902725211004894\">his research on pickup basketball<\/a> to illustrate a Blumer-inspired approach and the value of character-driven ethnographies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-180\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2020\/08\/gtac_field-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7605\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-268-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC44_DeLand_on_Blumer.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC44_DeLand_on_Blumer.mp3\">http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC44_DeLand_on_Blumer.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC44_DeLand_on_Blumer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?powerpress_pinw=268-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC44_DeLand_on_Blumer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GTaC44_DeLand_on_Blumer.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we are joined by\u00a0Dr. Michael DeLand, an Assistant Professor of Sociology &amp; Criminology at Gonzaga University. 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