Thinking Allowed

New research on how society works

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The Gym: A Social History; Tattoos at Work
Laurie Taylor explores the social history of the gymnasium and the taboo against body art.
13 May 2015,28 mins
Division of Domestic Labour - Gentrification and Working-Class Residents
The impact of gentrification on working-class people. Plus the division of domestic labour
06 May 2015,28 mins
Post Traumatic Stress; Managing Beds in the NHS
Post traumatic stress in combat veterans and managing beds in the NHS.
29 Apr 2015,28 mins
Stories Behind Immigration - Winner of the Ethnography Award
The winner of the 2015 BBC/BSA Ethnography Award.
22 Apr 2015,28 mins
The Ethnography Award 'Shortlist'
Programme devoted to the academic research shortlisted for the Thinking Allowed award.
15 Apr 2015,28 mins
Free Will Explored
Laurie Taylor explores free will and pets as family.
08 Apr 2015,28 mins
Citizenship Ceremonies; Family Ties and Genetics
Laurie Taylor explores the way in which states use public rituals to create new citizens.
01 Apr 2015,28 mins
Global Clothing and Poverty; Fur Inheritance in Poland
Laurie Taylor explores the commodity chains in high fashion and second-hand clothing.
25 Mar 2015,28 mins
Love, Money and HIV in Kenya, Microbreweries
Laurie Taylor explores the disproportionate rates of HIV infection in young African women.
18 Mar 2015,28 mins
Biologising Parenthood - A Lost Avant-Garde,
Laurie Taylor examines the tension between art and money. Also, biologising parenthood.
11 Mar 2015,28 mins
Commercial Surrogacy in India, Money
Commercial surrogacy in India and beyond, plus new kinds of money. With Laurie Taylor.
04 Mar 2015,28 mins
The British in South Africa - Romanian Economic Migrants in London
Laurie Taylor explores migration in contrasting contexts.
25 Feb 2015,28 mins
Conservatism, Emotional Labour in a Care Home
Conservatism: its roots and meaning. Also, the emotional impact of working in a care home.
18 Feb 2015,28 mins
Harvard Business School – The Construction of Pain
Harvard Business School: profit versus morality. Also, the cultural meaning of pain.
11 Feb 2015,28 mins
Inside the Muslim Brotherhood
Laurie Taylor on the Muslim Brotherhood, plus a study into privately educated young women.
04 Feb 2015,28 mins
Social Stigma and Negative Labels - Migraine
A cultural history of migraine. Also 'pramfaces' - denigrating the working class?
28 Jan 2015,28 mins
Tribute to Ulrich Beck (1944 - 2015) - Dissident Irish Republicanism
Laurie Taylor on dissident Irish republicans, plus a tribute to sociologist Ulrich Beck.
21 Jan 2015,28 mins
Living Apart Relationships - Grading Universities
Laurie Taylor examines the rights and wrongs of the Research Excellence Framework.
14 Jan 2015,28 mins
War Games - Riding the Subway
Laurie Taylor explores the way war and violence invades our lives. Also, riding the subway
07 Jan 2015,28 mins
Self-help and Self-improvement
Can self-help books help you to become a better you? Presented by Laurie Taylor.
31 Dec 2014,28 mins
Rituals at Christmas
Laurie Taylor presents a special edition that explores rituals at Christmas and beyond.
25 Dec 2014,30 mins
Butchers; Fat Gay Men
Fat gay men - resisting the stigma. Also, the masculine world of the butcher.
17 Dec 2014,28 mins
After Redundancy - Global Payday Lending
The growing worldwide industry of global payday loans. Plus the aftermath of redundancy.
10 Dec 2014,28 mins
Port Cities; Middle Class Alcohol Use
Port cities in the global age, from Marseilles to Liverpool. Plus middle class drinking.
03 Dec 2014,28 mins
Creative Britain - Sexology
The rise and fall of Creative Britain. Plus sexology re-visited.
26 Nov 2014,28 mins
Shoes - Islamic Youth Culture in Western Europe
Shoes - a journey through our lives. Also, young Muslim subcultures in Europe.
19 Nov 2014,28 mins
Meritocracy; Desert Island Doctors
Laurie Taylor examines the rise, meaning and reality of meritocracy as a concept.
12 Nov 2014,28 mins
'Lad culture' in higher education - Fugitives from the law in Philadelphia
Laurie Taylor explores the lives of African-American men caught up in webs of criminality.
05 Nov 2014,28 mins
Post-Dictatorship Art in Argentina; Young Jazz Musicians in London
Post-dictatorship art and culture, and the lives of jazz musicians in London.
29 Oct 2014,28 mins
Junk Food Traders in Secondary Schools; Darjeeling Tea Workers
Laurie explores the lives of the producers of some of the most expensive tea in the world.
22 Oct 2014,28 mins