Women and extra-academic social research in Sweden 1900–1950: A sociology of knowledge approach

IF 1 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/03906701.2021.1926677

Per Wisselgren

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Abstract

ABSTRACT How should we understand the academization of the social sciences around the turn of the twentieth century with regard to gender? In this article I argue in favour of a contextually broadened sociology of knowledge approach which highlights the importance of women’s extra-academic social research as a parallel and interconnected form of social knowledge to the new and male-dominated academic social sciences. Theoretically, the approach combines three perspectives: field theory, social movements research and historical studies of knowledge circulation. Empirically and methodologically, the study is prosopographically centred around nine female social researchers in Sweden 1900–1950 with an analytical focus on their aggregated career patterns, the gender-coded mechanisms of academic exclusion that were at play and three types of alternative arenas that were available for extra-academic social research during the period. It is concluded that we need to take this form of extra-academic social research into account to better understand the dynamics of the field of social knowledge as a whole, including the development of academic social science.

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1900-1950年瑞典妇女与校外社会研究:一种知识社会学方法

我们应该如何理解二十世纪之交社会科学在性别方面的学术化?在这篇文章中，我支持一种语境拓宽的知识社会学方法，这种方法强调了女性课外社会研究作为一种与新的男性主导的学术社会科学平行且相互联系的社会知识形式的重要性。从理论上讲，这一研究方法结合了场域理论、社会运动研究和知识流通的历史研究三个视角。在经验和方法上，该研究以1900-1950年瑞典的9名女性社会研究人员为中心，分析重点是她们的综合职业模式，正在发挥作用的性别编码学术排斥机制以及在此期间可用于学术外社会研究的三种可选领域。结论是，我们需要考虑到这种形式的课外社会研究，以更好地理解整个社会知识领域的动态，包括学术社会科学的发展。

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期刊介绍： International Review of Sociology is the oldest journal in the field of sociology, founded in 1893 by Ren Worms. Now the property of Rome University, its direction has been entrusted to the Faculty of Statistics. This choice is a deliberate one and falls into line with the traditional orientation of the journal as well as of the Institut International de Sociologie. The latter was the world"s first international academic organisation of sociology which started as an association of contributors to International Review of Sociology. Entrusting the journal to the Faculty of Statistics reinforces the view that sociology is not conceived apart from economics, history, demography, anthropology and social psychology.