{"id":418,"date":"2025-07-23T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?p=418"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:36:15","slug":"daniel-chambliss-shares-lessons-from-the-mundanity-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/2025\/07\/23\/daniel-chambliss-shares-lessons-from-the-mundanity-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Chambliss shares lessons from the Mundanity of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.hamilton.edu\/daniel-chambliss\">Daniel Chambliss<\/a> joins us to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/academics.hamilton.edu\/documents\/themundanityofexcellence.pdf\">The Mundanity of Excellence: An Ethnographic Report on the Stratification of Swimmers<\/a>, first published in Sociological Theory in 1989. This episode is the debut of a new format in which guests share life lessons that can be taken from their favorite social theory, or in this case, their own research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-291\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4516\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-418-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC68_Lessons_from_Chambliss.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC68_Lessons_from_Chambliss.mp3\">http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC68_Lessons_from_Chambliss.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC68_Lessons_from_Chambliss.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?powerpress_pinw=418-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC68_Lessons_from_Chambliss.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GTaC68_Lessons_from_Chambliss.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>Daniel Chambliss joins us to discuss The Mundanity of Excellence: An Ethnographic Report on the Stratification of Swimmers, first published in Sociological Theory in 1989. 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